Whakamihi (congrats) to Auckland author Angelique Kasmara (Angelique Kasmara) on being longlisted for Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Novel, for her debut ISOBAR PRECINCT. You can learn more about Angelique in this fun piece by Amy McDaid for Newsroom: newsroom.co.nz/portrait-angel… #yeahnoir

We're crowdfunding! With your help Going West Festival can get more great Aotearoa poets on screen for our next season of Different Out Loud. Our goal is $10,000. You can find out more (and donate) here: goingwestfest.co.nz/filmfunder

Illuminating, vital, powerful, funny... loved this one

Only a few hours until this time-travel filled, quantum physics questioning interview with Angelique Kasmara & Bryan Walpert on their newest books Isobar Precinct and Entanglement at Auckland Writers Festival Tickets are FREE and you get to meet the authors at the end 🙂

Whakamihi to the five debut authors who've today been named #2022Ngaios Best First Novel finalists: - Angelique Kasmara (The Cuba Press) - @WriteRock11 (Allen & Unwin Aotearoa NZ) - Just Me (Hobeck Books) - #MarkZwartz; and - Suzanne Frankham. A wonderful range of #yeahnoir reads.

Whakamihi to the ten authors who today became #2022Ngaios finalists. Kia ora to all our entrants for making it so very tough for our international judging panels. Winners will be revealed by Val McDermid & Michael Robotham following a special WORD Christchurch event on 15 Sept #yeahnoir

Congratulations to #highspotauthor Angelique Kasmara for making the shortlist with ISOBAR PRECINCT Angelique Kasmara The Cuba Press #crime #shortlist #amreading

Excited and humbled to be in such fine company. Congrats to all #yeahnoir

We are proud to present: PAULA MORRIS MNZM – LITERATURE 2022 Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi Laureate Paula Morris is one of our nation’s greatest writers. She is an award-winning novelist, short story writer, essayist, editor and a tireless advocate, whos… instagr.am/p/Ch_00JnrWH1/

The Upstart Press Award for Best Non-Illustrated Book goes to ‘A Clear Dawn: New Asian Voices from Aotearoa New Zealand’ edited by Paula Morris and Alison Wong (Auckland University Press). Cover and interior designed by Keely O'Shannessy with typesetting by Tina Delceg. #NZBookDesignAwards

tbh If I hadn't been actively involved, I would've been one of those clueless adults

My Husband Paul (owner of this account) sadly passed away back in May 2022. He managed to fulfil a childhood dream, he wrote 'The Witch Finder's Mark, A Samuel Hawke Story' this was published days after his passing. Nadine Rubin Nathan Tell Me What To Read booktopia.com.au/the-witchfinde…

In the last two years the misogyny and violence directed towards Ardern has increased in volume and become more dangerous. "The language and imagery used to talk about the Prime Minister has become more violent, more vulgar, more crude and repetitive." rnz.co.nz/news/political…

Of course Ted Chiang would provide one of the best, clearest descriptions of how exactly ChatGPT works. Explaining that large language models are essentially a hyper compressed image of the entire web is a clever analogy that makes perfect sense. newyorker.com/tech/annals-of…

Nobody had "Deborah Coddington has a good take on the merits of fighting the Nazis and their homophobic pals" on their bingo card but here it is stuff.co.nz/opinion/300838…

MITL news: we've confirmed a fresh and fun panel for our Fri 26 May event in Pt Chev, Auckland. Debut authors Les Allen & simon lendrum will join #2022Ngaios finalist Angelique Kasmara and Auckland author Diane Robinson for a chat chaired by Stephanie Jones. More soon #yeahnoir

Tis a #MysteryInTheLibrary triple-header tonight, as criminally good convos occur across Aotearoa! - "Misdeeds near the Mangroves" from 6pm at Pt Chev Community Centre - "Rangiora Wrongdoings" from 7pm at Rangiora Library - "Deadly in Dunedin" from 6pm at DN Public Libraries #yeahnoir

Kia ora to everyone who came to "Misdeeds near the Mangroves" #MysteryInTheLibrary event in Pt Chev tonight. Thanks to Keegan Weir and Pt Chev Little Library team. A fun evening where Steph Jones chaired Simon Lendrum, Diane Robinson, Angelique Kasmara & Les Allen #yeahnoir

Due to hundreds of uncontrolled wildfires across Canada, New York City looks like a post-apocalyptic hellscape. If you want a prelude of what the world is going to look like if we do not address man-made climate change — this is it. #ActOnClimate

Our new issue! As beautiful inside as it is outside 🥰 takahe.org.nz/takahe-111/