Elizabeth Knox talks with Kathryn Ryan about her memoir, Night, Ma

'The prodigious skill of the accomplished and singular prose stylist is married with a scarily good memory and a shimmering humanity [...] It is nothing less than the best of literature about the worst of times.'

Another wonderful review 🙏🏻 thespinoff.co.nz/books/18-04-...

I always enjoy David Hill's reviews and I sure enjoyed this one! www.ketebooks.co.nz/reviews/revi...

It's been a joy to watch Night, Ma go out into the world! 💙 Elizabeth Knox has written something truly extraordinary and given us the gift of seeing as she sees. We couldn't be prouder to have published this book. The reception has been wonderful—here are some of the things people have been saying.

We were so grateful to launch Night, Ma at the newly opened Te Matapihi ki te Ao Nui! Here is Elizabeth Knox reading from the new memoir in front of Earth Mothers, a dazzling rawa by Darcy Nicholas that celebrates the sacred life‑giving power of women. Thank you, Wellington City Libraries!

You can listen to 2014 Margaret Mahy Memorial Lecture by Elizabeth Knox at www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...

Gobsmackingly good review of Night, Ma by @elizabethknoxnz.bsky.social by @secondzeit.bsky.social newsroom.co.nz/2026/04/09/b... ^DR #pukapuka #booksky

I’ve had my moments with both Barrowman and Braunias in my time but this interview is both of them at their best. They’re talking about someone who has brought out that out in them both over and over again - @elizabethknoxnz.bsky.social. Superb, humble, thought-provoking.

Nice photo of Elizabeth, Disco, Patrick and Ida Knox newsroom.co.nz/2026/04/09/b...

Pop a hold on: christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S3...

I really like this interview I did with the wonderful Emily Perkins about my memoir Night, Ma and the Glen Road Writers group. newsroom.co.nz/2026/04/08/e...

An interview with the publisher and husband of the extraordinary Elizabeth Knox

Not trying to be all doom and gloom…but this is kind of a big thing - especially for Europe. #RadioFreeAmerica www.earth.com/news/gulf-st...

Elon Musk is now worth over $800 billion. Tesla reported paying ZERO federal income tax on $5.7 billion of U.S. income in 2025. Meanwhile, millions of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck and household debt has risen to a record high. This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.

The biggest story in the world right now is that the president of the United States is a demented old man who takes pleasure in torturing and killing people and is committing crimes with impunity. And yet most legacy media outlets are too cowardly to tell it like it is.

This

Pete Hegseth reportedly told Gen. Randy George to pull names of 4 Army officers from list of promotions to rank of one-star general. The list consisted of mostly white men. However, 2 were Black and 2 were women, those were the names Hegseth wanted removed uk.news.yahoo.com/promotions-m...

'Oxfam estimates that perhaps $3.55tn is still shielded from tax – Estimates from previous research suggest 80% of this wealth is likely to be owned by the richest 0.1% of households... this tiny group hold untaxed assets equivalent to the total wealth of the poorest half of the global population.'

worth reading

Thanks! So excited for this!

Awkward for Shane Jones. Former head of Marsden Oil refinery: "Most other countries in the world outside MAGA US states and New Zealand are [going for 100% renewables and electrifying transport] now, at pace. For some reason, New Zealand 's going down the 1980s' path." #nzpol

Had to see what difference the accurate proportions would be ... turns out a lot.

Do you think there's some reason the "much better" bar on here is visually larger than "much worse" even though it's numerically smaller? 🤔

National is why we can’t have nice things. #nzpol www.thepress.co.nz/politics/360...

FRENCH NATO GEN. YAKOVLEFF: “.. [Trump] wants to share the political risk, not the military risk. .. He’ll drop us the minute it suits him. .. This isn’t the time to buy a promo ticket on the Titanic.”

Those electric Korean ferries would be looking good about now.

@elizabethknoxnz.bsky.social’s WAKE earns her a place on this list!

It was a beautiful day AND my book arrived! 💚

we absolutely need to know who he sent this to. how is this something the public is being kept in the dark on???

We have new totals, folks #EpsteinFiles

National squandered $6B for climate resilience projects, using it to top up tax cuts for their mates, and now local councils are footing the bill instead 👇🏼

NZ has fallen into a 'crisis and response' pattern on climate disaster, experts say. Billions have been spent on storm recovery since 2023, while key climate adaptation funding and planning tools have been cut. My story looking at last week’s storms www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

The USA, where the summary execution of an unarmed man can now be justified by the actual president, because on a separate occasion he kicked the tail light of a "very expensive government vehicle."

We had a $6B climate resilience fund and Nationals squandered it all on tax cuts for their mates so now we get boxes of KFC after weather events instead of properly funded supports and help. Yay for us I guess??

#GinnyAnderson "Are wages keeping up with the cost of living when white bread has gone up 58.3% in the past year?" #DavidSeymour "Consider wholemeal." Ginny Anderson: "It's more expensive." David Seymour: "Eat less." You first, Scrooge McFuckFace. You first. #nzpol #TheAtlasNetwork

💙 @elizabethknoxnz.bsky.social @thwupbooks.bsky.social

I saved up @elizabethknoxnz.bsky.social’s latest book for the summer break and was DELIGHTED to re-enter her fictional world of Southland, the setting of Dreamhunter + Dreamquake, brought up to the current moment

This is an almost shockingly wise essay. I'm glad I've finally read it.

Garcia: They are, on one hand, putting names of survivors in these documents that are not redacted. And in these same documents, they're taking extra time and being extra careful to redact the names of the coconspirators

Yup www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Our beloved ones www.nzgeo.com/stories/fort...

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