Here's a sneak peek at some of the publishers who hosted us for our second work placements. Thank you all for having us! Last pic – real ones know the spot😉 #whitireiapublishing #nzbooks #nzpublishing #publishing

We were so lucky to have three fantastic guest speakers this week: Claire Gibb from DOC, Kevin Chapman from Upstart Press, and author and illustrator Giselle Clarkson. Thanks so much for your time and your wisdom! 🐌 #publishing #nzbooks #whitireiapublishing #nedthesnail

Huge congratulations to Jasmine for blazing this trail!

Thank you so much to NZ Poet Laureate Chris Tse for coming to chat with us about your experience in the industry and your valuable insights into being edited and being an editor! 😊 #whitireiapublishing #nzpoetry #nzpublishing #nzbooks

Follow along with us for a day in the life of a Whitireia publishing student✨ #nzbooks #whitireiapublishing #dayinthelife #publishing #nzpublishing

We were so lucky to have Claire Mabey, books editor @thespinoff.bsky.social and author of 2025 NZCYA finalist 'The Raven's Eye Runaways', come to speak to us today! Thank you for your valuable insight into the book media world 😍 #clairemabey #theravenseyerunaways #allenandunwin #Kikorangi

And so the first semester has come to a close on the eve of Mānawatia a Matariki, a time for our ākonga to reflect on the lessons learnt so far before looking forward to what the new year has in store! #matariki #publishing #ākonga

We had a wonderful visit from Renee Rowland of Booksellers Aotearoa. She also gifted each of us with a tote bag featuring a design from national treasure, Gavin Bishop.

Our ākonga may be out doing industry work placements, but you can still read about what they've been up to! Here's our latest newsletter: mailchi.mp/d83d30d229e3...

Who would’ve ever thought The Ockham New Zealand Book Awards could be so action-packed! Huge congratulations to all award nominees and winners. Special shoutout to many of the Whitireia Publishing alumni who contributed to these books! #theockhams #newzealandbookawards

You have just one more week to have your say in our survey!

Take a look at our session on bookbinding taught by one of our own classmates, Brodie! We had such a great time learning this fun skill, and we are so pleased with how our books turned out. #whitireia #publishing #bookbinding #books

📢 We’re running a survey about accessible books in Aotearoa. 📚 We want to hear from anyone working in publishing, regardless of your role or experience! Click here to start the survey: bit.ly/3Gl3Q4u (open until 16 May)

At Whitireia Publishing, we've now wrapped up our first publisher meetings of the year! One of our project teams is working with the superstars at The Cuba Press, pictured. Our ākonga have thoroughly enjoyed meeting with the publishers and are getting stuck into project mahi. Brodie and Colin

We had the wonderful Louise Russell from @batemanbooks come to talk about her vast experience in the publishing world, including freelance editing, educational children's books and commercial publishing. Thank you, Louise! #whitireiapublishing #nzbooks #batemanbooks

Here are a couple of our favourite chapters from the class bible 'Everything I know about books' edited by our wonderful tutors, Odessa Owens and Theresa Crewdson. - Cerys and Rhia #whitireiapublishing #books #nickyhager #chloegongauthor #Kikorangi

We're really excited to be working on a book with Āporo Press this year. And look, they're fundraising! You know what to do...

We just received our publishing projects and are excitedly leaping into drafting our schedules!

A massive thank you to Lift Education for having us on Monday to discuss their work in educational publishing both here in Aotearoa and throughout the Pacific. It was also exciting to see all of their School Journals from the 1940s to now! #lifteducation #schooljournals

Whitireia Publishing ākonga had the utmost pleasure of having editor and poet Adrienne Jansen of Landing Press come in to discuss editing creative texts and her experience working with writers both professional and new. Thank you Adrienne! 📝

We're three weeks into our classes here at Whitireia Publishing and yesterday ākonga were lucky enough to visit Dr Sydney Shep at Wai-te-ata Press. Thank you so much to Sydney for hosting us and sharing with us the art of letterpress printing!

Hi, Āporo Press is publishing three books in the next year. Poetry by Nicola Andrews and Jo Bragg, and a novel by Laura Vincent. If you’d like to support our indie effort to publish more Māori books we have a Boosted campaign. Mauri ora. www.thearts.co.nz/boosted/proj...

Come and make books with us this year! #pukapuka #kikorangi

Curious about the reading habits of our esteemed senior tutor Odessa Owens? The Spinoff has got you covered! thespinoff.co.nz/books/27-11-...

For anyone who couldn't make it to The Secret Art of Editing at Verb Wellington, the wonderful Bee Trudgeon has written about the event for NZ Poetry Shelf: nzpoetryshelf.com/2024/11/26/p...

Excellent author and recent Whitireia grad Denika Mead shares her research on the 'new adult' category.

Passionate about pukapuka? 📚 Interested in helping others share their stories? 📚 Come and join us in 2025! 📢Spread the word: Enrolments are now open! www.whitireiaweltec.ac.nz/study-progra...

Get your ticket now for our not-to-be-missed Verb Wellington event 'The Secret Art of Editing Poetry', featuring our amazing panellists: Always Becominging, Brooke Soulsby, Joshua Toumu'a, Ruby Solly and Adrienne Jansen. Get tickets here: events.humanitix.com/whitireia-pu...

Our end-of-year newsletter is live! Click through to have a read about what we've been getting up to over the last few months. The study year might be over, but our time in te ao pukapuka is just starting! mailchi.mp/476c91c7bfec...

Whoops, we've been a little quiet over here. But if you're keen to explore te ao pukapuka, come and join us in 2025! Enrolments are open now at www.whitireiaweltec.ac.nz/study-progra....

After a two-week break, we're back together in class and excitedly talking about the best books we read while we were away! What has been your favourite winter read of the season? #nzbooks #nzpublishing #bookrecs #Kikorangi

While we're out gaining work experience, you can read about what we've been up to in our first newsletter for 2024: mailchi.mp/0768f895d497... (Sign up to receive it in your inbox next time!)

Second assignment done and dusted, right in the nick of time! Everyone now has their minds turned to the first work placements of the year, good luck to all Whitireia students and generous hosts.

Had a great kōrero yesterday morning about editing poetry with the fabulous Mary McCallum and ex-Whitireia student Tara Malone, with lots of inspo from our resident student poet Always Becominging. Who are some of your favourite local poets? 📚 #nzpoets #nzpublishing

Sending some inspiration your way with a selection of curl-up-on-the-couch-worthy books! We're eager to hear: What literary adventures are you excited to dive into this long weekend? 📚😊

We had a great time at Wai-te-ata Press on Tuesday. It was so cool to get a look at the inner workings of the printing press and old-fashioned typesetting. Thank you so much Dr. Sydney Shep for hosting us!

Wellington publishing people: Join us for networking drinks on March 25th! www.facebook.com/events/10912...

You've got 10 more days to apply for the 2024 @PenguinBooks_NZ Māori and Pacific Publishing Scholarship! Get those applications in! www.penguin.co.nz/news/4331-ca...

Aww, thanks @chrisjtse.bsky.social! You're one of our favourites too. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

We decided it was time to join #kikorangi. Coincidentally, did you know applications are open for the 2024 Penguin Random House Māori and Pacific Publishing Scholarship? Come and study with us! tinyurl.com/5b43b9bv