‘Wanting to be truthful but with a soft heart’ - interview with Talia Marshall on writing her memoir Whaea Blue and what she’s working on now
In lieu of an in-person appearance by Bill Manhire at the Festival yesterday, Newsroom published these three 'funny, beautiful and wise' poems from his new collection Lyrical Ballads
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Huge congratulations to Nafanua, Erik, Ingrid, Catherine, and Tina 🎉🎉
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An honour for me and a lovely thing for my book. So pleased that 'Sick Power Trip' is shortlisted in the Ockhams. Full of gratitude. 🩵 🩷
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Nice bit of quite surprising news. Dark times, but I love that we are celebrating books and all that they mean to us 💚🤓
Tusiata Avia! book number nine and it is a beauty nzpoetryshelf.com/2026/03/02/p...
“This is science fiction besieged by the banality of its astronauts.” New: Evangeline Riddiford Graham on Pip Adam. www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
Great to see a substantial essay on @pipadam.bsky.social's work, "Audition" (her latest) in particular.
"Her work is now beginning to reach the US audience it deserves..."
Love this thoughtful engagement with Pip Adam's whole body of work, by Evangeline Riddiford Graham for n+1.
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If this photo could have sound you would hear the former prime minister bellowing CHARTRUESE at the top of his lungs.
Such is the power of design.
I just finished this book, with tears in my eyes.
Remarkable.
I'm not sure I've ever been as 'seen' by an author, nor identified as strongly to a character, as with this book.
If you ever want to understand why us kiwi men are so fucked up, this book will show you.
Tomorrow!
'At the time, we didn’t have a framework for thinking of sexual desire as a thing that we had ourselves, as teenage girls. Sexual contact was something boys wanted and girls resisted and then gave in to. But then I say to myself 'Self- control, Kate, Self-control,' so I guess I am acknowledging it.'
'Our absurd, yearning lives' – here's Robyn Marsack's speech from the launch of Lyrical Ballads and What to Wear, if you missed the event, or want to revisit her words.
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Good news — the Verb Festival will be back in Wgtn this year, with new co-directors Gabrielle Vincent and Kate McDonald. Dates are 11–13 September 2026, with LitCrawl running separately on November 14. Verb will also be delivering special one-off events with international writers, and residencies.
The Hamilton Arts Festival starts tomorrow: the oneliner below misses out literature, but HamLit looks worth a visit, with appearances by Tusiata Avia, Kate Camp and others - and Jo Randerson is performing her show Speed is Emotional hamiltonartsfestival.co.nz
The wonderful Claire Mabey reviewed Lyrical Ballads, What to Wear, and Leather & Chains on RNZ Afternoons yesterday...
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'Tusiata Avia’s poems in Giving Birth to My Father haunt me because the grief is as much for the living as for the dead.'
We too are very excited to see this book in the world: it won the 2023 Adam Foundation Prize, so it’s been a while coming, but will be worth the wait!
Kate Camp's book launch is at Meow bar, Wellington in 90 minutes! And the rain has stopped for us :)
See you soon, and you can warm up for the event with this great Nine to Noon interview with Kate from this morning...
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Cover painting by Euan Macleod.
Cover design by Todd Atticus.
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We're looking forward to sharing this with you on 14 May! Have This Heart by Lawrence Patchett is a compulsively readable story collection about men at work, men trying to do better, and what happens when your life doesn't let you hide. Tightly coiled, tender, and unforgettable.
More on the book, plus preorders, here: teherengawakapress.co.nz/products/luc...
Cover design by Todd Atticus.
Cover photo by Julie Zhu and Saraid de Silva.
