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Ngā Kupu Ora Aotearoa Māori Book Awards 2014

21 Tuesday Oct 2014

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Today at Anahera we are delighted to have received two nominations in the Ngā Kupu Ora Aotearoa Māori Book Awards 2014. Ben Brown has received a nomination in the Fiction category for Between the Kindling and the Blaze, and Kiri Piahana-Wong is nominated in the same category for her debut collection Night Swimming. We wish both our authors the best of luck! Winners will be announced next week. More info here.

New book release

01 Tuesday Jul 2014

Posted by in Jess Holly Bates

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Anahera Press is delighted to announce that we have just produced a limited print run of Jess Holly Bates’ first poetry collection, REAL FAKE WHITE DIRT. Based on a stage show she is taking to London, Edinburgh Fringe, and New York this year, Jess has penned an unsettling commentary on the quality of whiteness and history of colonialism in New Zealand. This book is an engaging, powerful, painfully funny and challenging read. Jess Holly Bates is a Pākehā performance poet, writer, actor and theatre-maker. (The book is available here.)

New book announcement

13 Tuesday May 2014

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Anahera Press is very pleased to announce that our next poetry book publication will be The Art of Excavation by Leilani Tamu. This stunning debut collection is, like its author, fierce and political, not to mention tender and perceptive, and we are proud to be its publisher. The book is a vibrant and challenging offering from a young Pacific woman writer who is also a mother, historian, former diplomat and columnist. In 2013 the author was Fulbright-CNZ Pacific Writer in Residence at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Available at all good New Zealand bookstores, ebook available via Amazon out now. Launching 12 August 2014.

All welcome to the Auckland launch of Ben Brown’s poetry collection

24 Monday Feb 2014

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Tēnā koutou katoa,

Date: Tuesday 25 February

Time: 8pm–11.30pm

Venue: The Thirsty Dog, 469 K Rd, Auckland City

You are warmly invited to the Auckland launch of Ben Brown’s poetry collection, Between the Kindling and the Blaze: reflections on the concept of mana.

Held in conjunction with Poetry Live, with music by Aaron Tokona (AhoriBuzz/Cairo Knife Fight), readings from the book by Ben, poetry open mic, and music open jam after the launch until closing.

To be launched by poet Michelle Bolton

MC: Mr Tim Heath

Set times:

8pm:          1st poetry open mic – all welcome to read (5min time limit)

8.45pm:      Aaron Tokona (music)

9.30pm:     Book launch featuring reading by Ben Brown

10.15pm:    2nd poetry open mic – all welcome to read

11pm:        music open jam – musicians bring your instruments (or your voice!) and jam with Aaron

11.30pm:   close

Poetry Live is an iconic poetry event (running weekly for 30+ years) held every Tuesday night at the Thirsty Dog, cnr Karangahape Rd & Howe St, Auckland City. Street parking free in the evening.

Books will be for sale on the night at a special launch price of $25 (RRP $27.99).

Don’t miss this rare chance to hear Ben read in Auckland.

Hope to see you there.

Ngā mihi, Kiri

Anahera Press re-opens for submissions

13 Monday Jan 2014

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Nga mihi o Te Tau Hou ki a koutou katoa. It’s a new year and here at Anahera Press we are very happy to announce that we have re-opened for submissions. While we plan to retain a strong focus on publishing poetry, we are now also branching out into other genres. Full details below!

How to submit to Anahera Press:

Send submissions by email to kiri@anahera.co.nz, or post a hard copy to Anahera Press, PO Box 8014, Symonds St, Auckland 1150. Receipt of your submission will be acknowledged by email. A full response will take up to three months.

PLEASE carefully read the ‘About Us’ section of the website before submitting to ensure that your proposed project fits our kaupapa/mission statement. If in doubt, send a brief email inquiry before making a submission.

Poetry submissions: submit a full-length manuscript (50-90 pages).

Novel or short story submissions: submit the entire finished manuscript.

Non-fiction proposals: outline your project idea and include sample chapters. Creative non-fiction and anthology projects particularly welcome.

All submissions: please also include brief biographical details or cv.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Between the Kindling and the Blaze: out now!

05 Thursday Dec 2013

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Author Ben Brown at the launch

We are very happy to announce that Between the Kindling and the Blaze: reflections on the concept of mana by Ben Brown is now available. This title is a book containing poetry and short prose pieces with 10-track audio cd, RRP $27.99 (trade orders please email us). 
Where to buy this book:
– From this website – FREE shipping in NZ and to all international destinations – just click on the Books tab
– Fishpond: click here
– In stock at the following locations: Auckland – Unity (High St), The Women’s Bookshop (Ponsonby Rd); Wellington – Unity (Willis St); Christchurch – Leslie’s Bookshop (18 Oxford St, Lyttleton), UBS Canterbury (University Dr, Ilam)
– In store at any NZ bookshop – just ask at the counter by title/author/publisher and they will be able to order you a copy
Happy reading from Anahera Press!

Between the Kindling and the Blaze: out soon!

04 Monday Nov 2013

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For the last month at Anahera Press we have been working with the designer on the final proofs of Ben Brown’s forthcoming poetry collection, Between the Kindling and the Blaze: reflections on the concept of mana. The book is now looking stunning inside and out, and is off to the printer’s this week! We have also been fine-tuning the audio CD that will accompany the book, and that is now in the final stages too. Kindling will be launched in the author’s hometown of Lyttleton on Thursday 28 November. General release date (into bookshops etc) is 2 December. Pre-orders are available now on the website, just click the Books tab.

In the meantime, we hope you enjoy this preview of the cover!

Between the Kindling cover spread (web res)

Reviews of night swimming

11 Friday Oct 2013

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Over the last few months we have been pleased to receive positive reviews of Kiri Piahana-Wong’s debut poetry collection night swimming from a variety of media around New Zealand. Here is a selection!

Hamesh Wyatt in The Otago Daily Times: “Night swimming is full of brilliant moments that give a new sense of understanding. A reader will find the gold very easily in this little collection in which she gives voice to her Maori, Chinese and English ancestry.”

Siobhan Harvey in Beattie’s Book Blog: “Night swimming is a collection abundant with striking imagery and imagination. It marks a promising debut by an author carving out her own distinctive themes and ideas.”

Sarah Dunn in The Nelson Mail: “It’s a reflective collection, full of gentle currents that swirl and twist.”

Vaughan Rapatahana in The Landfall Review Online: “A near-perfect 9.5 leap from the high board.” [re the poem ‘I miss you like’]

Click on the publication names to check out the full reviews!

Ben Brown photoshoot

05 Saturday Oct 2013

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Is this a publishing company or a band?? Last Thursday Anahera Press headed out to artist Rewi McLay’s whare in Mt Albert, West Auckland. We were there to photograph Rewi’s gorgeous painting, ‘Manu Ahi’, which is to be used as the basis of the cover of Ben Brown’s forthcoming poetry collection, ‘Between the Kindling and the Blaze.’ Our photographer also took the opportunity to snap a few shots of Ben, and just as we were leaving, captured this Outrageous Fortune-style moment outside Rewi’s house. On left, publisher Kiri Piahana-Wong; in middle with guitar, Rewi McLay; and on right, author Ben Brown. Image credit Rowan Klevstul.