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Kia ora koutou,
This month we’re excited to release No Good, the highly anticipated debut poetry collection by Sophie van Waardenberg. We’re also releasing new audiobooks from Selina Tusitala Marsh, Chris Tse and Nick Bollinger – more details on these below!
August brings changes to the AUP office too. After four and a half years with us, our publishing associate Lauren Donald is leaving for new adventures in Australia. (Hi, it’s me, Lauren! I write these emails every month so forgive me for breaking the fourth wall. Just a quick note to say thank you to all the brilliant authors, editors, designers and other book people I’ve worked with over the last few years. It’s been an absolute pleasure to be a part of the AUP whānau and I’m very proud of all we’ve published. Ka nui te mihi ki a koutou. Hei te wā, e hoa mā!)
Read on to find out more about our forthcoming titles, recent media and upcoming events.
Ngā manaakitanga, nā mātou o AUP |
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NGĀ PUKAPUKA HOU | NEW BOOKS |
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| No Good Sophie van Waardenberg
In this debut poetry collection, Sophie van Waardenberg considers girlhood and grief, love and its loss, distance and the return home, including at its heart a sequence of emotionally raw ‘Cremation Sonnets’. |
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NGĀ PUKAORO HOU | NEW AUDIOBOOKS |
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| Fast Talking PI & Other Poems Selina Tusitala Marsh
A selection of Selina Tusitala Marsh’s most beloved poems, set to music and performed by the poet herself. |
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| How to Be Dead in a
Year of Snakes Chris Tse
The award-winning first book of poetry by Chris Tse – now available as an audiobook. |
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| Jumping Sundays The Rise and Fall of the Counterculture in Aotearoa
New Zealand Nick Bollinger
The award-winning history of the New Zealand counterculture – now available as an audiobook and read by the author himself. |
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Jumping Sundays – The Soundtrack Ever wondered what would be on a soundtrack to the sixties’ counterculture? Listen to Nick’s Jumping Sundays playlist on Spotify. |
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We’re thrilled to see four AUP books recognised in this year’s PANZ Book Design Awards shortlist. Congratulations to designers Katie Kerr, Duncan Munro, Kalee Jackson and Gideon Keith for their stunning work. Sight Lines: Women and Art in Aotearoa by Kirsty Baker (designed by Katie Kerr) is shortlisted for three awards: the Penguin Random House New Zealand Award for Best Illustrated Book, the HarperCollins Publishers Award for Best Cover, and Te Papa Press Award for Best Typography. In the Half Light of a Dying Day by C. K. Stead (designed by Duncan Munro) is shortlisted for the Upstart Press Award for Best Non-Illustrated Book. Rēwena and Rabbit Stew: The Rural Kitchen in Aotearoa, 1800–1940 by Katie Cooper (designed by Kalee Jackson) is shortlisted for the Te Papa Press Award for Best Typography. Becoming Tangata Tiriti: Working with Māori, Honouring the Treaty by Avril Bell (designed by Gideon Keith) is shortlisted for the Upstart Press Award for Best Non-Illustrated Book.
To see the full shortlist, visit the PANZ Book Design Awards website. |
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| BOOK LAUNCH Join us to celebrate No Good, the debut poetry collection by Sophie van Waardenberg.
Thursday 14 August 6pm The Open Book 201 Ponsonby Road
Auckland
Thanks to Anna Livesey for launching the book, and to Zephyr Zhang and Amy Marguerite for joining the line-up. |
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| AUTHOR TALK Join Sereana Naepi at Unity Books in Wellington as she discusses her new book, Oceans Between Us.
Tuesday 19 August 12:30pm–1.15pm Unity Books 57 Willis Street
Wellington
Thanks to Unity Books for hosting. |
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WRITERS ON MONDAYS Te Papa Tongarewa hosts a stellar line-up of literary events thanks to the International Institute of Modern Letters. Be sure to come along! |
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The Conditions of Rapture: Amy Marguerite, Sophie van Waardenberg and Emma Barnes Three poets discuss their extraordinary new collections, which brim over with feeling and are taut with intellectual curiosity. Monday 1 September – more details here |
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NGĀ PUKAPUKA TATA | FORTHCOMING |
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WHAKAATU PĀPĀHOU | RECENT MEDIA |
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| Untold Intimacies: A History of Sex Work in Aotearoa, 1978–2008 By Cheryl Ware ‘While the social and historical context is fascinating in what is quite an academic work, the voices of the sex workers are at the heart of this book.’ – Rebecca Styles reviews for The Listener. ‘It is fascinating and very well researched. She covers everything.’ – Cynthia Morahan reviews for RNZ Nine to Noon.
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Listen to Cheryl’s conversation with Emile Donovan on RNZ Nights. The Sunday-Star Times recently ran an extract from Untold Intimacies. ‘Powerful, moving, challenging: on recording local sex industry stories.’ – Read an interview with Cheryl on The Post. ‘Oral history allows us to hear their voices directly, without filters.’ – Cheryl discusses her book with UniNews. Read an extract of Untold Intimacies on Kete Books. ‘I really enjoyed engaging with people and hearing their stories, and I am very grateful for the time everyone shared with me.’ – Read an interview with Cheryl on NZ Booklovers.
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| In the Hollow of the Wave By Nina Mingya Powles ‘While many poets take the natural world as their muse, Nina Mingya Powles refashions our very understanding of it.’ – Jade Cuttle reviews for The Observer. ‘This collection is a coming together of all the beautiful fibres of her life.’ – Melissa Oliver reviews for RNZ Nine to Noon. ‘In the Hollow of the Wave is a brilliant and varied collection.’ – Marcus Hobson reviews for NZ Booklovers.
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| Oceans Between Us: Pacific Peoples and Racism in Aotearoa Edited by Sereana Naepi |
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Other recent media ‘Dear Alter is a collection of poetry about the human instinct to see faces in clouds and also what the clouds think about being seen like that.’ – Jiaqiao Liu discusses their new book Dear Alter in an interview with NZ Booklovers. ‘Clay Eaters is a continuous stream of artful prose poems. Like the overgrown jungle the recruits trudge through, there are no boundaries to the pages.’ – Tim Grgec reviews Gregory Kan’s Clay Eaters for takahē. ‘Overall, Mana Moana is a valuable written source about a vital resource for all the people of New Zealand.’ – Vaughan Rapatahana reviews Mana Moana for takahē.
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