takahē magazine
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Aotearoa’s longest-running independent journal of poetry, fiction, art, comics, and culture in review. Since 1989. https://linktr.ee/takahemagazine
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Recently MUP quietly released First Nations Writing: Meanjin 1977 to today. Co-editors Jeanine Leane & Dan Bourchier selected First Nations pieces published in Meanjin that represented "Writing about us, by us". Meanjin is gone but we're still writing/storytelling
www.mup.com.au/books/meanji...
www.mup.com.au/books/meanji...
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December 1, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Recently MUP quietly released First Nations Writing: Meanjin 1977 to today. Co-editors Jeanine Leane & Dan Bourchier selected First Nations pieces published in Meanjin that represented "Writing about us, by us". Meanjin is gone but we're still writing/storytelling
www.mup.com.au/books/meanji...
www.mup.com.au/books/meanji...
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I'm so excited to share my zines online for the first time! ☺️ four new zines to inspire creativity and everyday adventures, all available for immediate download on Itch at a name-your-price option: abigailoswald.itch.io
more details about each one in the thread!
more details about each one in the thread!
November 29, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I'm so excited to share my zines online for the first time! ☺️ four new zines to inspire creativity and everyday adventures, all available for immediate download on Itch at a name-your-price option: abigailoswald.itch.io
more details about each one in the thread!
more details about each one in the thread!
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Massive congratulations to the poets shortlisted for the Monica Taylor Poetry Prize 2025!
The winning poem and judge's report will be published in the December issue of takahē.
www.takahe.org.nz/competitionn...
The winning poem and judge's report will be published in the December issue of takahē.
www.takahe.org.nz/competitionn...
November 29, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Massive congratulations to the poets shortlisted for the Monica Taylor Poetry Prize 2025!
The winning poem and judge's report will be published in the December issue of takahē.
www.takahe.org.nz/competitionn...
The winning poem and judge's report will be published in the December issue of takahē.
www.takahe.org.nz/competitionn...
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Xmas is just around the corner... So I'm doing a book giveaway!
Win a copy of my prize-winning story collection Home Theatre 🏠🎭
Simply reply below with a good book you read this year.
Draw closes 5pm NZST Sunday 30 November.
#pukapuka @thwupbooks.bsky.social
Win a copy of my prize-winning story collection Home Theatre 🏠🎭
Simply reply below with a good book you read this year.
Draw closes 5pm NZST Sunday 30 November.
#pukapuka @thwupbooks.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Xmas is just around the corner... So I'm doing a book giveaway!
Win a copy of my prize-winning story collection Home Theatre 🏠🎭
Simply reply below with a good book you read this year.
Draw closes 5pm NZST Sunday 30 November.
#pukapuka @thwupbooks.bsky.social
Win a copy of my prize-winning story collection Home Theatre 🏠🎭
Simply reply below with a good book you read this year.
Draw closes 5pm NZST Sunday 30 November.
#pukapuka @thwupbooks.bsky.social
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Massive congratulations to the poets shortlisted for the Monica Taylor Poetry Prize 2025!
The winning poem and judge's report will be published in the December issue of takahē.
www.takahe.org.nz/competitionn...
The winning poem and judge's report will be published in the December issue of takahē.
www.takahe.org.nz/competitionn...
November 29, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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Massive congratulations to the poets shortlisted for the Monica Taylor Poetry Prize 2025!
The winning poem and judge's report will be published in the December issue of takahē.
www.takahe.org.nz/competitionn...
The winning poem and judge's report will be published in the December issue of takahē.
www.takahe.org.nz/competitionn...
November 29, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Massive congratulations to the poets shortlisted for the Monica Taylor Poetry Prize 2025!
The winning poem and judge's report will be published in the December issue of takahē.
www.takahe.org.nz/competitionn...
The winning poem and judge's report will be published in the December issue of takahē.
www.takahe.org.nz/competitionn...
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I won the Queenstown Writers Festival Open Competition!
qtwritersfestival.nz/2025-writing...
And you can read the other placegetters and comments from judge Owen Marshall if you click "The Competition" at the top left.
qtwritersfestival.nz/2025-writing...
And you can read the other placegetters and comments from judge Owen Marshall if you click "The Competition" at the top left.
Release: 2025 Programme | Queenstown Writers Festival
Packed with Aotearoa's most exciting writers and thinkers
qtwritersfestival.nz
November 7, 2025 at 2:26 AM
I won the Queenstown Writers Festival Open Competition!
qtwritersfestival.nz/2025-writing...
And you can read the other placegetters and comments from judge Owen Marshall if you click "The Competition" at the top left.
qtwritersfestival.nz/2025-writing...
And you can read the other placegetters and comments from judge Owen Marshall if you click "The Competition" at the top left.
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We're putting the finishing touches on the December issue, and so chuffed to announce that Tony Guo will be Guest Artist! 🖤
#takahēmagazine #takahē115 #guestartist #tonyguo #guestart
#takahēmagazine #takahē115 #guestartist #tonyguo #guestart
November 28, 2025 at 3:00 AM
We're putting the finishing touches on the December issue, and so chuffed to announce that Tony Guo will be Guest Artist! 🖤
#takahēmagazine #takahē115 #guestartist #tonyguo #guestart
#takahēmagazine #takahē115 #guestartist #tonyguo #guestart
We're putting the finishing touches on the December issue, and so chuffed to announce that Tony Guo will be Guest Artist! 🖤
#takahēmagazine #takahē115 #guestartist #tonyguo #guestart
#takahēmagazine #takahē115 #guestartist #tonyguo #guestart
November 28, 2025 at 3:00 AM
We're putting the finishing touches on the December issue, and so chuffed to announce that Tony Guo will be Guest Artist! 🖤
#takahēmagazine #takahē115 #guestartist #tonyguo #guestart
#takahēmagazine #takahē115 #guestartist #tonyguo #guestart
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Issue Twelve is here! Launching tonight at Bedlam & Squalor, and available online all shiny and new right now at www.sweetmammalian.com/issues/issue-twelve ✨
Issue Twelve — Sweet Mammalian
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November 25, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Issue Twelve is here! Launching tonight at Bedlam & Squalor, and available online all shiny and new right now at www.sweetmammalian.com/issues/issue-twelve ✨
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Congratulations to the poets longlisted for the Monica Taylor Poetry Prize 2025!! 🖤🖤🖤
www.takahe.org.nz/competitionn...
www.takahe.org.nz/competitionn...
November 14, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Congratulations to the poets longlisted for the Monica Taylor Poetry Prize 2025!! 🖤🖤🖤
www.takahe.org.nz/competitionn...
www.takahe.org.nz/competitionn...
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Congratulations 👏🏻 @reverendjasmine.bsky.social
Congratulations to the poets longlisted for the Monica Taylor Poetry Prize 2025!! 🖤🖤🖤
www.takahe.org.nz/competitionn...
www.takahe.org.nz/competitionn...
November 14, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Congratulations 👏🏻 @reverendjasmine.bsky.social
Congratulations to the poets longlisted for the Monica Taylor Poetry Prize 2025!! 🖤🖤🖤
www.takahe.org.nz/competitionn...
www.takahe.org.nz/competitionn...
November 14, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Congratulations to the poets longlisted for the Monica Taylor Poetry Prize 2025!! 🖤🖤🖤
www.takahe.org.nz/competitionn...
www.takahe.org.nz/competitionn...
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Finally, here's a starter pack of writers and people associated with the brilliant @takahemagazine.bsky.social Please follow and repost if you can
November 5, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Finally, here's a starter pack of writers and people associated with the brilliant @takahemagazine.bsky.social Please follow and repost if you can
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Tracey Sharp reviews 'Oceans Between Us: Pacific Peoples and Racism in Aotearoa' (Auckland University Press 2025) edited by Sereana Naepi.
www.takahe.org.nz/oceans-betwe...
www.takahe.org.nz/oceans-betwe...
October 26, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Tracey Sharp reviews 'Oceans Between Us: Pacific Peoples and Racism in Aotearoa' (Auckland University Press 2025) edited by Sereana Naepi.
www.takahe.org.nz/oceans-betwe...
www.takahe.org.nz/oceans-betwe...
Tracey Sharp reviews 'Oceans Between Us: Pacific Peoples and Racism in Aotearoa' (Auckland University Press 2025) edited by Sereana Naepi.
www.takahe.org.nz/oceans-betwe...
www.takahe.org.nz/oceans-betwe...
October 26, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Tracey Sharp reviews 'Oceans Between Us: Pacific Peoples and Racism in Aotearoa' (Auckland University Press 2025) edited by Sereana Naepi.
www.takahe.org.nz/oceans-betwe...
www.takahe.org.nz/oceans-betwe...
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'Writers never ask one another questions like ‘where do you get your ideas’ because we all know the answer will be useless. Every writer’s process is personal and not very replicable.'
Read ‘Massive Continuity of Horses’, a new essay by Una Cruickshank 🖤
www.takahe.org.nz/massive-cont...
Read ‘Massive Continuity of Horses’, a new essay by Una Cruickshank 🖤
www.takahe.org.nz/massive-cont...
October 19, 2025 at 12:38 AM
'Writers never ask one another questions like ‘where do you get your ideas’ because we all know the answer will be useless. Every writer’s process is personal and not very replicable.'
Read ‘Massive Continuity of Horses’, a new essay by Una Cruickshank 🖤
www.takahe.org.nz/massive-cont...
Read ‘Massive Continuity of Horses’, a new essay by Una Cruickshank 🖤
www.takahe.org.nz/massive-cont...
'Writers never ask one another questions like ‘where do you get your ideas’ because we all know the answer will be useless. Every writer’s process is personal and not very replicable.'
Read ‘Massive Continuity of Horses’, a new essay by Una Cruickshank 🖤
www.takahe.org.nz/massive-cont...
Read ‘Massive Continuity of Horses’, a new essay by Una Cruickshank 🖤
www.takahe.org.nz/massive-cont...
October 19, 2025 at 12:38 AM
'Writers never ask one another questions like ‘where do you get your ideas’ because we all know the answer will be useless. Every writer’s process is personal and not very replicable.'
Read ‘Massive Continuity of Horses’, a new essay by Una Cruickshank 🖤
www.takahe.org.nz/massive-cont...
Read ‘Massive Continuity of Horses’, a new essay by Una Cruickshank 🖤
www.takahe.org.nz/massive-cont...
Erica Stretton reviews The Book of Guilt by Catherine Chidgey (THWUP 2025).
www.takahe.org.nz/the-book-of-...
www.takahe.org.nz/the-book-of-...
October 17, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Erica Stretton reviews The Book of Guilt by Catherine Chidgey (THWUP 2025).
www.takahe.org.nz/the-book-of-...
www.takahe.org.nz/the-book-of-...
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As many outside the UK can't use BBC Sounds here's the Vis Aeternitatis recording used in the Upload programme
My thanks again to the brilliant @takahemagazine.bsky.social The poem's had a good afterlife because of their kindness in publishing it during the pandemic🙏 #poetrycommunity #poetsonbluesky
My thanks again to the brilliant @takahemagazine.bsky.social The poem's had a good afterlife because of their kindness in publishing it during the pandemic🙏 #poetrycommunity #poetsonbluesky
October 17, 2025 at 9:22 AM
As many outside the UK can't use BBC Sounds here's the Vis Aeternitatis recording used in the Upload programme
My thanks again to the brilliant @takahemagazine.bsky.social The poem's had a good afterlife because of their kindness in publishing it during the pandemic🙏 #poetrycommunity #poetsonbluesky
My thanks again to the brilliant @takahemagazine.bsky.social The poem's had a good afterlife because of their kindness in publishing it during the pandemic🙏 #poetrycommunity #poetsonbluesky
Lovely news for takahē fave, Breton Dukes! 🖤
Congratulations to Breton Dukes on winning the $10,000 NZSA Peter and Dianne Beatson Fellowship 2025 to work on a collection of connected short stories! authors.org.nz/event/breton...
October 16, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Lovely news for takahē fave, Breton Dukes! 🖤
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My poem Vis Aeternitatis, first published in @takahemagazine.bsky.social and broadcast on BBC Upload is now on BBC Sounds. The poem is about 39 minutes in
#poetrycommunity #poetsonbluesky
#poetrycommunity #poetsonbluesky
Upload with Leo Ulph - 16/10/2025 - BBC Sounds
Original comedy, podcasts, poetry, fiction and more on BBC Upload with Leo Ulph.
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October 16, 2025 at 8:27 PM
My poem Vis Aeternitatis, first published in @takahemagazine.bsky.social and broadcast on BBC Upload is now on BBC Sounds. The poem is about 39 minutes in
#poetrycommunity #poetsonbluesky
#poetrycommunity #poetsonbluesky
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If you’ve ever been published in takahē, we want to add you to our starter pack! Leave us a comment or DM 🖤
go.bsky.app/MEWV1RM
go.bsky.app/MEWV1RM
October 7, 2025 at 2:11 AM
If you’ve ever been published in takahē, we want to add you to our starter pack! Leave us a comment or DM 🖤
go.bsky.app/MEWV1RM
go.bsky.app/MEWV1RM
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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/
Māia Te Whetū reviews 'Slowing the Sun' by Nadine Hura (Bridget Williams Books, 2025) ❤️🤍🤎
www.takahe.org.nz/takahe-114/
October 10, 2025 at 1:01 AM
'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/
Māia Te Whetū reviews 'Slowing the Sun' by Nadine Hura (Bridget Williams Books, 2025) ❤️🤍🤎
www.takahe.org.nz/takahe-114/
'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/
Māia Te Whetū reviews 'Slowing the Sun' by Nadine Hura (Bridget Williams Books, 2025) ❤️🤍🤎
www.takahe.org.nz/takahe-114/
October 10, 2025 at 1:01 AM
'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/
Māia Te Whetū reviews 'Slowing the Sun' by Nadine Hura (Bridget Williams Books, 2025) ❤️🤍🤎
www.takahe.org.nz/takahe-114/