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

Congratulations @amymarguerite.bsky.social and Nafanua Purcell - both IIML graduates 2022 - on these wonderful books! 👏👏

The brochure is out! Ruth Paul’s first play HELP! A Monster Ate My Story is in Circa Theatre’s line up for 2026. Only playing for two weeks in the April School holidays.

'The conditionality of rapture, the loveliness of loneliness, the difficulty of living in a hungry body, how it has felt to keep writing through a pandemic, heartbreak and grief' - three poets introduce their new collections in next week's Writers on Mondays
www.tepapa.govt.nz/visit/events...

Edna O'Brien who died a year ago today

I think that if you're a writer and you don't invent a word every now and then you're missing out on a solid chunk of the fun.

Next Monday, come and hear poets Nafanua Purcell Kersel and Mikaela Nyman in a conversation about rising seas, political and personal poetry, and the local and global. Writers on Mondays, Te Papa, 1215, free! tepapa.govt.nz/visit/events...

Ello! Here’s the full line-up with dates and time conversions for Amplify Lit Fest ✨LIVE✨ — the online international lit fest I’ve organised throughout July. All panels are on either TikTok Live or Instagram Live (follow me: jaxieslm), and I’d love to see you there 🥰 Please RT! Thank you!

Perfect book sub distraction: I organised an online lit fest for July 😅

I’m running a series of free panels with established, debut, and aspiring authors, and more, all through TikTok & IG Lives. Follow me for more info and to tune in! (Pls RT!)

www.tiktok.com/@jaxieslm
www.instagram.com/jaxieslm

Wellington book lovers get along to Unity Books (Willis St), Sunday June 22 at 3pm. This is a beautiful book and you’ll be able to get your copy signed by @jennifertrevelyan.bsky.social. ♥️📚
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