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takahē magazine @takahemagazine.bsky.social · 8d

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takahē magazine @takahemagazine.bsky.social · 5d

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'Wildly informative and generous…begins as an inquiry into the world of climate change activism and swiftly unfolds into an interrogation of the racist hierarchy of knowledge.'

Māia Te Whetū reviews 'Slowing the Sun' by Nadine Hura (Bridget Williams Books, 2025) ❤️🤍🤎

www.takahe.org.nz/takahe-114/

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takahē magazine @takahemagazine.bsky.social · 5d

'Wildly informative and generous…begins as an inquiry into the world of climate change activism and swiftly unfolds into an interrogation of the racist hierarchy of knowledge.'

Māia Te Whetū reviews 'Slowing the Sun' by Nadine Hura (Bridget Williams Books, 2025) ❤️🤍🤎

www.takahe.org.nz/takahe-114/

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takahē magazine @takahemagazine.bsky.social · 7d

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takahē magazine @takahemagazine.bsky.social · 8d

If you’ve ever been published in takahē, we want to add you to our starter pack! Leave us a comment or DM 🖤

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takahē magazine @takahemagazine.bsky.social · 12d

'...a sophisticated and multivalent voice, at once wise and vulnerable on its theses of otherness, gender, intimacy, grief and distance.'

Dani Yourukova reviews Dear Alter, by Jiaqiao Liu (AUP 2025).

www.takahe.org.nz/dear-alter/

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takahē magazine @takahemagazine.bsky.social · 12d

'...a sophisticated and multivalent voice, at once wise and vulnerable on its theses of otherness, gender, intimacy, grief and distance.'

Dani Yourukova reviews Dear Alter, by Jiaqiao Liu (AUP 2025).

www.takahe.org.nz/dear-alter/

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takahē magazine @takahemagazine.bsky.social · 16d

Closing tomorrow! The Monica Taylor Poetry Prize 2025 💫

If you have any barriers to sending your entry, please message us or use the contact form to get in touch ❤️

www.takahe.org.nz/submit/

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takahē magazine @takahemagazine.bsky.social · 16d

Closing tomorrow! The Monica Taylor Poetry Prize 2025 💫

If you have any barriers to sending your entry, please message us or use the contact form to get in touch ❤️

www.takahe.org.nz/submit/

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Pitt Rivers Museum @pittriversmuseum.bsky.social · 18d

Maori scholar, Makereti Papakura writing at her desk c.1910. The room is decorated with a mix of Maori & European mementoes whilst the rafters are painted with traditional kowhaiwhai patterns. Makereti will be awarded a posthumous degree in Oxford tomorrow, almost a century after she died in 1930.

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Bill Manhire @pacificraft.bsky.social · Nov 8

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Gaza

The dead boy tries to open his eyes.
He wants to see the world he is leaving.
But there is nothing to see here,
nothing and nothing, and anyway he is gone.
His parents held him while he died
but they are both dead, too.
Or he held them, no one remembers.

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takahē magazine @takahemagazine.bsky.social · 20d

Last call for entries! The Monica Taylor Poetry Prize closes at the end of September, so don't miss your chance to be part of this beloved competition.

💚$300 first prize + publication in the December issue of takahē
💚$150 runner up

www.takahe.org.nz/submit/

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takahē magazine @takahemagazine.bsky.social · 20d

Every entry will be read blind by this year's excellent judge, Janet Newman. Entries accepted in English or Te Reo Māori with English translation.

Closes 30th September 2025 at 11:59pm.

Please get in touch if you have any barriers to accessing the entry form. We're here to help ❤️

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takahē magazine @takahemagazine.bsky.social · 20d

Last call for entries! The Monica Taylor Poetry Prize closes at the end of September, so don't miss your chance to be part of this beloved competition.

💚$300 first prize + publication in the December issue of takahē
💚$150 runner up

www.takahe.org.nz/submit/

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Monarch Queer Literary Awards @monarch.gay · Aug 1

Hello, friends! We're Monarch Queer Literary Awards, a project of @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social. Monarch is a new anthology recognizing the best new queer writing and art published by literary magazines and independent presses. 🦋

Submissions open September 1. Until then, get to know us: monarch.gay

Hi, we’re Monarch. Monarch Queer Literary Awards is a new anthology recognizing the best new queer writing and art published by literary magazines and independent presses. We aim to uplift the groundbreaking and often under-celebrated poems, short stories, essays, and artwork that are published in magazines, chapbooks, zines, and other collections.

More about Monarch. We want to celebrate excellence in all regards: great writing and great community stewardship. While submissions from both emerging and established publications will (of course) be given equal consideration, we really hope to see some of our longstanding community members come out and join us in the revelry of it all!

Submit to Monarch. We will accept submissions from September 1 through November 30, 2025. Submissions must come from the editor or editors of the publication. Journals and independent presses are eligible. The work must have been initially published between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025, either online or in print.

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Martin Shaw @thebooksdesk.bsky.social · 23d

Late to this from @greenj.bsky.social , but: exactly...

"What a shitty waste, and what a tragic confirmation of the Meanjin project’s occasional subtext: that culturally we are inclined to cringe."

greenworlds.substack.com/p/the-death-...

The Death of Meanjin

Price of everything, value of nothing dept.

greenworlds.substack.com

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takahē magazine @takahemagazine.bsky.social · 25d

'As modern Māori, what do our stories and journeys look like?’

The brilliant Melissa Oliver reviews Overseas Experience by Nicola Andrews (Āporo Press, 2025) 💛🩵🩶

www.takahe.org.nz/overseas-exp...

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takahē magazine @takahemagazine.bsky.social · 25d

'As modern Māori, what do our stories and journeys look like?’

The brilliant Melissa Oliver reviews Overseas Experience by Nicola Andrews (Āporo Press, 2025) 💛🩵🩶

www.takahe.org.nz/overseas-exp...

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