Landfall Tauraka celebrates 250 issues
Landfall Tauraka is celebrating its 250th edition with a new name, a literary symposium, a special exhibition and a bumper issue. Laura Hewson talks to those involved about the evolution...Continue reading→
Lynn Jenner wins 2025 Kathleen Grattan Poetry Award
Poet Lynn Jenner has won the 2025 Kathleen Grattan Poetry Award for her manuscript ‘The Gum Trees of Kerikeri’, a collection set in Te Tai Tokerau Northland that reflects on...Continue reading→
Tasmin Prichard wins 2025 Landfall Tauraka Essay Prize
Tasmin Prichard has won this year’s Landfall Tauraka Essay Prize for their essay, ‘Four Hours in the Dark, Forgetting’, a quiet and intimate retelling of their experience undergoing gender-affirming top...Continue reading→
Launching Hiding Places by Lynley Edmeades
On Thursday, 18 September, we held a book launch for Hiding Places by Lynley Edmeades at the University Book Shop Otago. A massive thank you to everyone who joined us...Continue reading→
Book Launch | Hiding Places by Lynley Edmeades
Join us for the book launch of Hiding Places by Lynley Edmeades. To be launched by Emma Neale 5:30pm–7:00pm Thursday 18 September 2025 University Book Shop Otago 378 Great King...Continue reading→
Launching Touch Screen by Philip Armstrong
On Thursday 3 July 2025, we came together to celebrate the launch of Philip Armstrong’s new poetry collection, Touch Screen. We had fantastic company, amazing kai from Portershed Cafe and the...Continue reading→
Launching The Midnight Plane by Fiona Kidman
On Thursday 29 May we launched The Midnight Plane: Selected and new poems by Fiona Kidman at Unity Books Wellington. We’d like to thank everyone who came to this special launch....Continue reading→
Ava Reid wins the 2025 Landfall Young Writers’ Essay Competition
Ōtepoti resident Ava Reid has been announced as the winner of this year’s Landfall Young Writers’ Essay Competition. Her winning essay, ‘Two and a Half Mealworms’, is a collection of...Continue reading→
The Mad Diva book launch tour
In early April we released the stunning debut collection, Mad Diva by Cadence Chung. We celebrated the release with a book launch tour full of dazzling musical performances and poetry readings. The...Continue reading→
Launching The Intimacy Bus by Janet Charman
On the evening of Thursday 13 March, we launched Janet Charman’s new collection, The Intimacy Bus. With friends and family, we launched this new collection into the world at the wonderful Women’s...Continue reading→
OUP titles shortlisted in Ockham Book Awards
Two books published by Otago University Press (OUP) have been shortlisted for the country’s top literary honours. Established in 1968, the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards celebrate outstanding books by...Continue reading→
‘Books of Mana’ a tribute to significant Māori writing
A carefully curated reading list of Māori non-fiction books has become the inspiration for a book of its own. Laura Hewson talks with the editors of Books of Mana about what went into the...Continue reading→