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.
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0305/20223 May 2022
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
2801/202228 January 2022
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!
0107/20211 July 2021
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 Estate Arts Centre, 426 Great North Rd, Henderson.