Todd Atticus
@toddatticus.bsky.social
Artist and book cover designer
Currently showing: Into Summer, Webb’s, 23 Marion Street, Wellington
http://www.toddatticus.com
Currently showing: Into Summer, Webb’s, 23 Marion Street, Wellington
http://www.toddatticus.com
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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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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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Coming February 2026 – Leather & Chains: My 1986 Diary, by Kate Camp. 🖤⛓️
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Cover by @toddatticus.bsky.social
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Cover by @toddatticus.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Coming February 2026 – Leather & Chains: My 1986 Diary, by Kate Camp. 🖤⛓️
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Cover by @toddatticus.bsky.social
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Cover by @toddatticus.bsky.social
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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 🖤💚
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 8:45 PM
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.
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How two AI book covers forced the publishing industry to reckon with its future
How two AI book covers forced the publishing industry to reckon with its future
A design studio’s use of AI has disqualified two books from the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2026....
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November 19, 2025 at 11:45 PM
How two AI book covers forced the publishing industry to reckon with its future
The damning report on the UK’s Covid response makes me feel incredibly justified writing what I did at the time about Johnson’s poor handling of the pandemic versus Ardern’s www.theguardian.com/world/commen...
Watching New Zealand's Covid success from bungling Britain has been torture | Todd Atticus
Living between the two countries, I know that the British government’s best isn’t good enough
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November 20, 2025 at 6:53 PM
The damning report on the UK’s Covid response makes me feel incredibly justified writing what I did at the time about Johnson’s poor handling of the pandemic versus Ardern’s www.theguardian.com/world/commen...
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Regardless of how these covers came to be, they’re awful. Authors and their books deserve better than this bland slop.
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Ockhams dump AI books from awards
A new ruling on AI means the Ockhams are in the strange position of judging a book by its cover
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November 16, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Regardless of how these covers came to be, they’re awful. Authors and their books deserve better than this bland slop.
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Sala Alas over and out. Thank you all for coming x
November 12, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Sala Alas over and out. Thank you all for coming x
Final few days to catch Sala Alas before it closes.
The show's open 10-4pm today and 10-6pm tomorrow.
The show's open 10-4pm today and 10-6pm tomorrow.
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.
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.
November 10, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Final few days to catch Sala Alas before it closes.
The show's open 10-4pm today and 10-6pm tomorrow.
The show's open 10-4pm today and 10-6pm tomorrow.
It's the last weekend to see Sala Alas.
The show is open 10-4 daily until November 12th at 218c Willis Street, Wellington.
The show is open 10-4 daily until November 12th at 218c Willis Street, Wellington.
November 7, 2025 at 10:39 PM
It's the last weekend to see Sala Alas.
The show is open 10-4 daily until November 12th at 218c Willis Street, Wellington.
The show is open 10-4 daily until November 12th at 218c Willis Street, Wellington.
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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...
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November 3, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Woooohoooo!!! New Bill Manhire! Lyric Ballads is out 13 February 2026. Can. Not. Wait.
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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.
@pacificraft.bsky.social
Cover: Todd Atticus
More here: teherengawakapress.co.nz/products/lyr...
@pacificraft.bsky.social
Cover: Todd Atticus
More here: teherengawakapress.co.nz/products/lyr...
November 5, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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.
@pacificraft.bsky.social
Cover: Todd Atticus
More here: teherengawakapress.co.nz/products/lyr...
@pacificraft.bsky.social
Cover: Todd Atticus
More here: teherengawakapress.co.nz/products/lyr...
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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.
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.
November 3, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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.
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.
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.
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.
November 3, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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.
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.
It's taken me until very recently to realise that life is purely making it up as you go along.
October 29, 2025 at 11:29 PM
It's taken me until very recently to realise that life is purely making it up as you go along.
Sala Alas opens this evening at 6pm. Come along to 218c Willis Street to see what I’ve been cooking up.
October 27, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Sala Alas opens this evening at 6pm. Come along to 218c Willis Street to see what I’ve been cooking up.
In a week’s time I will be sharing a whole series of brand new artworks in Sala Alas, an exhibition over a year in the making.
I can’t wait to lift the lid on what I’ve been working on so if you’re in Wellington next Tuesday, please join me from 6pm at 218c Willis Street. Hope to see you there x
I can’t wait to lift the lid on what I’ve been working on so if you’re in Wellington next Tuesday, please join me from 6pm at 218c Willis Street. Hope to see you there x
October 21, 2025 at 8:19 AM
In a week’s time I will be sharing a whole series of brand new artworks in Sala Alas, an exhibition over a year in the making.
I can’t wait to lift the lid on what I’ve been working on so if you’re in Wellington next Tuesday, please join me from 6pm at 218c Willis Street. Hope to see you there x
I can’t wait to lift the lid on what I’ve been working on so if you’re in Wellington next Tuesday, please join me from 6pm at 218c Willis Street. Hope to see you there x
Incredible sticker placement
October 18, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Incredible sticker placement
Another day, another deserted beach
September 29, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Another day, another deserted beach
Aramoana, after a pilgrimage to Ralph’s studio.
September 28, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Aramoana, after a pilgrimage to Ralph’s studio.
Spring in Tūrangi
September 25, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Spring in Tūrangi
Announcing Sala Alas, my first solo exhibition in New Zealand for ten years. Opening 6pm, Tuesday 28th October at 218c Willis Street, Wellington.
September 12, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Announcing Sala Alas, my first solo exhibition in New Zealand for ten years. Opening 6pm, Tuesday 28th October at 218c Willis Street, Wellington.
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It's publication day for It's What He Would've Wanted by Nick Ascroft. Congratulations, Nick!
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September 11, 2025 at 12:03 AM
It's publication day for It's What He Would've Wanted by Nick Ascroft. Congratulations, Nick!
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