
‘I wrote partly because Landfall was there’
Writers on their first publications in New Zealand’s oldest literary journal
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Writers on their first publications in New Zealand’s oldest literary journal
‘I’ve always been the pain in the ass who wanted to row her own waka in her own way.’
‘Each book decides how it wants to be written’ – Elizabeth Knox
John McCrystal on the imaginative life and legacy of Maurice Gee
Paula Morris takes notes and makes disclosures.
‘Powerful and exciting and real’
Who's in - and how you can read extracts
Writers on the books that shaped their year.
A tribute by Sarah Quigley
David Geary and Alice Te Punga Somerville on the ‘Long-Distance Māori writer’
'I’m not really interested in trying to re-create the past.'
‘I’m not really interested in trying to re-create the past.’
Published by Te Herenga Waka University Press on October 9, 2025
Published by Otago University Press on September 18, 2025
Published by Allen & Unwin NZ on July 15, 2025
Published by The Cuba Press on July 14, 2025
Published by Auckland University Press on July 10, 2025
Published by Mākaro Press on July 1, 2025
edited by Michelle Elvy & Kiri Piahana Wong
Published by Massey University Press on June 12, 2025
Published by Auckland University Press on June 12, 2025
Published by Simon & Schuster on April 30, 2025
Published by Otago University Press on May 22, 2025
Published by Te Herenga Waka University Press on May 8, 2025
Published by Te Herenga Waka University Press on May 8, 2025
Published by Te Herenga Waka University Press on May 8, 2025
Published by Penguin New Zealand on May 6, 2025
Published by HarperCollins Publishers (NZ) on May 3, 2025
Published by Bateman Books on April 1, 2025
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