Māori Place Name dictionary
Māori Place Names: Their Meanings and Origins
by A.W. Reed, edited by Peter Dowling
also available as an e-book:
oratia.co.nz/product/maor...
#māori #Aotearoa #toponymy #NewZealand #place-names #pukapuka #geography #nzbooks @nzgeo.bsky.social @nationallibrarynz.bsky.social
PS: We have a giveaway running for Angie’s debut crime/thriller ‘Melaleuca’ that’s open to Aus/NZ! If you want to get your hands on a copy, check out the IG post here: www.instagram.com/p/DVZ522TDw8...
#NZBooks #AusBooks
That'll be Tuesday 10 March in Invercargill for the start of Dracula’s March: Three Cities, Three Readings, Three Days! by @timjonesbooks.bsky.social 😘
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#NZbooks in Aotearoa
www.timjonesbooks.co.nz/2026/03/01/d...
I'm off to Te Waipounamu / the South Island next week for 3 poetry readings in 3 days!
Invercargill Tues 10.03, Dunedin Weds 11.03, Christchurch Thurs 12.03. Come see me & other guest readers!
www.timjonesbooks.co.nz/2026/03/01/d...
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#nzbooks
#booksky
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Elizabeth Knox writes where the sacred bleeds into the waking world. She builds dreamscapes that are also argument, theology and longing. She reminds us that in fantasy, we may ask the questions that daylight makes too dangerous. Book covers of Dreamhunter, Dreamquake, The Vintners Luck. The Love School and The Absolute Book.
Post a woman author you've read 5 books by
Elizabeth Knox
@elizabethknoxnz.bsky.social
📚💙 #booksky #books #bookchallenge #reading
#bookrecommendations #literaryfiction #womenwriters #booklovers #nzbooks #pukapuka #nzlit
Call it a mordant, literary crime novel about love, family, nostalgia, and obsession.
#TheCarnivoreDiaries #pukapuka #NZbooks
TITLE PAGE: The Carnivore Diaries By Anthony Lapwood about 86,000 words “Now the truth of the story was this:” — Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Don Quixote “It seemed like a nice neighbourhood to have bad habits in.” — Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep “Love is an open wound.” — Charles Brasch, “Into the Hands of Men” “I think perhaps all of us go a little crazy at times.” — Robert Bloch, Psycho
Photo of a golden Labrador lying on green grass and smiling with an open mouth into the camera.
Thrilled to share some big news: my next book, The Carnivore Diaries, will be published later this year with Āporo Press 🍎
#TheCarnivoreDiaries #pukapuka #NZbooks
@damienlevi.bsky.social
Hey, Welly friends, did you know NZ Fringe has a mini lit festival this weekend? Tadra Vata have five sessions centred around art through an indigenous lens. I'll be going to the Sat eve sesh, though I'd love to go to all — damn my packed schedule! #NZBooks
Deets here: www.tadravata.com
Hey, have you watched our latest episode yet? Maybe this weekend is the time to settle in for an #nzbooks, poetry, identity and culture chat with former Poet Laureate @chrisjtse.bsky.social 🥰
Are you a fan of #nzbooks? Tune in to our latest ep of SERVED WITH RICE to hear our convo with former NZ Poet Laureate @chrisjtse.bsky.social — it’s a great ep 🥰 Don’t forget to like, comment, share, and subscribe!
This looks great - two of the smartest and most intriguing writers I know of, chatting about timely topics together.
Bound to be invigorating for the busy ol’ brain, especially in these weird and wearying times. A most welcome and refreshing invitation! #pukapuka #nzbooks
"Where he excels is in making the personal universal..."
A nice review of my latest poetry collection, "Dracula in the Colonies" - plus new collections by Serie Barford and Sue Fitchett - by poet Tony Beyer in Landfall Review Online: landfallreview.com/write-to-exp...
#poetry #nzlit #nzbooks
Just in case you havent walked into a NZ bookseller lately.... I would like to confirm that He Puawai by wonderful @theobrominated.bsky.social is an absolute stunner and you should buy it for all your beloveds! #kikorangi #nzbooks #bloomscrolling www.unitybooks.co.nz/products/he-...
When you can't self rec due to group rules but your book fits the request for recommendation so darn well – might as well turn it into a bit of easy marketing 🤣
#TheRarkynTrilogy #epicfantasy #fantasyseries #nzbooks
Slowly but surely making progress...
#chapterbook #kidlit #kidsbooks #author #nzbookcommunity #nzbooks
"A joyful addition to Christmas bookshelf collections."
Adele Broadbent reviews A Manulele in a Mango Tree – Le Manulele o nofo i le Mago for What Book Next
#MoanaOceania #oratiabooks #christmasbooksforkids #nzbooks @christchurchlib.bsky.social @lianza.bsky.social
whatbooknext.com/a-manulele-i...
Unfortunately I arrive back in Auckland too late tonight to attend my old school mate @craigrobertson.bsky.social’s book launch but if you’re in Tāmaki Makaurau tonight pop into Real Groovy and celebrate the launch of the new Chris Knox biography. 🍻 #nzmusic #nzbooks #books #auckland
Book cover for Potluck Poems about food with off white background and open pot with many coloured paint daubs or small blocks of different colours with an Impressionistic feel
NZ readers may find the POISONED SOUP horror fiction anthology pairs well with recently released POTLUCK: Poems about Food, also with a beautiful cover. Great Christmas gifts!
#books #NZbooks
landingpressnz.com/product/potl...
At the edge of empire: 40 years of immigration in #NewZealand
To read more:
auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2025...
Source: University of Auckland
Date: 17 September 2025
Image: LazingBee
#Aotearoa #Immigration #EdgesOfEmpire #NZPolitics #NZBooks #BooksNZ #NZImmigration #ImmigrationNZ
Chuffed to have my work listed alongside Margaret Atwood, Octavia Butler, Nnedi Okorafor and Richard Powers in this article by @clairemabey.bsky.social on recommended climate fiction (cli-fi) from NZ and the world!!
thespinoff.co.nz/books/15-11-...
#ClimateFiction #clifi #books #nzbooks #Aotearoa
"Ah, Dracula! Tim Jones on poetry, squatting and being a creature of imagination":
flashfrontier.com/ah-dracula-t...
Thanks for this profile and interview, Flash Frontier! Check out the full October issue - there is a whole lot to read and see!
#books #nzbooks #poetry #nzpoetry #Aotearoa
Nice little write up from the @tepaetawhitiawards.bsky.social team 🥰
tepaetawhitiawards.nz/getting-to-k...
#nzbooks #nzspecfic #tepaetawhitiawards
One of my pieces is in the audio section ☺️
Posted @withregram • @landfalltaurakanz The Landfall Tauraka exhibition at Special Collections @hockencollections is officially open 🥳
#landfalltauraka #hockencollections #nzjournal #nzliteraryjournal #nzbooks #exhibition
Te Pae Tawhiti Entries now open - Speculative Authors of New Zealand Submit your entry today. Words are in green on a purple background over a book held by two styalised waka prows and and green and purple tentacles with pink suckers.
Calling NZ fantasy, horror and science fiction authors
Give your 2025 speculative works the chance to be recognised in our Te Pae Tawhiti juried award looking to celebrate great NZ authors.
For more information please visit: tepaetawhitiawards.nz/how-to-enter/
#nzbooks #nzpublishing #nzfiction
Thanks so much to Mina Bixley @mina.ziner for chatting to us about working at the Office at the Auditor-General, while showing us the joy of zines.
Swipe to see some of our creations 🐟👻
#whitireiapublishing #nzbooks #nzpublishing #nzzines
Use code BFC for 2for1 tickets to this Fridays Book (Fight) Club in Ōtautahi Christchurch. Tix: www.artscentre.org.nz/whats-on/boo... #booksky #bookclubs #booktok #books #nzbooks #christchurchnz #comedy
Tough choice at the free library in Ōtautahi Christchurch today. But easy choice to get 2for1 tickets for this Fridays Book (Fight) Club using code BFC Tickets: www.artscentre.org.nz/whats-on/boo... #booksky #books #bookclubs #christchurchnz #nzbooks #nzcomedy
