
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.
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Paula Morris asks the writing mentors of the new Aotearoa NZ Review of Books what they really, really want.
Tusiata Avia and the Pasifika Festival take centre stage.
‘There’s been and still is a New Zealand Story’ – Witi Ihimaera
Who's in - and how you can read extracts
Writers Celebrate Writers
‘Outside Person’: Four writers navigate Japan
‘Validation is a funny beast’: writers on their first books – and first awards.
'I’m not really interested in trying to re-create the past.'
Stephanie Johnson and James Norcliffe on this year’s Prime Minister Literary Awards.
Go dark or go home: Tracey Slaughter and Sarah Strickley dive deep.
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
Published by Penguin on April 4, 2023
Published by Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand on March 14, 2023
Published by Auckland University Press on March 9, 2023
Published by Otago University Press on February 22, 2023
Published by Te Herenga Waka University Press on February 9, 2023
Edited by Linda Burgess & Maggie Rainey-Smith
Published by The Cuba Press on December 7, 2022
Published by Quentin Wilson Publishing on November 9, 2022
Published by Auckland University Press on November 10, 2022
Published by Upstart Press on November 10, 2022
Published by Te Herenga Waka University Press on October 13, 2022
Published by Cold Hub Press on September 5, 2022
Published by Penguin Random House on August 30, 2022
Published by Brio Books on August 23, 2022
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