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Aotearoa's leading publisher of new fiction, poetry and nonfiction. Formerly Victoria University Press.
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Tomorrow night. Come one, come all.
thwupbooks.bsky.social Te Herenga Waka University Press @thwupbooks.bsky.social · 13d
We are starting the publishing year with a major double book launch! Join us to launch two stunning new poetry collections by Bill Manhire and Jenny Bornholdt.

📖 Wednesday 11 February, 6pm
📖 Unity Books Wellington
📖 All welcome!
The tile reads: 'join us for the launch of Lyrical Ballads by Bill Manhire and What to Wear by Jenny Bornholdt. Wednesday 11 February, 6pm, Unity Books Wellington.' Followed by the Unity Books logo and the THWUP logo. The covers of both books are shown: Bill Manhire's book cover features a folded piece of white paper with the title written on it multiple times, Jenny Bornholdt's book cover features a white collared shirt on a hanger against a black background.
February 10, 2026 at 5:36 AM
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Happy Birthday to dear Fleur, who'd have been 92 today

#poetry

Fleur Adcock at her @thwupbooks.bsky.social @vicuniwgtn.bsky.social book launch at Unity Books Wgtn.

And at her @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social book launch @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk wbookshop.co.uk in Feb 2024

Photo credit Mia Farlane
Fleur Adcock at her Collected Poems @thwupbooks.bsky.social @vicuniwgtn.bsky.social book launch at Unity Books in Wellington Aotearoa NZ Photo credit Mia Farlane Fleur Adcock at her @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social book launch @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk wbookshop.co.uk in Feb 2024 Photo credit: Mia Farlane
February 9, 2026 at 10:42 PM
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Damien Wilkins has written 14 books, including Delirious, the 2025 Ockham winner of the Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction. He is also a musician/songwriter (recording as The Close Readers); his 2015 album The Lines Are Open was named one of that year's... www.audioculture.co.nz/articles/dam...
Damien Wilkins: Seven Songs - Article | AudioCulture
Damien Wilkins in 2024. - Ebony Lamb Damien Wilkins is the author of 14 books, including the novel Delirious (2024), which won the Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction at the 2025 Ockham NZ Book Awa...
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February 6, 2026 at 11:57 PM
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Here are the books from Aotearoa New Zealand just published, or out soon that have caught my attention. christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/disp... ^DR
#pukapuka
NZ book covers
February 9, 2026 at 3:44 AM
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Poetry Shelf noticeboard: Launch of Kate Camp’s Leather & Chains
Leather & Chains: My 1986 Diary by Kate Camp’Kate Camp reads the words of grownupchild Kate of 1986 – achingly funny, arch and louche, often shocking, always clever. And all of it threade…
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February 7, 2026 at 7:26 PM
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Turning his hand to fiction, Dukes’ new novel Party Boy helped him process dark memories of Otago Boys’ High.
Author Breton Dukes wanted to write an exposé on high school abuse. The truth was darker than he imagined
Turning his hand to fiction, Dukes’ new novel Party Boy helped him process dark memories of Otago Boys’ High.
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February 7, 2026 at 3:11 PM
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Coming up shortly in Auckland
February 8, 2026 at 12:50 AM
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Breton Dukes on the front of the Sunday paper
February 8, 2026 at 12:56 AM
thwupbooks.bsky.social
We're having so many parties this month, and you're not going to want to miss any of them. The launch of Leather & Chains will be amazing!

⛓️ Tuesday 17 February, 6pm
⛓️ Meow bar, 9 Edward Street, Wellington
⛓️ All welcome!

More info here: www.facebook.com/share/17vrfm...
A beige background, with red writing that says, 'Join us for the launch of Leather & Chains. Tuesday 17 February, 6pm, Meow Bar, Wellington.' It features a photo of the book cover - a close up on a women using a red phone - and the logos of THWUP, Unity Books, and Meow bar.
February 3, 2026 at 5:17 AM
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modernletters.bsky.social
We’ve been looking forward to this for a long time…
February 3, 2026 at 2:18 AM
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christchurchlib.bsky.social
Heads up. New Elizabeth Knox in the catalogue.
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February 3, 2026 at 3:16 AM
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Still basking in yesterday's glow! Here are our lovely longlisted books hanging out together.

We're delighted to have seven books on the longlist for the 2026 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. Huge congratulations to these writers!

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Seven books by THWUP standing up against a pink background. List on our blog, as linked.
January 30, 2026 at 12:09 AM
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Currently on order!
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thwupbooks.bsky.social Te Herenga Waka University Press @thwupbooks.bsky.social · 11d
Join us to launch Party Boy, the highly anticipated debut novel by Breton Dukes!

🎉 Sunday 15 February, 3pm
🎉 Woof! bar, 368 Moray Place, Dunedin
🎉 All welcome!
Text reads 'Join us for the launch of Party Boy. Sunday 15 February, 3pm. Woof! bar Dunedin.' The logos of Woof! bar, THWUP and UBS Dunedin are shown. The book cover features prominently: the background is marbled raw meat, and the foreground a collage of coloured letters spelling out 'PARTY BOY'.
January 29, 2026 at 9:34 PM
thwupbooks.bsky.social
Join us to launch Party Boy, the highly anticipated debut novel by Breton Dukes!

🎉 Sunday 15 February, 3pm
🎉 Woof! bar, 368 Moray Place, Dunedin
🎉 All welcome!
Text reads 'Join us for the launch of Party Boy. Sunday 15 February, 3pm. Woof! bar Dunedin.' The logos of Woof! bar, THWUP and UBS Dunedin are shown. The book cover features prominently: the background is marbled raw meat, and the foreground a collage of coloured letters spelling out 'PARTY BOY'.
January 29, 2026 at 8:53 PM
thwupbooks.bsky.social
We are starting the publishing year with a major double book launch! Join us to launch two stunning new poetry collections by Bill Manhire and Jenny Bornholdt.

📖 Wednesday 11 February, 6pm
📖 Unity Books Wellington
📖 All welcome!
The tile reads: 'join us for the launch of Lyrical Ballads by Bill Manhire and What to Wear by Jenny Bornholdt. Wednesday 11 February, 6pm, Unity Books Wellington.' Followed by the Unity Books logo and the THWUP logo. The covers of both books are shown: Bill Manhire's book cover features a folded piece of white paper with the title written on it multiple times, Jenny Bornholdt's book cover features a white collared shirt on a hanger against a black background.
January 28, 2026 at 3:28 AM
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💙 @elizabethknoxnz.bsky.social @thwupbooks.bsky.social
January 28, 2026 at 1:30 AM
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Featuring readings from Jake Arthur, 
Morgan Bach, Always Becominging, Erik Kennedy & Ashleigh Young.

This event is kindly supported and co-hosted by @thwupbooks.bsky.social and Inverlochy Art School.
January 17, 2026 at 10:33 PM
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Join me on the 30th for the closing night of Picking up the Pieces, my current exhibition at Inverlochy Art School.

To commemorate the end of this latest show, I have curated a line-up of incredible poets for an evening of readings that respond to the themes and ideas in the artworks.
Poster for the closing event of Picking up the Pieces.
January 17, 2026 at 10:32 PM
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Leather & Chains: My 1986 Diary by Kate Camp is now in our catalogue, if you want to pop a hold on! christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S3... ^DR
thwupbooks.bsky.social Te Herenga Waka University Press @thwupbooks.bsky.social · Nov 28
Coming February 2026 – Leather & Chains: My 1986 Diary, by Kate Camp. 🖤⛓️

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Cover by @toddatticus.bsky.social
The book cover is a close up on a woman's hand holding a red plastic landline phone to her ear. Large text on a slight slant says: Kate Camp. LEATHER & CHAINS. My 1986 Diary. Three quotes from early readers are shown in red text, as follows: Kate Camp reads the words of grownupchild Kate of 1986 - achingly funny, arch and louche, often shocking, always clever. And all of it threaded with such pain and sadness and unsettling darkness, such yearning to be loved. - Tracy Farr. An irresistible blend of darkness and light. -Catherine Chidgey. IF YOU EVER GET TO SEE KATE CAMP READ FROM HER 40YO DIARY DO IT FUCKING DO IT. -Melody Thomas.
January 12, 2026 at 10:33 PM
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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
December 25, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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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
THWUP's 2025 books are piled on a windowsill, with blue sky out the window behind. They are: Isaac Featherston - 'Petatone'; The Futures of Democracy, Law and Government; Without Fear or Favour; South by South; Out of the Blue; How to Save Democracy; This Compulsion in Us; Star Gazers; The Book of Guilt; All Her Lives; Surplus Women; Chemistry; Selected Poems - Brian Turner; Sick Power Trip; The Anatomy of Sand; The Companion to Volcanology; Black Sugarcane; Makeshift Seasons; Giving Birth to My Father; It's What He Would've Wanted; Bonfires on the Ice.
December 20, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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Yes yes YES
thwupbooks.bsky.social Te Herenga Waka University Press @thwupbooks.bsky.social · Dec 19
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!

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Cover: Todd Atticus, @toddatticus.bsky.social
December 19, 2025 at 5:56 AM
thwupbooks.bsky.social
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!

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Cover: Todd Atticus, @toddatticus.bsky.social
December 19, 2025 at 4:47 AM
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Hilarious and poignant, often at the same time. For anyone who enjoyed a misspent youth.
thwupbooks.bsky.social Te Herenga Waka University Press @thwupbooks.bsky.social · Nov 28
Coming February 2026 – Leather & Chains: My 1986 Diary, by Kate Camp. 🖤⛓️

teherengawakapress.co.nz/products/lea...

Cover by @toddatticus.bsky.social
The book cover is a close up on a woman's hand holding a red plastic landline phone to her ear. Large text on a slight slant says: Kate Camp. LEATHER & CHAINS. My 1986 Diary. Three quotes from early readers are shown in red text, as follows: Kate Camp reads the words of grownupchild Kate of 1986 - achingly funny, arch and louche, often shocking, always clever. And all of it threaded with such pain and sadness and unsettling darkness, such yearning to be loved. - Tracy Farr. An irresistible blend of darkness and light. -Catherine Chidgey. IF YOU EVER GET TO SEE KATE CAMP READ FROM HER 40YO DIARY DO IT FUCKING DO IT. -Melody Thomas.
December 10, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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modernletters.bsky.social
Excited to read the final version of this collection that began in the 2022 MA workshop!
thwupbooks.bsky.social Te Herenga Waka University Press @thwupbooks.bsky.social · Dec 4
✨ 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.

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On a lime green background, you can see the cover of the book. It is black, with a green preying-mantis-like creature with breasts, a sword, blue wings, and feet shaped like orange stilettos. White text on the cover says 'HUNGUS. AMBER ESAU.' A photo of Amber, who is Sāmoan, Māori and Irish, with dark curly hair, standing in the lolly aisle at a dairy. She is dressed mostly in bright white, with a brown leather jacket, gazing thoughtfully to the side.
December 8, 2025 at 6:48 AM