The Mātātuhi Foundation Best First Book Awards celebrate excellence among New Zealand's debut authors. Last night, AUP's Sophie van Waardenberg and Philip Garnock-Jones were recognised among the winners.  Sophie's poetry collection, No Goo

Kua hoki mai anō te tohu whakahirahira, te Mūrau o te Tuhi Māori, ki te rangatira o te reo, ki Tā Pou Temara. For the second time, Tā Pou Temara has been named the winner of Te Mūrau o te Tuhi, the supreme award for reo Māori books, at the 202

Join us in Wellington and Auckland this June to celebrate the launch of Portrait, the debut poetry collection by Jackson McCarthy. WellingtonUnity Books57 Willis Street Thursday 11 June6pm AucklandLamplight BooksG01/100 Parnell Road Thursday 25 Ju

‘Punk hit the brothers like a thunderclap’ and they electrified a generation. Richard Langston’s The Clean: In the Dreamlife You Need a Rubber Soul is out in April and we’ll be celebrating with a four-part tour, starting in

Seven books from AUP have been longlisted in the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards for 2025. What better way to kick off 2026 than with seven AUP titles making the longlist for this year’s Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. Congratulations to all th