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On Thursday 21 September we launched Bill Nelson's new book, a verse novel, Root Leaf Flower Fruit. Hooray to Bill, and thanks to everyone who came along to celebrate. Many thanks as well to Good Books, who hosted us.Bill's editor, Ashleigh Young, sa

Last week we launched Signs of Life, a book of linked short stories by Amy Head, at Scorpio Books in Christchurch. Novelist David Coventry – author of The Invisible Mile, Dance Prone, and the forthcoming Performance – was there to launch it for us. D

On Wednesday 9 August we launched two new poetry collections: Saga by Hannah Mettner and Middle Youth by Morgan Bach. The launch master for both books was Rebecca Hawkes, author of Meat Lovers and co-editor of the literary journal Sweet Mammalian. Th

On Thursday 20 July we launched Claire Orchard's new book of poems, Liveability. It's a good one!Editor Ashleigh Young had a ramble about this book, below. Thank you very much to Good Books for hosting us.We are here to launch an excellent, funny an

On Tuesday 18 July we were thrilled to officially launch A garden is a long time, by Annemarie Hope-Cross and Jenny Bornholdt, at Unity Books Wellington. Lissa Mitchell, curator of historical photography at Te Papa and author of Through Shaded Glass: