Come to Unity Books Wellington on Thursday if you want to hear my secretary Catherine Chidgey telling lies about me and generally hogging the limelight. Whatever. Elizabeth Knox Te Herenga Waka University Press

Nothing quite as exciting is on the immediate literary horizon as @pipadam's Audition...& hark, an advance review is in! (I'm so envious of the first experience of reading this novel!). Wholly unsurprisingly, @deborahcrabtree is in raptures: "an uncanny &

Sad news… he was a special friend. stuff.co.nz/entertainment/…

Thank you Mary and NewtownReviewofBooks!

The team at Scribe Publications and Scribe UK are revealing the official BIRD LIFE cover today. Have loved this design since I first saw it. Indebted to the brilliance of Luke Bird

This is on tomorrow night at ⁦Unity Books Wellington⁩ 6pm. Come and help Emily Perkins celebrate the publication of her magnificent new novel, Lioness! m.facebook.com/events/1040617…

Next month we launch Bird Life by the incredible Anna Smaill All Welcome!

Anna Smaill's ‘Bird Life’ explores grief and magic in Tokyo thepost.co.nz/culture/350103…

“It’s not like I know how to write a novel. I’m working out how to write this novel I’m writing. You’ve just got to forge ahead in a new way.” thepost.co.nz/culture/350103…

Love the illustration! Always great to talk to Philip Matthews

“An outrageous, comic, disturbingly timely novel.” She’s a Killer: The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror – reviews roundup theguardian.com/books/2023/nov…

Thanks Unity Books Wellington for such a perfect launch celebration for Bird Life. To Fergus Barrowman and Emily Perkins for such generous words and all at Te Herenga Waka University Press for making it possible.

Glowing review for Anna Smaill in the The Times and The Sunday Times … thetimes.co.uk/article/bird-l…

A reminder that two IIML residencies are open for applications RIGHT NOW: Writer in Residence (12 months, a salary and a room of your own, closes 30 Sept) and the Emerging Māori Writer in Residence (3 months, $15000 stipend and a mentor, closes 31 Oct) wgtn.ac.nz/modernletters/…

I'm very excited to be teaching the MA in Creative Writing at Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington next year while the brilliant Kate Duignan is on research leave. Fiction writers - come study with me! wgtn.ac.nz/modernletters/…

First review for THE ROYAL FREE in this week’s Listener. “His understanding of how texts are formed and how they can be abused, his awareness of a decaying city and a decaying health system, and his ability to produce terror all add up to a kind of genius. Shuker in top form.”

At 94,760 words, I think I know what my new novel is about. And, even more exciting, how it might end.

Tina Makereti, Catherine Chidgey, Pip Adam

We're SO proud that our Editor (Māori) Jasmine Sargent was recognised as a publisher trailblazer at the Book Industry Awards last night! 🎉