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Anne Salmond teaches us what the promises of the past can tell us about our future
as a nation.
The long-awaited definitive collection from New Zealand’s greatest poet, Allen Curnow
One of our brightest talents. Fast Talking PI and Poet Laureate Selina Tusitala Marsh is electric.
A time-spanning selection of Anna Jackson’s poetry along with a brand new body of work. It’s pastoral yet gritty, sweet but with a sting.
Botanist Philip Simpson tells the story of
a wonder of evolution, the ‘mighty tōtara’, the tree that built New Zealand.
One part poet, one part pop star, Chris Tse returns with a new collection that is all parts hypnotic.
Great minds. Big ideas. Beautiful books.
Available at Auckland Writers Festival, good bookstores or www.press.auckland.ac.nz