Features and Interviews

Kelly Ana Morey: 1968–2025

‘I’ve always been the pain in the ass who wanted to row her own waka in her own way.’

04/09/2025

‘I’ve always been the pain in the ass who wanted to row her own waka in her own way.’


Still Waters Run Deep

John McCrystal on the imaginative life and legacy of Maurice Gee

19/06/2025

John McCrystal on the imaginative life and legacy of Maurice Gee


‘What did I miss?’ Ten years of the Ockhams

Paula Morris takes notes and makes disclosures.

15/05/2025

Paula Morris takes notes and makes disclosures.


The Ockham NZ Book Awards: Fiction Round Table 2025

‘Powerful and exciting and real’

02/05/2025

‘Powerful and exciting and real’


The 2025 Ockhams Finalists

Who's in - and how you can read extracts

05/03/2025

Who’s in – and how you can read extracts


‘I became obsessed’

Writers on the books that shaped their year.

13/12/2024

Writers on the books that shaped their year.


Fleur Adcock: 1934 – 2024

A tribute by Sarah Quigley

11/12/2024

A tribute by Sarah Quigley


From the edge of the sky

Philip Temple on the complex legacy of Maurice Shadbolt

05/11/2024

Philip Temple on the complex legacy of Maurice Shadbolt


The Best of Vincent O’Sullivan

Other writers talk about their favourite work by the late ANZL Fellow

12/07/2024

Other writers talk about their favourite work by the late ANZL Fellow


‘Across the Divide of Death’

Selina Tusitala Marsh farewells Caroline Sinavaiana-Gabbard

30/05/2024

Selina Tusitala Marsh farewells Caroline Sinavaiana-Gabbard


Ockham NZ Book Award Winners 2024

The winning books and writers

16/05/2024

The winning books and writers


Book Awards: a brief and personal history

by Paula Morris

15/05/2024

by Paula Morris


Ockham NZ Book Awards: Poetry Round Table 2024

‘I assumed no publisher would be interested’

14/05/2024

‘I assumed no publisher would be interested’


Ockham NZ Book Awards: Fiction Round Table 2024

‘I know the thrilling intimacy’

10/05/2024

‘I know the thrilling intimacy’


Sir Vincent O’Sullivan : 1937 – 2024

'He belonged here too'

03/05/2024

‘He belonged here too’


An Interview with Albert Wendt

‘I was compelled to write’

24/04/2024

‘I was compelled to write’


The 2024 Ockhams Finalists

Who's in - and how you can read extracts

07/03/2024

Who’s in – and how you can read extracts


‘What makes a winning essay?’

Emma Neale on Landfall’s Strong Words #3 and thinking aloud about New Zealand culture

08/08/2023

Emma Neale on Landfall’s Strong Words #3 and thinking aloud about New Zealand culture.


Takataka te kāhui o te rangi

A new anthology named for Hiwa, the ninth star of Matariki, celebrates Māori short fiction.

13/07/2023

A new anthology named for Hiwa, the ninth star of Matariki, celebrates Māori short fiction.


‘My work always comes from somewhere else’:

Pip Adam on not liking theatre, scrutinising comedy and questioning realism.

06/07/2023

Pip Adam on not liking theatre, scrutinising comedy and questioning realism.


Kevin Ireland, Gentleman Poet

  A tribute by Johanna Emeney

09/06/2023

  A tribute by Johanna Emeney


‘The spaceship of our ancestors’ 

Gina Cole on writing Pasifikafuturism and discovering a ‘galaxy of islands’

01/06/2023

Gina Cole on writing Pasifikafuturism and discovering a ‘galaxy of islands’


Second-Best Sellers

Catherine Robertson on commercial fiction.

25/05/2023

Catherine Robertson on commercial fiction.


Ockham NZ Book Awards 2023: Spreading the Wealth

 Tom Moody on the winners, surprises and new waves.

19/05/2023

 Tom Moody on the winners, surprises and new waves.


'Many of our best stories profit from a meeting of New Zealand and overseas influences' - Owen Marshall

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