Winners will be announced Weds 18th June. Check out the rest of the finalists here: www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz/2025/05/15/e...

Looking forward to the New Zealand Science Journalism Awards tomorrow evening - a finalist for this story for The Guardian.

For an increasing number of NZ citizens, life in the country is not the dream they planned. We spoke to @michelleduff.bsky.social as she reports on why so many are fleeing the economic downturn for greener pastures. #FullStory @australia.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Stunning essay from @michelleduff.bsky.social about where the women in her short story collection came from. I knew yet somehow I was still surprised/delighted! thespinoff.co.nz/books/22-04-... @modernletters.bsky.social

I launched a book and it’s a short story collection called Surplus Women!! Pretty excited about the whole thing tbh. You can buy it now! Here is a great review from Nat Baker at Kete books: www.ketebooks.co.nz/en/reviews/r...

Happy launch day to Surplus Women @michelleduff.bsky.social @thwupbooks.bsky.social Unity Books Wellington 6pm featuring @tinamakereti.bsky.social and Emily Writes. All welcome! teherengawakapress.co.nz/surplus-women/

At Michelle Duff’s book launch at Unity. Can’t wait to read this! Plus it’s always nice to hang with badass women. @michelleduff.bsky.social

Awesome to see so many books from my faves and so many on the to-read list! Thanks for the write up @clairemabey.bsky.social

"Half of villages still have no drinking water...At least 4,000 children are set to start school this week in UNICEF-provided tents during the hottest time of the year, in cyclone season." Thanks @michelleduff.bsky.social at @theguardian.com for writing this.

‘momfluencers’ who spread white nationalist messaging under the guise of lifestyle content" I and others @michelleduff.bsky.social have talked about women and their participation in extremist spaces - and it is still a ongoing element in NZ. 1/3 www.npr.org/2025/01/01/n...

Eeek thanks Tina! ❤️

Find out more and pre-order here: teherengawakapress.co.nz/surplus-women/

Cover photograph: Tia Ranginui Cover design: Johnson Witehira Book by @michelleduff.bsky.social Here are some words from early readers:

Wrote some words and I couldn’t be more excited. Surplus Women is out April 2025. Thank you for having me @thwupbooks.bsky.social!

I keep trying to write something eloquent and just being tired. History matters. Philosophy matters. Languages and literature matter. Indigenous studies matter. Arts and humanities and social sciences matter. All of them. Signed, a physicist

Started reading this and cannot put it down - how fun is it writing men tho?! Heartbreaking and funny af, one of the NYT best 10 books of 2024 too: www.nytimes.com/2024/12/03/b...