Auckland University Press

18/09/2024

Kohikohia ngā pukapuka katoa nā Kotahi Rau Pukapuka!

Te Wiki o te Reo Māori Kotahi Rau Pukapuka

17/09/2024

Whaowhia te kete mātauranga!

Anei tētahi huihuinga o ngā pukapuka reo Māori a AUP e hāngai ana ki te reo, ki ngā ara o te ao Māori.

Here's a sampler of our Māori-language books:
https://store-qvcg41qdf5.mybigcommerce.com/content/M%C4%81ori%20sampler%202024_web.pdf

Te Wiki o te Reo Māori

15/09/2024

Nau mai, Te Wiki o te Reo Māori!

Te Wiki o te Reo Māori

28/08/2024

New advances! 📚

We're looking forward to publishing these two companion pukapuka in November.

'Te Hau Kāinga: The Māori Home Front during the Second World War', by Angela Wanhalla, Sarah Christie, Lachy Paterson, Ross Webb and Erica Newman.

'Raupanga: Ngā Pito Kōrero o te Pakanga Tuarua nō te Hau Kāinga', nā Lachy Paterson rāua ko Angela Wanhalla i ētita, nā Lachy Paterson i whakamāori.

Available 7 November. Pre-order via the AUP website!

25/08/2024

It's WORD week and Christchurch is the place to be! 📚

Our top picks include the 'Sight Lines' session, as well as Claudia Jardine's Late Night Poetry Hour.

For the full programme, visit https://wordchristchurch.co.nz/programme/

22/08/2024

It's National Poetry Day! 📚

To celebrate, we're running a GIVEAWAY of our three newest poetry collections.

Comment below to enter! We'll be picking the winner on Monday.

New poetry includes:
'In the Half Light of a Dying Day' by C. K. Stead

'AUP New Poets 10' by Tessa Keenan, romesh dissanayake and Sadie Lawrence

'Hopurangi—Songcatcher' by Robert Sullivan

21/08/2024

18/08/2024

Selina Tusitala Marsh and Chris Tse have both been awarded international writing residencies! 📓

Selina Tusitala Marsh has been awarded the Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship for 2024.

Chris Tse has been awarded a Fall Residency in the Iowa International Writing Program from 2024.

Congratulations to both!

14/08/2024

Some recent reviews of 'Sight Lines', by Kirsty Baker 📚

Hear from Kirsty in person this time next week in Auckland! More details: https://www.facebook.com/share/y1TxHu6Wto4oqZZm/

14/08/2024

Tonight is the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults!

We're looking forward to supporting Selina Tusitala Marsh with her finalist book 'Wot Knot You Got? Mophead's Guide to Life'.

Want a sneak preview of the finalist titles? Check out the finalist booklet!

https://www.nzbookawards.nz/Images/Assets/47349/1/NZCYA%202024%20Finalist%20Booklet_spreads.pdf

Image via New Zealand Book Awards Trust.

11/08/2024

Toitū Te Reo - katahi te kaupapa taiorere ko tēnei!

A big thank you to Heretaunga, the .ltd team and their immense mahi in organising the inaugural Toitū Te Reo, Māori Language Festival!

With our kete full, we're spending this first Monday back relaxing and reflecting.

Toitū te reo,
Toitū te whenua!

08/08/2024

07/08/2024

We're proud to publish 'Becoming Tangata Tiriti: Working with Māori, Honouring the Treaty', by Avril Bell.

This book brings together twelve non-Māori voices – dedicated professionals, activists and everyday individuals – who have engaged with te ao Māori and have attempted to bring te Tiriti to life in their work.

Now available in stores!

https://aucklanduniversitypress.co.nz/becoming-tangata-tiriti/

06/08/2024

This month we're excited to publish 'Rēwena and Rabbit Stew: The Rural Kitchen in Aotearoa, 1800–1940', by Katie Cooper.

Take a look through the kitchen window into early rural life in Aotearoa.

Join us tonight for the book launch at Unity Books in Wellington. All welcome!

In stores from tomorrow. For more information, visit https://aucklanduniversitypress.co.nz/rewena-and-rabbit-stew/

05/08/2024

Ivy, our new publishing intern, is showing us different ways to look at books 📚 🐾

23/07/2024

The 2024 PANZ Book Design shortlist has been named and we're thrilled to see three AUP books selected!

Congratulations to designers Arch MacDonnell ('Gordon Walters') and Duncan Munro ('Continuous Ferment' and 'A Bloody Difficult Subject') for their stunning work.

'Gordon Walters', by Francis Pound – shortlisted for Best Typography

'A Bloody Difficult Subject: Ruth Ross, te Tiriti o Waitangi and the Making of History', by Bain Attwood – shortlisted for Best Typography and Best Non-Illustrated Book

'Continuous Ferment: A History of Beer and Brewing in New Zealand', by Greg Ryan – shortlisted for Best Non-Illustrated Book

For more details visit https://www.bookdesignawards.co.nz/2024-shortlist/

22/07/2024

He huinga ruri nā Maya Angelou, nā ngā Ika a Whiro o Te Panekiretanga o Te Reo – coming soon! 📚

https://aucklanduniversitypress.co.nz/he-kupu-na-te-maia

17/07/2024

Kirikiriroa mā, eke mai ki ngā pari o te reo. Kake mai ki Ako Ararau!

We’re at Ako Ararau! Come see us before the end of the day 📚📍

10/07/2024

Today we're pleased to publish the new poetry collection from C. K. Stead.

In the Half Light of a Dying Day
by C. K. Stead

‘Small in scale, it is majestic in feeling. This is a work of great lyrical beauty and emotional depth.’ — Anna Jackson

Available in bookstores now.

For more information, visit https://aucklanduniversitypress.co.nz/in-the-half-light-of-a-dying-day/

10/07/2024

Happy publication day! 📚

We're excited to release 'Sight Lines: Women and Art in Aotearoa', by Kirsty Baker.

From ancient whatu kākahu to contemporary installation art, Frances Hodgkins to Merata Mita, Fiona Clark to Mataaho Collective, 'Sight Lines' tells the story of art made by women in Aotearoa.

Join us for the launch tonight at Unity Books in Wellington!

For more information and to read a sample, visit https://aucklanduniversitypress.co.nz/sight-lines-women-and-art-in-aotearoa/

07/07/2024

The AUP 2024 catalogue is live! Including all of the great books we've published so far this year, with a look towards the new pukapuka still to come 📚

Cover image featuring 'Haukura', 2023, by Rangi Kipa

https://aucklanduniversitypress.co.nz/

05/07/2024

July news from AUP!

New books, a new catalogue and a new e-pānui – all happening this July!

Sign up to our newsletter to keep up with the latest from AUP 📚

https://mailchi.mp/auckland/auckland-university-press-book-news-17383436

02/07/2024

Advance copies 📚

Rēwena and Rabbit Stew: The Rural Kitchen in Aotearoa, 1800–1940
By Katie Cooper

Cookhouse and wharekai, hāngī pits and coal ranges, boil-ups and mutton – this book tells the hearty story of sustenance and manaakitanga in rural New Zealand.

Available 8 August. Pre-order via tue AUP website now!

Design by .jackson

02/07/2024

The internet is down at AUP, which is convenient timing for packing Sight Lines comp copies! 📚📫