Fergus Barrowman
@fergusthw.bsky.social
Editor, Publisher
https://teherengawakapress.co.nz
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Kia ora! I've unleashed my fave NZ book covers of 2025. My top pick is Sick Power Trip by @erikkennedy.com
Published by @thwupbooks.bsky.social
Designed by @toddatticus.bsky.social
Todd talks about the making of the cover: my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/blogs/post/b... ^DR
#booksky #pukapuka
Published by @thwupbooks.bsky.social
Designed by @toddatticus.bsky.social
Todd talks about the making of the cover: my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/blogs/post/b... ^DR
#booksky #pukapuka
November 28, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Kia ora! I've unleashed my fave NZ book covers of 2025. My top pick is Sick Power Trip by @erikkennedy.com
Published by @thwupbooks.bsky.social
Designed by @toddatticus.bsky.social
Todd talks about the making of the cover: my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/blogs/post/b... ^DR
#booksky #pukapuka
Published by @thwupbooks.bsky.social
Designed by @toddatticus.bsky.social
Todd talks about the making of the cover: my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/blogs/post/b... ^DR
#booksky #pukapuka
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Enjoyed revealing a little about how the cover for @erikkennedy.com’s Sick Power Trip came together for the @christchurchlib.bsky.social blog. Erik’s collection was one of my highlights from @thwupbooks.bsky.social this year.
Kia ora! I've unleashed my fave NZ book covers of 2025. My top pick is Sick Power Trip by @erikkennedy.com
Published by @thwupbooks.bsky.social
Designed by @toddatticus.bsky.social
Todd talks about the making of the cover: my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/blogs/post/b... ^DR
#booksky #pukapuka
Published by @thwupbooks.bsky.social
Designed by @toddatticus.bsky.social
Todd talks about the making of the cover: my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/blogs/post/b... ^DR
#booksky #pukapuka
November 30, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Enjoyed revealing a little about how the cover for @erikkennedy.com’s Sick Power Trip came together for the @christchurchlib.bsky.social blog. Erik’s collection was one of my highlights from @thwupbooks.bsky.social this year.
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We're delighted to be publishing What to Wear in February next year, a new poetry collection by Jenny Bornholdt, one of Aotearoa's most-loved poets.
More info and pre-orders here: teherengawakapress.co.nz/products/wha...
More info and pre-orders here: teherengawakapress.co.nz/products/wha...
November 30, 2025 at 1:43 AM
We're delighted to be publishing What to Wear in February next year, a new poetry collection by Jenny Bornholdt, one of Aotearoa's most-loved poets.
More info and pre-orders here: teherengawakapress.co.nz/products/wha...
More info and pre-orders here: teherengawakapress.co.nz/products/wha...
Neighbourhood greenery
November 29, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Neighbourhood greenery
Joyce DiDonato ♥️💙💜
November 28, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Joyce DiDonato ♥️💙💜
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it actually rocks to be perceived, and loved anyway!!!! Bec made the fact that I am essentially uncontactable cute. also i'm sick of this world i want to go to the one she has imagined for me
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 28, 2025 at 12:11 AM
it actually rocks to be perceived, and loved anyway!!!! Bec made the fact that I am essentially uncontactable cute. also i'm sick of this world i want to go to the one she has imagined for me
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Non-identical twins 🖤💚
The NZ Lyrical Ballads cover has a sibling. Here is the UK cover for Bill Manhire’s new collection, publishing in March by Carcanet (Feb in NZ by Te Herenga Waka!)
This cover features an 18th century mezzotint plate by Thomas Wright from his An Original Theory or New Hypothesis of the Universe.
This cover features an 18th century mezzotint plate by Thomas Wright from his An Original Theory or New Hypothesis of the Universe.
November 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Non-identical twins 🖤💚
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Flip Grater has nailed it.
“This Government’s decisions - in a shockingly apparent and unapologetic way - are focused entirely on short-term gain and greed. And the result is an economy in tatters and an environment in grave danger.”
#nzpol
“This Government’s decisions - in a shockingly apparent and unapologetic way - are focused entirely on short-term gain and greed. And the result is an economy in tatters and an environment in grave danger.”
#nzpol
OPINION: The hardest part honestly hasn’t been the headlines, or the armchair analysts, or the carnivorous trolls eager for a schadenfreude snack.
Why my business collapsed - and the myth about plant-based food
OPINION: The hardest part honestly hasn’t been the headlines, or the armchair analysts, or the carnivorous trolls eager for a schadenfreude snack.
dlvr.it
November 23, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Flip Grater has nailed it.
“This Government’s decisions - in a shockingly apparent and unapologetic way - are focused entirely on short-term gain and greed. And the result is an economy in tatters and an environment in grave danger.”
#nzpol
“This Government’s decisions - in a shockingly apparent and unapologetic way - are focused entirely on short-term gain and greed. And the result is an economy in tatters and an environment in grave danger.”
#nzpol
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We've never been so proud to be misaligned! Your support keeps us doing the thing this administration sees as a threat and a disruption.
We could do this forever. Stay the course with us by making a tax deductible donation at the link in our bio! 🔥
We could do this forever. Stay the course with us by making a tax deductible donation at the link in our bio! 🔥
November 17, 2025 at 5:25 PM
We've never been so proud to be misaligned! Your support keeps us doing the thing this administration sees as a threat and a disruption.
We could do this forever. Stay the course with us by making a tax deductible donation at the link in our bio! 🔥
We could do this forever. Stay the course with us by making a tax deductible donation at the link in our bio! 🔥
Is this completely bonkers it is that just me?
A new ruling on AI means the Ockhams are in the strange position of judging a book by its cover
Ockhams dump AI books from awards
newsroom.co.nz
November 16, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Is this completely bonkers it is that just me?
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The Samoan-New Zealand typographer behind the beloved Bugonia font
The Samoan-New Zealand typographer behind the beloved Bugonia font
The late Joseph Churchward designed more than 600 fonts, many of which can be seen all over New Zealand life....
thespinoff.co.nz
November 15, 2025 at 9:17 PM
The Samoan-New Zealand typographer behind the beloved Bugonia font
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Awesome news.
November 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Awesome news.
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And now I spy the UK cover, coming in July 26 from Hutchinson Heinemann! www.penguin.co.uk/books/476509...
November 7, 2025 at 4:51 PM
And now I spy the UK cover, coming in July 26 from Hutchinson Heinemann! www.penguin.co.uk/books/476509...
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‘I vote with the hand that holds
this knife. I vote for the fish, the bird,
the ocean and a raised land shaped
by explosion, erosion and willful life.’
Dinah Hawken reads from her poem ‘The Uprising’ after receiving the Prime Minister’s Award for Poetry last night.
this knife. I vote for the fish, the bird,
the ocean and a raised land shaped
by explosion, erosion and willful life.’
Dinah Hawken reads from her poem ‘The Uprising’ after receiving the Prime Minister’s Award for Poetry last night.
November 6, 2025 at 8:03 PM
‘I vote with the hand that holds
this knife. I vote for the fish, the bird,
the ocean and a raised land shaped
by explosion, erosion and willful life.’
Dinah Hawken reads from her poem ‘The Uprising’ after receiving the Prime Minister’s Award for Poetry last night.
this knife. I vote for the fish, the bird,
the ocean and a raised land shaped
by explosion, erosion and willful life.’
Dinah Hawken reads from her poem ‘The Uprising’ after receiving the Prime Minister’s Award for Poetry last night.
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Check out our November news, which includes the announcement of our first five books to be published in 2026!
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November 3, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Check out our November news, which includes the announcement of our first five books to be published in 2026!
mailchi.mp/wgtn.ac.nz/t...
mailchi.mp/wgtn.ac.nz/t...
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"Bill Manhire has always subscribed to Paul Valéry’s definition of poetry as ‘a prolonged hesitation between sound and sense’." Yaaaaaaaay!!!!!!
Woooohoooo!!! New Bill Manhire! Lyric Ballads is out 13 February 2026. Can. Not. Wait.
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Lyrical Ballads
Bill Manhire has always subscribed to Paul Valéry’s definition of poetry as ‘a prolonged hesitation between sound and sense’. In that spirit, many of the poems in this new, dazzling collection blend s...
teherengawakapress.co.nz
November 3, 2025 at 12:32 AM
"Bill Manhire has always subscribed to Paul Valéry’s definition of poetry as ‘a prolonged hesitation between sound and sense’." Yaaaaaaaay!!!!!!
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Delighted to announce that acclaimed poet Tusiata Avia MNZM has been appointed Creative NZ / Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington Writer in Residence for 2026, and will be joining us at the IIML next year to work on her next book! www.wgtn.ac.nz/modernletter...
Tusiata Avia named as 2026 International Institute of Modern Letters Writer in Residence | Te Pūtahi Tuhi Auaha o Te Ao / International Institute of Modern Letters | Te Herenga Waka—Victoria Universi...
Acclaimed poet Tusiata Avia MNZM has been appointed Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington International Institute of Modern Letters (IIML) and Creative New Zealand Writer in Residence for ...
www.wgtn.ac.nz
October 29, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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My latest post about the future of distribution, which is typically the forgotten step in the publishing process.
#ampublishing #indiepublisher
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#ampublishing #indiepublisher
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October 25, 2025 at 3:54 PM
My latest post about the future of distribution, which is typically the forgotten step in the publishing process.
#ampublishing #indiepublisher
open.substack.com/pub/claretpr...
#ampublishing #indiepublisher
open.substack.com/pub/claretpr...
The @thwupbooks.bsky.social publishing library is filling up
October 22, 2025 at 12:06 AM
The @thwupbooks.bsky.social publishing library is filling up
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I was expecting this to have happened in Hokkaido, but it was in Myoko, in Niigata Prefecture!
Kiwi's arm 'fully snapped' in Japanese bear attack www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...
Kiwi's arm 'fully snapped' in Japanese bear attack www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...
Kiwi's arm 'fully snapped' in Japanese bear attack
"I was screaming a lot, in fight or flight": Kiwi Billy Halloran, 32, had been out for a casual run when he saw a bear heading towards him.
www.rnz.co.nz
October 19, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I was expecting this to have happened in Hokkaido, but it was in Myoko, in Niigata Prefecture!
Kiwi's arm 'fully snapped' in Japanese bear attack www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...
Kiwi's arm 'fully snapped' in Japanese bear attack www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...