Landfall 249

Autumn 2025

$35.00

Format: Paperback Category: Landfall Tauraka Published: 26 May 2025 Pages: 208 ISBN-13: 9781991348050 Dimension: 215 x 165mm More Details Buy Now (NZ) Subscribe to Landfall Tauraka Find this book in a NZ Bookshop

Description:

Edited by Lynley Edmeades

For almost 80 years, Landfall has been a dedicated space for writers, artists and reviewers in Aotearoa New Zealand. Published twice a year, each volume showcases two full-colour art portfolios and brims with vital new fiction, poetry, cultural commentary, reviews and essays. Bringing together a range of voices and perspectives, from established practitioners to emerging talents, Landfall is always an exciting anthology with a finger on the pulse of innovation and creativity in Aotearoa New Zealand today.

Landfall 249: Autumn 2025 also announced the winner of the Landfall Young Writers’ Essay Prize, an annual competition that encourages up-and-coming writers to explore the world around them through words. Landfall 249 features the winning essay, alongside the judge’s report from Landfall editor, Lynley Edmeades.

Cover art: Tia Ranginui, Cold Feet, 2024, pigment inks on Hahnemühle Photo Rag, 800 x 1200mm, 2024.

Published with the assistance of Creative New Zealand