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Kelly Ana Morey, remembered by Catherine Chidgey 'KAM was kind and wicked, classy and irreverent, fiercely loyal, whip-smart, hilariously funny.'...

Kelly Ana Morey, remembered by Catherine Chidgey

Short story: Biography, by Kelly Ana Morey Kelly Ana died on Monday. This was her last story. It's actual genius

A wonderful weekend read. Rest in Peace, Kelly Ana. newsroom.co.nz/2025/09/06/s...

Kataraina by Becky Manawatu review – thrilling follow-up to a hit Māori novel The sequel to the award-winning Auē explores themes of resistance, trauma and long-buried secrets

Lovely to read! www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...

Authors call out Stanford's 'racism' Kiwi authors respond with disgust to the education minister's decision to ban Māori words in early-reading texts

David Hill, you get an 'excellent' for your report card. & yay for all our other authors' thoughts, too. newsroom.co.nz/2025/08/18/a...

The Big 5 Were Too Scared of My Ghost Story. Now It’s Won First Place. A Texas teen ghost story, a brave indie press, and a win worth celebrating — with your help.

Heart-warming publishing story open.substack.com/pub/alisav/p...

There's a novel The Giver by Lois Lowry which has a utopian community that has NO KNOWLEDGE of the past except two members: The Receiver of Memories and The Giver of Memories.
Our protagonist is The Receiver but he's so disturbed by these memories, he risks everything to take the knowledge to all

Bread | E-Tangata “Looking back I see how fiercely stubborn she was, this 20-something woman who would not let go or go home, even when all signs were pointing to disaster.” — Tina Makereti.

Sunday morning (re) read! e-tangata.co.nz/reflections/...

2.7K views | #WATCH | Filmmaker Gaylene Preston and artist Robin White speak about their collaborative approach to the feature film GRACE A Prayer for Peace, which has premiered as part of the New Zea... #WATCH | Filmmaker Gaylene Preston and artist Robin White speak about their collaborative approach to the feature film GRACE A Prayer for Peace, which has premiered as part of the New Zealand...

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Spiral Collectives A closer look at the publications of the influential women's group Spiral Collectives.

Our 50th celebrations begin — coming soon, 23 August – 7 December 2025! christchurchartgallery.org.nz/exhibitions/...

Books Alive presents David Riley, Jane Arthur, Rachel Clare, Kiri Lightfoot, Juliette MacIver, Rachael King. Friday 8 August, Te Aratai College, Phillipstown, Christchurch, hosted by WORD Christchurch

Next week, I'll be joining some cool kids' book people in Ōtautahi for the Books Alive/Word Chch sessions for the 2025 NZ Book Awards for Children & Young Adults! #nzcya Schools can book here: www.nzbookawards.nz/new-zealand-...

Coming Up! I’ve been lost in the past, reviewing Spiral’s history for our 50th birthday publications, coming soon(ish) — Spiral 8: Setting the [Work]…

Celebrating some new work! medium.com/spiral-colle...

A Demand for an Immediate Gaza Ceasefire – Join Me in an Open Letter Explanation/Preamble: Like many of you, I have watched with increasing anger and despair the horrific actions being taken against the people of Gaza by the Israeli government, and the corresponding…

Thank you, Mandy Hager, for initiating this letter for writers, publishers etc to sign. mandyhager.com/2025/07/07/a... #aotearoa #gaza

Ngarino Ellis: We draw strength from our art | E-Tangata “Throughout colonisation, throughout everything that's happening still today, we can draw strength from our art.” — Professor Ngarino Ellis, art historian and co-author of 'Toi Te Mana: An Indigenous ...

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Te Ana o Hine: a wahine-led studio Boosted is Aotearoa New Zealand’s only arts crowdfunding platform. We’re here to bring creatives and supporters together to grow creativity. With our mentored approach to crowdfunding, we have one of ...

We can help! www.thearts.co.nz/boosted/proj...

Beautiful news. Warmest congratulations to Selina Tusitala Marsh! www.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2025...

Yep! 😘

Good on you So! Looking forward to reading it.

Kōkā puts Māori storytelling, healing, and Matariki at the heart of its journey Director Kath Akuhata-Brown says it's time for a story that heals, not harms and shows the beauty of being Māori.

In cinemas today! www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu... Mānawatia a Matariki mā Puanga!

Blind seeing and beyond: how we approached Groundwork The authors of a new book about a ‘ferociously talented’ botanical painter on how they brought her art to life.

thespinoff.co.nz/books/03-05-...

Announcing the 2025 Discoveries Longlist! - Women's Prize

Looking forward to teading lots of these. womensprize.com/announcing-t...

Brilliant! So much to think about. bsky.app/profile/tani...

And now it is a comic.

Yikes! But totally fascinating. & I hadn’t realised that a copyright holder has to give permission to show an art work in public, had always thought whoever owned the work could choose. www.courtsofnz.govt.nz/assets/cases...

New draft government procurement guidelines would remove wage protections for thousands of low-paid workers in New Zealand - taking away the gains they have made from the Living Wage. Why? A 🧵https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/going-growth-new-procurement-rules

Cartoon. Title: Inner Turmoil. PM Christopher Luxon having a colonoscopy. The doctor in charge of the procedure is looking at a screen that shows Simeon Brown’s face growing out of the bowel wall. She’s saying, “Don’t worry. It’s only a Brown polyp. It poses more of a risk to brown people”

Health Minister Simeon Brown announces decision to reallocate money for earlier bowel screening of Māori and Pasifika, to the general population.
My Stuff #cartoon today #BowelScreening #HealthNZ #NZpol #Māori #Pasifika

Dame Fiona Kidman gives Rachel Boyack a 'B' A distinguished author responds to an interview with Labour's arts spokesperson

Following from Fiona Kidman's staunch article yesterday newsroom.co.nz/2025/03/10/d...

Dear Brooke van Velden, please help An author's nightmare dealings with the Public Lending Right

Writers! Check out Riley Chance's article re his nightmare experience with the Public Lending Right? Maybe it's time for more letters to Brooke van Velden? newsroom.co.nz/2025/03/11/d...