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On Wednesday 20 April, we launched Another Beautiful Day Indoors by Erik Kennedy at Scorpio Books in Christchurch. Here's what poet Joanna Preston had to say about Erik's new collection.Erik Kennedy is one of those poets it’s useful to look at

On Wednesday 23 Feb, against all odds, we celebrated a fantastic new poetry collection by Frances Samuel: Museum. Frankie was even able to persuade James Brown to give a speech. Here he is:Kia ora tātouA few weeks ago Frances and I were part of

On 1 January 2022, Victoria University Press will become Te Herenga Waka University Press.Our new name reflects the evolution and vision of the press, and aligns us with Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, of which we are a proud part.

photo: Bernard SpraggKia ora koutou,We’re excited to announce a forthcoming anthology of essays about animals, to be edited by historian and filmmaker Arini Loader and essayist and poet Ashleigh Young. We’re asking writers from Aotearoa who are in

This is the transcript of a speech given by Viran Molisa Trief at the launch for Sista, Stanap Strong! held in Port Vila, Vanuatu in late June. We thank Viran for allowing us to reproduce it here. I repeat and adopt the protocol already spoken