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Aotearoa's leading publisher of new fiction, poetry and nonfiction. Formerly Victoria University Press.
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Yes! 💕
erikkennedy.com Erik Kennedy @erikkennedy.com · 5h
Love seeing Todd's work recognised like this. 🥰
November 28, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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Want more? Here is a lineup of 2025's best book covers in Aotearoa New Zealand! includes Violet and the Velvets by @rachaelking70.bsky.social, Catherine Chidgey, and loads more to please your eyes.
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Violet & the Velvets –Too Shy
YouTube video by Rachael King
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November 28, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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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
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Various versions of Sick Power Trip
November 28, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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I will be running to the bookshop so fast. Especially to read Kate’s reflections on it all.
November 28, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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"772 years of breathing in and out."

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Rare and memorable: a poets’ celebration
by Stephen Olsen The Poet Laureate gathering held last night at the National Library Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa in Wellington was, as billed, a rare and memorable occasion. Of the 10 former lau...
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November 28, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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This is amazing news.
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Coming February 2026 – Leather & Chains: My 1986 Diary, by Kate Camp. 🖤⛓️

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Cover by @toddatticus.bsky.social
The book cover is a close up on a woman's hand holding a red plastic landline phone to her ear. Large text on a slight slant says: Kate Camp. LEATHER & CHAINS. My 1986 Diary. Three quotes from early readers are shown in red text, as follows: Kate Camp reads the words of grownupchild Kate of 1986 - achingly funny, arch and louche, often shocking, always clever. And all of it threaded with such pain and sadness and unsettling darkness, such yearning to be loved. - Tracy Farr. An irresistible blend of darkness and light. -Catherine Chidgey. IF YOU EVER GET TO SEE KATE CAMP READ FROM HER 40YO DIARY DO IT FUCKING DO IT. -Melody Thomas.
November 28, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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Coming February 2026 – Leather & Chains: My 1986 Diary, by Kate Camp. 🖤⛓️

teherengawakapress.co.nz/products/lea...

Cover by @toddatticus.bsky.social
The book cover is a close up on a woman's hand holding a red plastic landline phone to her ear. Large text on a slight slant says: Kate Camp. LEATHER & CHAINS. My 1986 Diary. Three quotes from early readers are shown in red text, as follows: Kate Camp reads the words of grownupchild Kate of 1986 - achingly funny, arch and louche, often shocking, always clever. And all of it threaded with such pain and sadness and unsettling darkness, such yearning to be loved. - Tracy Farr. An irresistible blend of darkness and light. -Catherine Chidgey. IF YOU EVER GET TO SEE KATE CAMP READ FROM HER 40YO DIARY DO IT FUCKING DO IT. -Melody Thomas.
November 28, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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I have a new poem up at 'Anthropocene'. =)

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Erik Kennedy The Distant Sounds of the Paintball War They’re firing as if the whole world is made of ammunition or at least Ferrymead is Their arguments sound like a shaken box of punctuation marks A synaesthete might describe the gunshots as carnation pink I intellectualise violence because I know I benefit from it The confused team is being taught difficult lessons by the angry team They crawl over and under obstacles like map lines I take my anti-anxiety meds to feel a little more anti-anxious I see a suited figure fall before I can hear the cry I’m hit
November 27, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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Eight New Zealand novelists on the music they write to
Eight New Zealand novelists on the music they write to
From one song played masochistically on repeat to a sprawling 12-hour playlist, this is the music behind the books....
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November 27, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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On 12 February next year, ahead of the 2026 NZ General Election, we will be releasing another book by the prolific Sir Geoffrey Palmer, following his bestselling 2025 title How to Save Democracy in Aotearoa New Zealand.
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November 27, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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November 24, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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'Dinah Hawken has a remarkable ability to situate herself and us in nature and history. To connect us to these bigger things, while – gently yet pointedly - make us ask questions of ourselves.'
Here's Dinah on RNZ following her PM's Award.
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Winner of Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement, poet Dinah Hawken
On Thursday evening, poet Dinah Hawken was one of three recipients of a Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement. The others were, for fiction, Barbara Else and non fiction, Ross Calman. The aw...
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November 11, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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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.
November 6, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Huge congratulations to these three. We're particularly proud of our Dinah! 💙
November 6, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Great to see poet Dinah Hawken here! Such a clear-sighted, brave and – when you least expect it – mischievous writer.
November 6, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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Happy publication day to Tusiata Avia! Giving Birth to My Father is an extraordinary new collection from one of our country’s most important voices.
Cover art: Pati Solomona Tyrell
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November 6, 2025 at 5:20 AM
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Happy publication day to Christina Barton! Out of the Blue: Essays on Artists from Aotearoa New Zealand 1985–2021 is art writing at its best and most engaging and a vital piece of New Zealand history.
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November 6, 2025 at 5:19 AM
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Happy publication day to Harry Ricketts! Bonfires on the Ice is out today. This is a beautiful, intelligent and funny book.
Cover (woodcut): Dave Kent
Cover (design): Todd Atticus
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November 6, 2025 at 5:17 AM
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Another extremely exciting book coming in February 2026 is Bill Manhire's Lyrical Ballads. A dazzling blend of story and song where collisions between wonder and reality create unforgettable poems.

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Cover: Todd Atticus

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November 5, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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We're thrilled to announce that in February 2026, Breton Dukes will make his debut as a novelist with Party Boy, a tender, shocking and comic portrait of a man on the edge.

Cover: Dudley Benson

More info and pre-orders here: teherengawakapress.co.nz/products/par...
The cover of the novel says PARTY BOY in large colourful block letters which overlap, over a background of raw, marbled meat. Smaller text on top of some of the large block letters says 'PARTY BOY BRETON DUKES' A quote from Damien Wilkins reads: 'A novel I've been hoping for! Party Boy is a shock of a book about damaged males, about being a father, a husband, a son, an idiot, someone trying to make amends. Somehow it manages to be both pulse-rattling and poetic, and from its daring mix of comedy and terror, what arrives is finally a deeply affecting portrait of a man on the edge.'
November 4, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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Poetry Shelf Noticeboard: Tusiata Avia launches new collection
Event by Te Herenga Waka University Press and Scorpio Books Join us to launch a new book of poetry by the incredible Tusiata Avia. Saturday 15 November, 5pm Space Academy: 371 St Asaph Street, Chri…
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November 3, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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ALAS ALAS ALAS

Here’re some of the works on show at Sala Alas. The show is open 10-4 daily at 218c Willis Street, Wellington until November 12th.
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November 3, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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Join us to launch a new book of poetry by the incredible Tusiata Avia.

🔹 Saturday 15 November, 5pm
🔹 Space Academy
🔹 371 St Asaph Street, Christchurch
🔹 All welcome!

Books will be for sale with thanks to Scorpio Books, and kai and refreshments will be provided.

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On a pale blue background, black text reads 'Join us for the launch of Giving Birth to My Father. Saturday 15 November, 5pm. Space Academy, Christchurch.' There is a photo of the book cover and the logos for Scorpio Books and Te Herenga Waka University Press.
November 3, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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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
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Didn’t quite make the deadline to apply for the MA in Creative Writing? Good news: we’ve extended it until Friday. It’s not too late to come and write your poetry/fiction/creative nonfiction/script with us next year!
Master of Arts in Creative Writing - Te Kohinga Auaha | Te Pūtahi Tuhi Auaha o Te Ao / International Institute of Modern Letters | Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington
Join the Creative Writing programme with a national and international reputation for developing many of New Zealand's best writers.
www.wgtn.ac.nz
November 2, 2025 at 11:21 PM