The THWUP blog

THWUP jumps on the Barbie bandwagon this week with a poem by James Brown, from his collection Floods Another Chamber. We're looking forward to a new James Brown collection in 2024, but for now we … read more

Stephanie de Montalk is a poet, memoirist, biographer and novelist. Her most recent book is a collection of poetry, As the trees have grown, published in June this year, with cover art by Brend … read more

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 hostin … read more

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 photogra … read more

On Thursday 26 May we held an Ōtepoti Dunedin launch for the poetry collections Calamities! and This is a story about your mother at University Book Shop – thank you UBS and Hera Lindsay Bird for host … read more