This is the book that called to me loudest when I finally got to switch off for a few days. Loving it so far. Ash by Louise Wallace, published by @thwupbooks.bsky.social and soon to be out in the US & UK in 2026. #pukapuka

And that’s 2025 done! A solid stack. We will be back in the office from 5 January 2026. For now, ngā mihi o te Kirihimete me te Tau Hou! ❤️ The THWUP team

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One more piece of wonderful news that we're bursting to share before we close up shop: we're publishing Night, Ma by Elizabeth Knox in April 2026! @elizabethknoxnz.bsky.social Cover: Todd Atticus, @toddatticus.bsky.social

Hilarious and poignant, often at the same time. For anyone who enjoyed a misspent youth.

Excited to read the final version of this collection that began in the 2022 MA workshop!

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We're delighted to announce New Days for Old by James Brown, out 13 March 2026. A life story in small scenes: funny, moving, erotic, political and undeniably odd. Each scene is like a 1-minute pop song, turning our most familiar-feeling days into something altogether new. Cover design: Todd Atticus.

THE COVER! 💚

✨ We're thrilled to announce Hungus by Amber Esau (Ngāpuhi / Manase) is coming 12 March 2026 – the arrival of a dazzling new voice in Aotearoa poetry. teherengawakapress.co.nz/products/hun...

Enjoyed revealing a little about how the cover for @erikkennedy.com’s Sick Power Trip came together for the @christchurchlib.bsky.social blog. Erik’s collection was one of my highlights from @thwupbooks.bsky.social this year.

Xmas is just around the corner... So I'm doing a book giveaway! Win a copy of my prize-winning story collection Home Theatre 🏠🎭 Simply reply below with a good book you read this year. Draw closes 5pm NZST Sunday 30 November. #pukapuka @thwupbooks.bsky.social

We're delighted to be publishing What to Wear in February next year, a new poetry collection by Jenny Bornholdt, one of Aotearoa's most-loved poets. More info and pre-orders here: teherengawakapress.co.nz/products/wha...

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Want more? Here is a lineup of 2025's best book covers in Aotearoa New Zealand! includes Violet and the Velvets by @rachaelking70.bsky.social, Catherine Chidgey, and loads more to please your eyes. my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/blogs/post/b... youtu.be/2LTQay02lX4?... #pukapuka #booksky

Kia ora! I've unleashed my fave NZ book covers of 2025. My top pick is Sick Power Trip by @erikkennedy.com Published by @thwupbooks.bsky.social Designed by @toddatticus.bsky.social Todd talks about the making of the cover: my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/blogs/post/b... ^DR #booksky #pukapuka

I will be running to the bookshop so fast. Especially to read Kate’s reflections on it all.

"772 years of breathing in and out." wellington.scoop.co.nz?p=176089

This is amazing news.

Coming February 2026 – Leather & Chains: My 1986 Diary, by Kate Camp. 🖤⛓️ teherengawakapress.co.nz/products/lea... Cover by @toddatticus.bsky.social

I have a new poem up at 'Anthropocene'. =) @anthro-poetry.bsky.social www.anthropocenepoetry.org/post/the-dis...

Eight New Zealand novelists on the music they write to

On 12 February next year, ahead of the 2026 NZ General Election, we will be releasing another book by the prolific Sir Geoffrey Palmer, following his bestselling 2025 title How to Save Democracy in Aotearoa New Zealand. teherengawakapress.co.nz/products/par...

Reprint! @thwupbooks.bsky.social

'Dinah Hawken has a remarkable ability to situate herself and us in nature and history. To connect us to these bigger things, while – gently yet pointedly - make us ask questions of ourselves.' Here's Dinah on RNZ following her PM's Award. www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...

‘I vote with the hand that holds this knife. I vote for the fish, the bird, the ocean and a raised land shaped by explosion, erosion and willful life.’ Dinah Hawken reads from her poem ‘The Uprising’ after receiving the Prime Minister’s Award for Poetry last night.

Huge congratulations to these three. We're particularly proud of our Dinah! 💙

Great to see poet Dinah Hawken here! Such a clear-sighted, brave and – when you least expect it – mischievous writer.

Happy publication day to Tusiata Avia! Giving Birth to My Father is an extraordinary new collection from one of our country’s most important voices. Cover art: Pati Solomona Tyrell teherengawakapress.co.nz/products/giv...

Happy publication day to Christina Barton! Out of the Blue: Essays on Artists from Aotearoa New Zealand 1985–2021 is art writing at its best and most engaging and a vital piece of New Zealand history. teherengawakapress.co.nz/products/out...

Happy publication day to Harry Ricketts! Bonfires on the Ice is out today. This is a beautiful, intelligent and funny book. Cover (woodcut): Dave Kent Cover (design): Todd Atticus teherengawakapress.co.nz/products/bon...

Another extremely exciting book coming in February 2026 is Bill Manhire's Lyrical Ballads. A dazzling blend of story and song where collisions between wonder and reality create unforgettable poems. @pacificraft.bsky.social Cover: Todd Atticus More here: teherengawakapress.co.nz/products/lyr...

We're thrilled to announce that in February 2026, Breton Dukes will make his debut as a novelist with Party Boy, a tender, shocking and comic portrait of a man on the edge. Cover: Dudley Benson More info and pre-orders here: teherengawakapress.co.nz/products/par...

ALAS ALAS ALAS Here’re some of the works on show at Sala Alas. The show is open 10-4 daily at 218c Willis Street, Wellington until November 12th.

Join us to launch a new book of poetry by the incredible Tusiata Avia. 🔹 Saturday 15 November, 5pm 🔹 Space Academy 🔹 371 St Asaph Street, Christchurch 🔹 All welcome! Books will be for sale with thanks to Scorpio Books, and kai and refreshments will be provided. www.facebook.com/share/16ZAvv...

Check out our November news, which includes the announcement of our first five books to be published in 2026! mailchi.mp/wgtn.ac.nz/t...

Didn’t quite make the deadline to apply for the MA in Creative Writing? Good news: we’ve extended it until Friday. It’s not too late to come and write your poetry/fiction/creative nonfiction/script with us next year!

Also in February 2026 new Breton Dukes!! teherengawakapress.co.nz/products/par...

Woooohoooo!!! New Bill Manhire! Lyric Ballads is out 13 February 2026. Can. Not. Wait. teherengawakapress.co.nz/products/lyr...

"Bill Manhire has always subscribed to Paul Valéry’s definition of poetry as ‘a prolonged hesitation between sound and sense’." Yaaaaaaaay!!!!!!

Hope, and an Auckland poetry event... newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/02/t...

Michelle will be interviewed by Thom Conroy at Palmerston North library tonight! www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

Delighted to announce that acclaimed poet Tusiata Avia MNZM has been appointed Creative NZ / Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington Writer in Residence for 2026, and will be joining us at the IIML next year to work on her next book! www.wgtn.ac.nz/modernletter...

Oh how gorgeous: the @thwupbooks.bsky.social edition of @ingridhorrocks.bsky.social’s wonderful debut story collection just in. Coming to OZ in 2026 as well, from UQP!

'Sometimes curators are criticised as tastemakers and gatekeepers, a pointy-headed elite that gets in the way of the art. I see myself as providing a bridge and a framework to help people understand where the artist ‘is coming from’.' A Q&A with Christina Barton www.thepress.co.nz/culture/3608...

'Ever since I discovered that the term “gas-lighting” derives from Patrick Hamilton’s late 1930s play Gas Light (and the two films made soon afterwards), I’ve meant to give his novels a go.' What Harry Ricketts has been reading… www.waikatotimes.co.nz/culture/3608...

The @thwupbooks.bsky.social publishing library is filling up

‘Too much pain, not enough empathy’: Ingrid Horrocks on a book she wouldn’t recommend

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