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

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.

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 time. Ka kite ano.

Ngā mihi o te Kirihimete from Anahera Press. We are shutting down today and will re-open on the 9th of January. In the New Year we will be completing production on Apirana Taylor’s long-awaited second novel, Five Strings. We will also be commencing production on a new poetry collection – full details to come next year. Until then, ngā mihi o te Tau Hou ki a koutou katoa!

Ngā mihi o te Kirihimete from Anahera Press. We are shutting down today and will re-open on the 18th of January. In the New Year we will be commencing the production of Apirana Taylor’s new novel, Five Strings, and in the second half of the year we will be working on a debut poetry collection by an emerging Pasifika poet whose work we love – details to be announced next year. Until then, ngā mihi o te Tau Hou ki a koutou katoa!

Ngā mihi o te Kirihimete from Anahera Press. We are shutting down today and will re-open on the 12th of January. We have a number of exciting new book projects in the works for 2015/16, and will be announcing the first in the new year. Until then, ngā mihi o te Tau Hou ki a koutou katoa!

Anahera is delighted to announce that after taking a hiatus in 2012, we now have a new poetry book in the works. More info to come early next year!

Anahera Press is currently on hiatus while we assess our future direction. While we take a break, limited copies of Daren Kamali’s poetry book are still available, so please feel free to continue to email us for orders. Ka kite ano!

Today is the first day of operations for the new Anahera website. This is the ‘soft’ launch, rather than the official launch which will take place in late November. By then, we hope to iron out any issues with the website and also tidy things up! Thanks for coming to visit while we are in our beta stage!