The THWUP blog

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 … read more

We launched Ian Wedde's new poetry collection, The Little Ache – a German notebook, on Friday 16 July at Time Out Bookstore in Auckland. Here's what reader, writer, and true fan Susanna Andrew had to … read more

We launched a marvellous new book, The Commercial Hotel by John Summers, at Unity Books Wellington on 15 July. Here's what our editor Ashleigh Young had to say about it.Sometimes I think that the hard … read more

The Pōneke launch of Tayi Tibble's second poetry collection, Rangikura, was (it goes without saying) hotly anticipated. VUP editor Jasmine Sargent launched the book at Unity Books Wellington, on … read more

We recently launched Ash Davida Jane's fantastic debut poetry collection, How to Live with Mammals, at Unity Books Wellington. We were really happy to have Pip Adam there to launch the book for u … read more