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Join us to launch kluge, a new novel from pip adam! The event will include readings from Kerry Donovan Brown, Always Becominging and Brannavan Gnanalingam. 👁️ Friday 14 August, 6pm 👁️ Aro Valley Community Centre, Wellington 👁️ Free event – all welcome! More info here: www.facebook.com/share/1QZcaW...

Congratulations to Haro Lee, on the publication today of her unforgettable debut poetry collection! 💜 In Watching Television in a Love Motel, television – like love – binds us and liberates us; inspires, infuriates and illuminates us.

Happy publication day, Airini! Salt Quilt is a stunning new work from Airini Beautrais that is fully present, sharp-witted and self-aware. We're proud to be a part of putting this work out into the world 💜

If you're around Whanganui next week, be sure to join this celebration of Salt Quilt, a new collection from Airini Beautrais! There will be a reading by Airini and a talk by Lesley Stead of Paige’s Book Gallery, and the quilt from the book's cover will be on display during the event.

So thrilled by this! Congratulations, pip adam 🎉🎉

Join us to celebrate the publication of Watching Television in a Love Motel, an unforgettable first book of poetry by Haro Lee. The book will be launched by Jenna Todd. 💜 Friday 17 July, 6pm 💜 Upstairs at Time Out Bookstore: 432 Mount Eden Road, Mount Eden, Auckland 💜 Free event — all welcome!

'Like the Guardian list, we hope this Southern Hemisphere Fiction 100 will spark both discovery and dissent. Let’s all read more books, from more places, from more writers.' www.anzliterature.com/feature/the-...

The Southern Hemisphere Fiction 100 – Academy of New Zealand LiteratureThe rest of ‘the greatest literature ever published in English’www.anzliterature.com

🐎 Coming 13 August 2026! It Gets in Your Blood: Lives of a Racecourse, by Marty Smith.

John Summers’ worst nightmare is getting lost in the bush. Death lurks at the edge of his fear, as well as cold, hunger, loneliness and humiliation. But what is the experience of being lost in the New Zealand bush actually like? Green Sea: Lost in the New Zealand Bush is out on 10 September 2026.

Perfectly Themselves by Abby Letteri is out 10 September in a beautiful illustrated hardback. Part memoir, part travel narrative, this is an immersive exploration of horses living freely in their own social worlds—from Aotearoa to Iceland and Mongolia. @abbyletteri.bsky.social

'Affordable and accessible property insurance matters. It serves as a vital shock absorber. It underpins the mortgage market and real estate market. In the face of catastrophic events, it is critical for societal reliance.' Jonathan Boston for The Press. www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3610...

Keeping the future insurableOPINION: Climate change poses immense long-term risks. Relying largely on market forces for risk management is destined to fail, imposing high economic and social costs.www.thepress.co.nz

In case you missed it: our June news 💙 mailchi.mp/wgtn.ac.nz/j...

At 6pm on 13 June in the Hall of Memories, Wellington, Norman Meehan and Hannah Griffin will perform this song cycle comprising texts composed by Bill Manhire, accompanied by a chamber group.

Another date for your diary: Join us to launch Insuring the Future, a vital work by Jonathan Boston on home insurance in the context of accelerating climate-related risks. Launch speeches by Mayor Andrew Little and Prof Bryony James, incoming Vice-Chancellor of Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University.

Not long now! We can't wait to celebrate NOVA with you. The book will be launched by pip adam. 🪐 Tuesday 9 June, 6pm 🪐 Unity Books Wellington 🪐 Free event – all welcome!