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Hardyesque
What’s that at the window,
hitting against the windowpane?
The weather, Maureen, I hate it.
Weather and war. Those twain.
Then what?
Then more and more of the same.
And later on, more rain, Maureen.
More rain.
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'The prodigious skill of the accomplished and singular prose stylist is married with a scarily good memory and a shimmering humanity [...] It is nothing less than the best of literature about the worst of times.'
Great work VUW library! 👏👏👏 @pacificraft.bsky.social
Here’s our MA workshop convenor Tina Makereti talking about her Ockham-shortlisted essay collection with Kathryn Ryan www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
‘Her memoir is a dance through all manner of styles: reportage, soliloquy, sister Sara's journal, dialogues medical / internal / electronic. The mood swoops from elegiac to confrontational to grittily immediate to almost visionary, without any lapse of control.’ www.ketebooks.co.nz/reviews/revi...
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A blue and white watercolour book cover, titled 'Night Ma: a Memoir, by Elizabeth Knox.'
On a blue and white background, it reads: ''Such magnificent writing, and it never really lets up. Not in quality and not in emotional intensity.' — Philip Matthews, ReadingRoom'
On a blue and white background, it reads: ''Lucid, informative, and a joy to read. It is the memoir of a novelist with her attendant descriptive powers and incisive observations well in play, as the past and the everyday are recalled with splendid clarity.' — Chris Baskett, The Listener'
On a blue and white background, it reads: ''Night, Ma is a remarkable and remarkably honest book.' — Sally Blundell, Aotearoa New Zealand Review of Books'
It's been a joy to watch Night, Ma go out into the world! 💙 Elizabeth Knox has written something truly extraordinary and given us the gift of seeing as she sees. We couldn't be prouder to have published this book.
The reception has been wonderful—here are some of the things people have been saying.
Hv bn writing like a feral ferret. Looking fw to sharing prose & poetry w readers and writers at Waiheke library, Thurs 16 April at 6:30pm.
Heartfelt thanks to the library staff and Angel Glass NZ for sponsoring this fab writer’s residency 💙
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Text reads: Join us for the launch of 'Peace and Quiet' and 'New Days for Old'. Thursday 23 April, 6pm, Unity Books Wellington. The covers of the two books are shown, and the logos of Unity Books and Te Herenga Waka University Press.
And our April doesn't end there, it's not long until we launch two excellent new poetry collections...
🎼 Thursday 23 April, 6pm
🎼 Unity Books Wellington
🎼 Free entry — all welcome!
We're back at Te Matapihi this weekend making the most of 'Explore Te Matapihi! ki te Ao Nui'. So much to see and hear...
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Elizabeth Knox, a pākehā woman with long, white hair, stands behind a lectern reading to the room. Behind her, the Earth Mothers, a dazzling Rawa (artwork) by renowned Māori artist Darcy Nicholas that celebrates the sacred life‑giving power of women, and is lit from behind so it glows with vibrant colours, lots of yellows, oranges, and pinks.
We were so grateful to launch Night, Ma at the newly opened Te Matapihi ki te Ao Nui! Here is Elizabeth Knox reading from the new memoir in front of Earth Mothers, a dazzling rawa by Darcy Nicholas that celebrates the sacred life‑giving power of women. Thank you, Wellington City Libraries!
Gobsmackingly good review of Night, Ma by @elizabethknoxnz.bsky.social by @secondzeit.bsky.social newsroom.co.nz/2026/04/09/b... ^DR
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Very apt that Elizabeth Knox launched her memoir Night, Ma under the gaze of the atua wāhine Hineahuone the birther, Hinetītama the maturer, and Hinenuitepō the spiritual guardian last night at Te Matapihi ki te Ao Nui 🧵
The tile shows the cover of Elizabeth Knox's new book 'Night, Ma: A Memoir.' It has a blue and white watercolour cover. The event details are shared: Join us for the launch of Night, Ma. Thursday 9 April, 6pm. Te Matapihi ki te Ao Nui — Wellington Central Library.'
See you tonight! ✨
The event space Ngā Pou Ruahine is at the Te Ngākau Square end of the top floor at Te Matapihi ki te Ao Nui. Library staff can help you find your way if it is your first time visiting.
Internationally celebrated NZ author and Ockhams 2026 Fiction finalist Catherine Chidgey reveals what inspired her to write. @thwupbooks.bsky.social @catherinechidgey.bsky.social #theockhams
Mary and Peter Biggs Award for Poetry finalist Erik Kennedy talks about his shortlisted collection @erikkennedy.com @thwupbooks.bsky.social #theockhams
General Non-Fiction finalist Tina Makereti (Te Ātiawa, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Rangatahi-Matakore, Pākehā) talks about her shortlisted book. #theockhams @tinamakereti.bsky.social @thwupbooks.bsky.social
'Works such as This Compulsion in Us are helping to open conversations about whakapapa, identity and the many pathways people take in reconnecting with their heritage,' Dale Husband @WaateaNews talks to Ockham finalist @tinamakereti.bsky.social
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The book cover is shown. An orange grainy background, a dark planet, and the white text of the title 'NOVA' with the O as a ring around the planet. The author's name Tim Corballis is in yellow.
Introducing NOVA by Tim Corballis, publishing 11 June 2026! 🪐
Formally inventive, unabashedly brainy, and — as Alice Miller says — 'strangely joyful.'
This is Tim Corballis's first novel since Our Future Is in the Air, and we think it's something special.
Cover: Todd Atticus
Super pleased to see this wild and wonderful collection arriving in the world! Hungus is the third book of poems to emerge from the MA22 workshop, following collections from Amy Crerar and Nafanua Purcell Kersel.
Have a great launch, Amber - wish we could be there!
The tile shows the book cover and some logos, and says 'Join us for the launch of Hungus. Thursday 26 March, 6pm, Rocketman bar. Auckland.
And a reminder of the launch details for tonight, Aucklanders -
The cover of the book is a green, bedazzled mantis holding a machete.
Praise for the book is written in black text on a green background. This is a great debut - the Listener. One of the smartest, slickest poets in Aotearoa - Nafanua Purcell Kersel. Hearty af - Tayi Tibble.
It's launch day for Hungus! 🎉 Congratulations, Amber!
Hungus draws on myth, pop culture, pūrakau and science fiction to tell stories of addiction, identity, and the things that keep us spinning. At its heart is the Mantis: amorphous, many-faced, holding a machete in one hand and a mic in the other.
Today we published new editions of Remote Sympathy, The Wish Child and The Book of Guilt by Catherine Chidgey!
These three haunting novels make up Chidgey’s masterful trilogy on twentieth-century totalitarianism — confronting, eerie and profoundly moving. Striking new cover designs by Todd Atticus.
‘Wanting to be truthful but with a soft heart’ - interview with Talia Marshall on writing her memoir Whaea Blue and what she’s working on now
