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In Memoriam: Palestinian poet Refaat Alareer

Anahera Press is honoured to host an article about the late Palestinian poet Refaat Alareer, and efforts made to create a multilingual podcast of his poem ‘I shall not die.’ So far the project has accrued readings of the poem in more than 223 languages. This important poem has come to represent both the immense suffering of the people of Gaza, as well as the resistance of oppressed people throughout the world. Please read on if you have an interest in human rights and the poetry of resistance. In solidarity with the Palestinian People Memorial Podcast «If I must die»...

Launch Day

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 Ngāpuhi, continue to impact their descendants today. We have made a short video to celebrate the launch, please check out: Video by Annie Goldson. Buy Briar’s book here: archive2025.anahera.co.nz/books Thank you to Creative New Zealand for their support of this publication.

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