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My life-long passion for the work of Colin McCahon
Peter Simpson recalls the moments that began a life-long study of one of New Zealand's most well-known artists, Colin McCahon.I first saw paintings by Colin McCahon in Christchurch more
than ha ...
Five AUP Poets reflect on 'The book that got me started ...'
Five of our best poets reflect on the books that got them started into the world of writing.
Elizabeth SmitherThe book that got me started . . . anything by Tomas
Tranströmer is a perfect place to ...
Five more AUP Poets reflect on 'The book that got me started ...'
Five more AUP Poets reflect on 'The book that got me started
...'Janis FreegardFor Christmas 1977, my schoolfriend Jean (also a poet) gave
me a copy of Ten Modern New Zealand Poets
(eds Lois Cox & ...
‘Diversity and unity, diversity in unity’: A Speech by Dame Joan Metge
We were delighted to see Dame Joan Metge recieve the 2015 Prime Minister’s Award for non-fiction. Dame Joan is an educator, lecturer and writer, celebrated for her promotion of cross-cultural awarene ...
Dr Peter Simpson receives University of Canterbury Honorary Doctorate
On 18 December, the distinguished author, editor and curator Dr Peter Simpson, who has written and edited over 20 books celebrating this country’s art, literature and cultural history, received ...
Sam Elworthy's summer reads
Director of Auckland University Press Sam Elworthy wraps up his summer reads and lets us know his top recommendations.
"Today the sun is shining outside while I’m stuck in the office working o ...
Paula Morris on Odyssey of the Unknown Anzac and Gallipoli to the Somme
The following speech by Paula Morris was delivered at the launch of Odyssey of the Unknown Anzac by David Hastings and Gallipoli to the Somme: Recollections of a New Zealand Infantryman by Alexander ...
LAUNCH SPEECH | Amy Marguerite on Terrier, Worrier
The following text is Amy Marguerite’s speech from the launch of Anna Jackson’s new poetry collection, Terrier, Worrier.
I am thinking now about how to begin this speech, except I’ ...
What it’s like to own an Athfield House
Athfield Architects by Julia Gatley looked at the way Ian Athfield and his team at Athfield Architects have reshaped New Zealand architecture. But what is it like to live in and own an iconic Athfiel ...
How to Live wins at the 2020 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards
Wellington writer, editor and publisher Helen Rickerby has
won the Mary and Peter Biggs Award for Poetry for her collection
How to Live (Auckland University Press) at th ...
MOKORUA | Book Launches
Auckland University Press invites you to celebrate the two book launches of Mokorua: Ngā kōrero mō tōku moko kauae – My story of moko kauae, by Ariana Tikao.
Photo essay by Matt Calman. Te reo ...
Exceptional women
Helen Rickerby,
author of new experimental poetry collection How to Live, considers woman writers, artists
and thinkers from the past, and the obstacles in their way.‘I think of all the books,
pai ...
Launch speech by Anna Jackson of new poetry collections by Gregory Kan and Sugar Magnolia Wilson
Gregory Kan – Under GlassThis is a book you can read like a novel or inhabit like a dream, and remember afterwards with that sense of resonance dreams give you.Like Greg’s first collection, This Pape ...
Michael Belgrave’s ‘Dancing with the King’ wins Ernest Scott Prize
Michael Belgrave has been awarded the 2018 Ernest Scott Prize for Dancing with the King: The Rise and Fall of the King Country, 1864–1885, which documents the rise and fall of the King Country, an in ...
Lydia Wevers' launch speech of Roger Blackley's Galleries of Maoriland
Literary critic and historian, Lydia Wevers, launched Roger Blackley's new book Galleries of Maoriland: Artists, Collectors and the Māori world, 1880–1910.Most people here will ha ...
Greg O'Brien on Chris Tse and Anna Jackson
The following speech by Gregory O'Brien was delivered at the launch of two poetry collections, He's So MASC by Chris Tse and Pasture and Flock: New and Selected Poems by Anna Jackson, at the Wellingt ...
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