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A writer-led initiative developed to help connect and sustain New Zealand active practitioners of contemporary fiction, poetry and creative nonfiction.
A writer 'at the top of his game' interrogates a case of sex, drugs and (maybe) murder - Philip Matthews reviews POLKINGHORNE: Inside the Trial of the Century by Steve Braunias @AllenAndUnwinNZ @tepoumuramura @NZSocAuthors @SteveBraunias @secondzeit nzreviewofbooks.com/polkinghorne-i…
Help celebrate NZ writers! The Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement recognise writers who have made a notable contribution in the genres of fiction, non-fiction, or poetry. Send in your nominations before 2 July at 1pm: creativenz.govt.nz/funding-and-su…
A superb 'anthology of changes in taste and style' over a century of applied arts - Hamish Coney reviews TOWARDS MODERNISM: The Walter Cook Collection at Te Papa by Justine Olsen. Full review at: nzreviewofbooks.com/towards-modern… @Te_Papa @tepoumuramura @NZSocAuthors @BooksellersNZ
A lyrical novel imagines Marie Curie in Miramar, in an 'age of discovery and marvels' - @pjkmorris reviews WONDERLAND by Tracy Farr @cubapress @hissingswan @tepoumuramura @NZSocAuthors @BooksellersNZ nzreviewofbooks.com/wonderland-by-…
Huge congratulations to Selina Tusitala Marsh (@Mophead113) who has been appointed as the inaugural Commonwealth Poet Laureate! Fantastic Selina!!
For the first time in its 75-year history, the Commonwealth of Nations has a Poet Laureate. Celebrated Pacific poet and scholar Professor Selina Tusitala Marsh will use the power of poetry to build common cause among the people of the Commonwealth and ensure their voices are…
After a catastrophic tsunami, a small community fights to survive and evolve - Rachel O'Connor reviews SEA CHANGE by Jenny Pattrick @BatemanBooks @tepoumuramura @NZSocAuthors @BooksellersNZ nzreviewofbooks.com/sea-change-by-…
"He seemed so ‘ordinary’" - Still Waters Run Deep: John McCrystal on the imaginative life and legacy of Maurice Gee @tepoumuramura @NZSocAuthors @theockhams anzliterature.com/feature/still-…
OCKHAMS 2026 CALL FOR JUDGES! We're looking for expressions of interest from the NZ literature community and from members of the public with relevant experience for one of the most challenging and rewarding roles in the industry. #theockhams Apply here: tinyurl.com/mr3xr97b
RIP to ANZL Fellow Maurice Gee. He was a literary giant and marvellous writer whose extensive list of works enriched the lives of so many of us. Haere rā, Maurice Gee. Thank you for the stories you brought into this world.
Congratulations to @PipAdam, the recipient of the 2025 Michael King Writer's Fellowship! creativenz.govt.nz/news-and-blog/…
A novel where 'no-one is watching the kids' - @KasmaraAng reviews 1985 by Dominic Hoey @PenguinBooks_NZ @tepoumuramura @NZSocAuthors @BooksellersNZ nzreviewofbooks.com/1985-2/
A vivid illustrated account of 'one of Aotearoa NZ’s first professional women artists' - @sallyblundell_ reviews GROUNDWORK: The Art and Writing of Emily Cumming Harris by Michele Leggott and Catherine Field-Dodgson Read at: nzreviewofbooks.com/groundwork-the… @Te_Papa
'Will this book change the minds of the crazies?' - Philip Mathews reviews A DIFFERENT KIND OF POWER by Jacinda Ardern @PenguinBooks_NZ @jacindaardern @tepoumuramura @NZSocAuthors @BooksellersNZ nzreviewofbooks.com/a-different-ki…
Celebrate New Zealand's poetic talent! Nominations open now for our next NZ Poet Laureate! natlib.govt.nz/about-us/schol…
The NZSA Shaw Writer's Award is open now. Mid career NZ writers apply! authors.org.nz/nzsa-shaw-writ…
A 'beautiful, clever and tender book' that maps the 'geographies of memories' - Joanna Cho reviews CLAY EATERS by Gregory Kan @AUPBooks @tepoumuramura @NZSocAuthors @BooksellersNZ nzreviewofbooks.com/clay-eaters-by…
An essay collection exploring Māori culture, literature, personal paradoxes and the 'constant argument about place' - Kelly Ana Morey reviews THIS COMPULSION IN US by Tina Makereti @thwupbooks @tepoumuramura @NZSocAuthors @BooksellersNZ nzreviewofbooks.com/this-compulsio…
‘What did I miss?’ Ten years of @theockhams – Paula Morris takes notes and makes disclosures. @tepoumuramura @NZSocAuthors @MatatuhiF @BooksellersNZ anzliterature.com/feature/what-d…
Huge congratulations to Emma Neale for her Ockhams win! A stunning collection and so well deserved! #theockhams @OtagoUniPress
Put your hands together for Emma Neale, winner of the Ockhams 2025 Mary and Peter Biggs Award for Poetry! @OtagoUniPress #theockhams
The post-war world as a 'truly lonely place' for a POW - @GuySomerset2 reviews THE DARK DAD by Mary Kisler @masseyunipress @tepoumuramura @NZSocAuthors @BooksellersNZ nzreviewofbooks.com/the-dark-dad-b…