Saraid de Silva is the inaugural recipient of the Kidman Writers Residency in London - congrats Saraid! - a lovely post-script to the London flat controversy of times gone by authors.org.nz/kidman-write...

Very unexpected and welcome news! QUT will become the new custodian of Meanjin, Australia's most eminent literary journal, bringing the publication back to Brisbane. www.qut.edu.au/about/meanjin

New episode of SERVED WITH RICE now available, guest starring the wonderful @chrisjtse.bsky.social 🥰 Check it out on your fave podcast platform here: servedwithricepoddy.com/watch

A throwback to April 2014! As we look forward to this year's April issue, we wanted to get nostalgic for takahē issue 81, which featured such a treasure-trove of artists and writers 💙 www.takahe.org.nz/product/taka...

A throwback to April 2014! As we look forward to this year's April issue, we wanted to get nostalgic for takahē issue 81, which featured such a treasure-trove of artists and writers 💙 www.takahe.org.nz/product/taka...

Congratulations to the 2026 Ockham Longlist! 🎉🎉 Click through for reviews of every fiction and poetry book on the list 💚 linktr.ee/takahemagazine

Congratulations to the 2026 Ockham Longlist! 🎉🎉 Click through for reviews of every fiction and poetry book on the list 💚 linktr.ee/takahemagazine

Big thanks to @clairemabey.bsky.social for asking me to do The Spinoff Books Confessional, out today 🥰 thespinoff.co.nz/books/28-01-...

Catch Samuel Te Kani’s art essay 'Tony Guo: The Sweet Unbearable' in the latest issue of takahē 🖤 www.takahe.org.nz/tony-guo-the...

Catch Samuel Te Kani’s art essay 'Tony Guo: The Sweet Unbearable' in the latest issue of takahē 🖤 www.takahe.org.nz/tony-guo-the...

Here's a peek at our community favorites of the day... Featuring: @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social @3lobedmag.com #writing #writers #writingcommunity

Thrilled to be nominated! Thank you so much 💞

There's more to celebrate! Massive congratulations to these nominees for The Best Small Fictions 2026 🎉 It was such a pleasure publishing these works over the past year 🖤 www.takahe.org.nz/nominations/

There's more to celebrate! Massive congratulations to these nominees for The Best Small Fictions 2026 🎉 It was such a pleasure publishing these works over the past year 🖤 www.takahe.org.nz/nominations/

‘Refugees in a new world’: The story of my grandparents’ escape from Yugoslavia

Looking for a home for your work? At takahē, part of our kaupapa is paying contributors fairly. Here are the rates for 2026! It's free to read takahē online and free to submit. If you are in a position to contribute via the Tip Jar, thank you! 100% goes towards paying contributors 🖤

Looking for a home for your work? At takahē, part of our kaupapa is paying contributors fairly. Here are the rates for 2026! It's free to read takahē online and free to submit. If you are in a position to contribute via the Tip Jar, thank you! 100% goes towards paying contributors 🖤

Brilliant to see some of the takahē whānau included here! Melinda Szymanik and Leanne Radojkovich 🎉🎉

@takahemagazine.bsky.social's excellent starter pack featuring #poetsonbluesky and members of the #writingcommunity is well worth exploring. Please follow then repost the pack #poetrycommunity #booksky

Your highly recommended read for the week is by takahē Board Secretary and knockout young writer, Melanie Kwang over at NZ Listener! ✨💫

Adelaide Writers Week is officially cancelled, with all remaining board members stepping down. This is a travesty. Not only did they refuse to reverse course and save the festival, they “apologised” to Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah… and then once again tried to justify their decision by citing Bondi.

A round of applause for our Best Microfiction 2026 nominees! The best of luck to everyone. We can't wait to see where your work goes next 🎉 www.takahe.org.nz/nominations/

A round of applause for our Best Microfiction 2026 nominees! The best of luck to everyone. We can't wait to see where your work goes next 🎉 www.takahe.org.nz/nominations/

Calling all e-reader fans! The newest issue of takahē has dropped and is available as a downloadable PDF for Kindle, Kobo, or Boox. It’s only $5, and every dollar goes straight to supporting takahē artists and writers 🖤 www.takahe.org.nz/product/taka...

Oh cool! I didn't think to try and get it that way...

Calling all e-reader fans! The newest issue of takahē has dropped and is available as a downloadable PDF for Kindle, Kobo, or Boox. It’s only $5, and every dollar goes straight to supporting takahē artists and writers 🖤 www.takahe.org.nz/product/taka...

Chuffed to have a new short story, "Crossed With the Cat", out via NZ Listener 😺 The title comes from a Mark Twain quote: "If man could be crossed with the cat, it would improve man, but it would deteriorate the cat."

Woooooo! My short story got nominated!

Huge congratulations to our Pushcart Prize 2026 nominees! 🎉 We’re cheering loudly and wishing you all the luck. www.takahe.org.nz/nominations/

Huge congratulations to our Pushcart Prize 2026 nominees! 🎉 We’re cheering loudly and wishing you all the luck. www.takahe.org.nz/nominations/

The pilot ep of my new literary podcast dropped today on YouTube, so if you want to watch/listen to me blab with Aussie Asian authors Emma Pei Yin & Jacquie Pham about author journeys, that would be a great way to spend your Mon eve and support us 🥰 Reposts appreciated! youtu.be/vfhIVfjN83w

Winner of the Monica Taylor Poetry Prize 2025, Jilly O’Brien, shares an inspiring story of persistence, progress, and the valuable work offered by competition judges 🖤

#4 sounds like a lovely book but I didn't write it. Have had whānau up and down the country send me clippings lol Whoever put together this list that has been circulated to regional papers, didn't fact check.

Meri Kirihimete from takahē! The takahē team will be back in the New Year, in the meantime: Enjoy the December issue: www.takahe.org.nz/takahe-115/ And send us your stuff! www.takahe.org.nz/submit/

Winner of the Monica Taylor Poetry Prize 2025, Jilly O’Brien, shares an inspiring story of persistence, progress, and the valuable work offered by competition judges 🖤

This is by far the best thing I have read about writing and ai. Also this collection is stunning - I'm quite heartbroken to see it disqualified. Thank you Jiaqiao Liu. 'AI got my poetry collection disqualified from the book awards – here’s my side of the story.' thespinoff.co.nz/books/20-12-...

When you read a great arotake pukapuka and it's almost as good as reading the pukapuka itself 😄 Some of our favourite reviewers have been thoughtfully at work, considering the some of the beautiful work recently published in Aotearoa 🖤 www.takahe.org.nz/takahe-115/

When you read a great arotake pukapuka and it's almost as good as reading the pukapuka itself 😄 Some of our favourite reviewers have been thoughtfully at work, considering the some of the beautiful work recently published in Aotearoa 🖤 www.takahe.org.nz/takahe-115/

My poem "The best crystal for protecting against fascism is a brick." was published today in takahē magazine, and will be available both online and in print ❤️

Really lovely review today from Angelique Kasmara who has accurately summed up my collection as 'humans failing badly at living with technology'. www.nzreviewofbooks.com/the-emotion-...

Excited and grateful to have been awarded a residency at Toi Pōneke for next year: toiponeke.nz/events/2025/...

Roll call!

My very short story up @takahemagazine.bsky.social So thrilled to have it up. I'm a great admirer of their work! Cup of tea and a quick Sunday short? www.takahe.org.nz/lioness/ #fiction

Check out the December issue! Featuring guests Tony Guo, Helen Rickerby, Ruby Porter and John Fenton, along with the Monica Taylor Poetry Prize winner, Jilly O'Brien. There's also an art essay by Samuel Te Kani, and so much more! We hope you love it 🩵 www.takahe.org.nz/takahe-115/

Huge congratulations to the winner of the Monica Taylor Poetry Prize 2025, Jilly O’Brien! Judge Janet Newman calls the winning poem, 'The Butcher of Whack-a-White', 'a class act of precise language'. Jilly wins $300 and publication in takahē. www.takahe.org.nz/the-butcher-...

Check out the December issue! Featuring guests Tony Guo, Helen Rickerby, Ruby Porter and John Fenton, along with the Monica Taylor Poetry Prize winner, Jilly O'Brien. There's also an art essay by Samuel Te Kani, and so much more! We hope you love it 🩵 www.takahe.org.nz/takahe-115/

Huge congratulations to the winner of the Monica Taylor Poetry Prize 2025, Jilly O’Brien! Judge Janet Newman calls the winning poem, 'The Butcher of Whack-a-White', 'a class act of precise language'. Jilly wins $300 and publication in takahē. www.takahe.org.nz/the-butcher-...

We're so excited to be bringing you Guest Fiction from Ruby Porter! Her brand new story, 'Eye Contact' explores love, loss, optometrists and Christmas shopping, and will feature in the December issue (coming very soon!). #takahēmagazine #DecemberIssue #GuestFiction #RubyPorter 🇳🇿📚

Buy someone a calendar for Christmas and support a residency for NZ writers www.robertlordwriterscottage.nz/p/joyful-and...

Welcome to the takahē whānau, John Fenton! John's essay, 'Lost Libraries—Biblioclasm: a deadly sin' will feature in the December issue, coming very soon! As ever, the entire issue will be free to read online, for everyone, everywhere 🖤