The THWUP Blog

'What more could you ask for, really?'
On 3 September we launched the fantastic new poetry collection by Nick Ascroft: It's What He Would've Wanted.
'What more could you ask for, really?'
On 3 September we launched the fantastic new poetry collection by Nick Ascroft: It's What He Would've Wanted.

'A damn fine read'
At the Ockham NZ Book Awards ceremony in Auckland we were delighted and moved to see Delirious by Damien Wilkins win the $65,000 Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction.
'A damn fine read'
At the Ockham NZ Book Awards ceremony in Auckland we were delighted and moved to see Delirious by Damien Wilkins win the $65,000 Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction.

The Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2025
We are thrilled to see an outstanding novel and two dazzling first books of nonfiction on the Ockham shortlist.
The Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2025
We are thrilled to see an outstanding novel and two dazzling first books of nonfiction on the Ockham shortlist.


'A haunted, haunting, unsettling achievement'
We were delighted to gather at Unity Books Wellington recently to celebrate Carl Shuker's highly anticipated new novel, The Royal Free.
'A haunted, haunting, unsettling achievement'
We were delighted to gather at Unity Books Wellington recently to celebrate Carl Shuker's highly anticipated new novel, The Royal Free.

'A book such as this is ultimately about us'
We gathered at Unity Books Wellington to launch Back on Track? The New Zealand General Election of 2023.
'A book such as this is ultimately about us'
We gathered at Unity Books Wellington to launch Back on Track? The New Zealand General Election of 2023.