Thom Conroy

Mrs Dalloway at 100: Virginia Woolf’s timeless novel is a work of pandemic fiction A century on, Mrs Dalloway speaks in so many ways to our own moment of militarisation, neo-imperialism and political crisis.

A century on, Mrs Dalloway speaks in so many ways to our own moment of militarisation, neo-imperialism and political crisis.

Kia oraTania! We did make a good team, eh? And what an amazing night! 🥂

The devastating, shortsighted attack on literature continues. List from Magic City Books. Who'd they miss? Note: the small publishers selected here for financial attack include (among other very worthy and important presses) @transitbooks.bsky.social, publisher of 2023 Nobel laureate Jon Fosse.

#OverheardOnZoom: “Dogs are one of the few good things in the world right now.”

Congratulations Feana! Wonderful to see this work out there in the world!

Thanks for the recommendation! Loving them!

Ockham New Zealand Book Awards announces top titles for 2025 The judges have announced the 43 books on the longlist for the Book Awards, with the winners to be announced on 14 May during the Auckland Writers Festival.

Great to make the Ockhams longlist alongside some very fine titles.

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Meri Kirihimete! To celebrate the holidays we're bringing you a new blog from Lal Medawattegedara titled 'The Old Christmas Card.'

headland.org.nz/blog/the-old... have a read!

Māori tribes make rare plea to King Charles for intervention in New Zealand politics Exclusive: Open letter seen by the Guardian asks King to ‘ensure the government does not diminish the crown’s honour’ amid tensions over policy direction for Māori

oh, This gon be gud ..

lets see if Chuckles has any guts

Into the hills!

Every single school should have a library & a librarian, to help every single child find the books that will make them readers, and give them all the lifelong benefits of literacy. Libraries & librarians change children's lives FOREVER!
#literacy #libraries #librarians

Stuff is reporting that Parliament grounds are essentially full with still thousands on the hikoi yet to arrive. I am so so proud to be tangata Tiriti & Pākehā today. Te Tiriti gives me a place to stand here in this whenua alongside tangata whenua. Thank you Aotearoa. PHOTO: Megan Jones

This is how you become a writer: just pick one of the things that is deeply wrong with you. Make it a character. Now send it on a self-help journey or try to kill it. Now call it a book.

As someone who works on language revitalisation, one of the things we care a lot about is the restoration of old place names. For this reason, I wanna share this map of Auckland compiled in 1938.

The map has a bit of a backstory, so indulge me for a moment.

Good morning.

Word of the Day is as beautiful as it is underused. ‘Confelicity’ is finding joy in the happiness and success of others.

Poster for Hataitai Literary Afternoon, Sunday 10 November, 4-6pm, at the Hataitai Centre, 157 Hataitai Road, Wellington. Readers are Jenny Bornholdt, Gregory O'Brien, Dame Fiona Kidman, Tim Jones and Sarah Scott. Tickets are adults $20, students and seniors $15, and a mezze platter is available for $20.

Come to a Hataitai Literary Afternoon on Sun 10 Nov, 4-6pm: "Celebrate local writers with live music and a relaxed chat, followed by readings by local poets Jenny Bornholdt, Gregory O'Brien, Dame Fiona Kidman, Tim Jones and Sarah Scott". More info & how to get tickets: www.timjonesbooks.co.nz/blog/

Poetry Shelf Noticeboard: Art for Good Kindness Collective auction Kindness Collective is a nationwide charity that spreads kindness by connecting children and families with the things they need (from everyday essentials to moments of joy). They support thousands …

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Project Lead | Trade Me Jobs Project: Ruahine Kiwi Role Type: 20 hours per week – initially 12 months Fixed Term – may extend based on resourcing. Location: ENM Office, Palmerston Nor...

The Ruahine Kiwi Project seeks a Project Lead for a 20-hour/week role in Palm Nth, initially fixed for 12 months. The position, focuses on enhancing strategic leadership for predator control and kiwi habitat restoration in the Southern Ruahine Ranges.
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Spread the word to all your writer friends: the deadline for submissions
to our journal Turbine | Kapohau is approaching fast! This weekend would be a good time to check out the guidelines and sendus some work before 1 November turbinekapohau.org.nz

Kia ora! Join us in 2025! Applications close 31 October ✨

COWS WATCH SUNSETS

Amazing show, beautiful vibe! #palmydragfest

Tawhiti Museum today was AMAZING. Daughter described it as what happens when one man’s collecting gets out of control. Private museum in Hawera.

David will be in conversation with author Damien Wilkins.

Tomorrow 12.30pm at Unity Books Wellington, the prize-winning David Coventry, author of Performance, will appear in conversation with Damien Wilkins

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Flowers in my life right now!

This Campaign in a nutshell

Books and audiobooks

September in books. 3 audiobooks. 4 books. 4 of them Aotearoa New Zealand titles. All uniquely brilliant.

Keep an eye out! 👁️ Headland's Issue 22 is coming soon! ✨🎉✨

The expansive mediator: Fredric Jameson (1934 — 2024) - Overland literary journal Those gifts were other writers, thinkers, concepts, moments. Jameson served as an expansive mediator, setting up texts that promised to be an encounter between a moment or text and a diverse set of th...

“History is still what hurts, and Jameson’s writings are still here to help us register that wounding and working, in our registration of its effects, towards its undoing and redemption.”

Dougal McNeill remembers Fredric Jameson.