Auckland University Press is New Zealand’s leading scholarly publisher. Founded in 1966 and formally recognised as Auckland University Press in 1972, the Press has been at the forefront of ideas and creativity for decades.
From James Belich’s New Zealand Wars to Chris Bourke’s Blue Smoke, from Allen Curnow’s Early Days Yet to Selina Tusitala Marsh’s Fast Talking PI, from The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography to Ngā Mōteatea, Auckland University Press books have changed how New Zealanders see themselves and their world.
Auckland University Press consists of a small team of dedicated staff and partners and currently publishes around 20 books a year. With traditional strengths in history and politics; art and architecture; literature and poetry and Māori, Asia and Pacific Studies.
We couldn’t achieve the big ideas in gorgeous books that we do without the help of countless individuals and many organisations. From authors to cover designers, copy-editors to booksellers, Press Board members to peer reviewers.
Partners
Publishing books requires a lot of people beyond authors and the team. We are assisted by a group of fantastic companies to get our books out there in the world:
- Lighthouse PR – our publicists
- Upstart Distribution – our NZ distributors
- Archetype Book Agents – NZ sales
- John Reed Books – Australia sales and distribution
- IPG – international sales, ebooks and distribution
Organisations
Here are just some of the many organisations that do so much for us and the larger book world and contribute to a vibrant environment for books in Aotearoa New Zealand:
- Auckland Council
- Auckland Libraries
- Booksellers New Zealand
- Chartwell Trust
- Creative New Zealand
- Department of English, The University of Auckland
- Gus Fisher Gallery, The University of Auckland
- International Institute of Modern Letters
- The Law Foundation
- Michael King Writers Centre
- Ministry for Culture and Heritage
- Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga, The University of Auckland
- nzepc
- Pasifika Poetry
- The Polynesian Society
- Publishers Association of New Zealand
- Read NZ
- The Warren Trust
Bookstores
You’ll find Auckland University Press titles in great bookshops around New Zealand – here are just a few of them:
- Bruce McKenzie Booksellers
- McLeods Booksellers
- Mighty Ape
- Page & Blackmore
- Paper Plus
- Scorpio Books
- Time Out Bookstore
- UBIQ, Auckland
- University Bookshop Canterbury
- University Book Shop, Dunedin
- Unity Books
- Vic Books
- VOLUME
- Whitcoulls
- The Women's Bookshop
Festivals
You can see our authors out and about at these and other fabulous events:
- Auckland Writers Festival (May)
- Dunedin Writers and Readers Festival (May)
- Featherston Booktown (May)
- Going West Books and Writers Festival (September)
- Verb Wellington (November)
- Writers & Readers Week at the New Zealand International Arts Festival (biannual, March)
- WORD Christchurch (biannual, September)
Board
The Auckland University Press Board is a committee of Senate that meets six times a year. Visit their website.
Freelancers
We work with heaps of talented freelancer editors, proofreaders, indexers and designers. Here are just a few of the freelance professionals that help us make our books outstanding:
Graphic designers
- Kalee Jackson
- Spencer Levine
- Keely O’Shannessy
- Greg Simpson
- Megan van Staden
- Carolyn Lewis
- Gideon Keith
Editors
- Jane Parkin
- Matt Turner
- Hēni Jacob
- Mike Wagg
Indexers
- Carol Dawber
- Diane Lowther
- Timothy Vaughan-Sanders
Proofers
- Sarah Ell
- Caren Wilton
- Louise Belcher
- Jennifer Garlick