The dark art of reviewing books: new voices and a new site.
Paula Morris asks the writing mentors of the new Aotearoa NZ Review of Books what they really, really want.
The ANZL
The ANZL is a community of writers from New Zealand – authors of fiction, poetry and creative nonfiction.
On our site you’ll find current biographical information for over 100 writers – our ANZL Fellows and Members – and a range of in-depth features about the diverse strands of contemporary New Zealand literature, as well as extended interviews, book reviews, round-table discussions, essays and a series of conversations/ kōrero that crosses oceans.
The site also features creative work by ANZL writers, including extracts from finalists in the annual Ockham New Zealand Book Awards.
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‘The courage to say it out loud’: Pasifika in the spotlight
Tusiata Avia and the Pasifika Festival take centre stage.
‘There’s been and still is a New Zealand Story’ – Witi Ihimaera
The 2023 Ockhams Finalists
Who's in - and how you can read extracts
International Women’s Day:
Writers Celebrate Writers
Writers’ Round Table on Japan
‘Outside Person’: Four writers navigate Japan
Best First Books
‘Validation is a funny beast’: writers on their first books – and first awards.
The Interview: Fiona Farrell
'I’m not really interested in trying to re-create the past.'
‘The Award Changes Everything’
Stephanie Johnson and James Norcliffe on this year’s Prime Minister Literary Awards.
Conversation/Kōrero: Tracey Slaughter and Sarah Strickley
Go dark or go home: Tracey Slaughter and Sarah Strickley dive deep.
The Interview – Fleur Adcock
Fleur Adcock talks with Emma Neale - 2017
Fleur Adcock and Emma Neale discuss parallel activities, chance findings and the many angles of place.
‘There are so many different kinds of poem’ – Fleur Adcock
New releases
Laughing at the Dark (memoir)
Published by Penguin on April 4, 2023
P.S. Come to Italy (fiction)
Published by Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand on March 14, 2023
Say I Do This: Poems 2018 – 2022 (poetry)
Published by Auckland University Press on March 9, 2023
Letter to ‘Oumuamua (poetry)
Published by Otago University Press on February 22, 2023
Birnam Wood (fiction)
Published by Te Herenga Waka University Press on February 9, 2023
Room to Write: 20 years of Randell Cottage Writers (anthology)
Edited by Linda Burgess & Maggie Rainey-Smith
Published by The Cuba Press on December 7, 2022
A Month At The Back Of My Brain (memoir)
Published by Quentin Wilson Publishing on November 9, 2022
My American Chair (poetry)
Published by Auckland University Press on November 10, 2022
The Pain Tourist (crime novel)
Published by Upstart Press on November 10, 2022
The Axeman’s Carnival (fiction)
Published by Te Herenga Waka University Press on October 13, 2022
Renoir’s Bicycle (prose poems)
Published by Cold Hub Press on September 5, 2022
Pounamu Pounamu (fiction)
Published by Penguin Random House on August 30, 2022
Blue Hotel (novel)
Published by Brio Books on August 23, 2022
The Wandering Nature Of Us Girls (short fiction)
Published by Canterbury University Press on August 15, 2022
'One of writing’s greatest magics is to allow us – to use Kiri Piahana-Wong’s phrase – to slide outside the trap of time.' - David Taylor