Mānawatia a Matariki. It feels auspicious to be launching this new collection, A Book of Rongo and Te Rangahau, at this special time. Ka mua, ka muri, walking backwards into the future – in this collection poet Briar Wood considers how the lives of the two wāhine toa of the title, nineteenth century tūpuna of...
Author: Kiri Piahana-Wong (Kiri Piahana-Wong)
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Congratulations Serie Barford
We’re so proud of Serie Barford, whose poetry collection Sleeping with Stones is a finalist in the Ockham NZ Book Awards. Check out this digital sampler that features excerpts from the books of all four of the amazing poetry finalists this year. Ockham NZ Book Awards 2022 Finalist Sampler
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Ockham NZ Book Awards Longlist announced
Congratulations to Anahera Press author Serie Barford, longlisted in the Ockham NZ Book Awards for her poetry collection Sleeping with Stones, and to all the other longlisted authors and publishers. Wonderful to see so many wahine Māori poets on the longlist this year. Ka rawe!
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Book launch: Sleeping with Stones by Serie Barford
All welcome to the launch of Sleeping with Stones, a new poetry collection by one of NZ’s foremost Pasifika poets, Serie Barford. Books will be available for sale and a light afternoon tea will be served. Sleeping with Stones will be launched by Leilani Tamu. Thanks to Creative NZ for their support. Saturday 17th July, 2–4pm, Old St Michaels, Corban...
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Anahera Press re-opens
Anahera Press re-opens: We are delighted to announce that at Anahera Press we’re opening our doors again after a 3-year hiatus. Our first offering will be Sleeping with Stones, a poetry book by Serie Barford, to be released during Matariki 2021. In 2022 we will release Briar Wood’s third collection, A Book of Rongo and...
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Anahera Press on hiatus
Kia ora koutou, Anahera Press is taking a break while publisher Kiri Piahana-Wong is on maternity leave. All of our existing in print titles are still for sale! Buy or order at your local bookshop, or order from this website by clicking the Books tab. We regret we will be closed for submissions during this...
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Rāwāhi shortlisted for the Ockham NZ Book Awards 2018 Poetry Prize
Here at Anahera Press we are delighted that our most recent publication, Rāwāhi by Briar Wood, has been shortlisted for the Ockham NZ Book Awards Poetry Prize. Warmest congratulations to you Briar!
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‘Marae Shuffle’ by Apirana Taylor
SHORT STORY CLUB – 1st FEBRUARY 2018 Read the story being discussed on Jesse Mulligan’s show on Radio New Zealand on 1st February 2018. We hope you enjoy this brand new short story by Apirana Taylor (author of Five Strings, Anahera Press, 2017). Marae Shuffle Just before the first ray of sunlight peeped in the door....