‘If liberalism has a future, it is as therapy against the fear of the dark.’ newstatesman.com/ideas/2022/12/…

6 meter high Christmas tree, Trivento, Italy, made with 1,300 donated crochet squares #WomensArt

The Spinoff doesn’t have a printed cover – but if it did, these are what they would have looked like. thespinoff.co.nz/media/12-12-20…

Heritage is not old buildings! I asked Dr Rangi Mātāmua, Paola Boarin, Sabre Baker-Anderson and Marie Dunn to explain why in this article. Love their answers. issuu.com/heritagenz/doc…

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Guns are now the No. 1 killer of children in the U.S., surpassing car crashes. Gun death rates for children have been rising for years, and in 2020 guns became the leading cause of death for those ages 1 to 18. nyti.ms/3WjRP1Z

We're excited to announce a few more 2023 titles... In April it's ITHACA, a brilliant debut by Alie Benge @aliebenge3! Cover by keely O'Shannessy. teherengawakapress.co.nz/ithaca/

Also in May, it's CALAMITIES! by Jane Arthur (@CravenJaney), her wonderful second collection. Cover by Darcy Woods. teherengawakapress.co.nz/calamities/

‘If home is love, can you have a home and yet be lonely? If you’re lonely, are you in some way away from home?’ — I was delighted to have the opportunity to create the cover art for this brilliant debut by @aliebenge3. Out from Te Herenga Waka University Press April 2023. tinyurl.com/ms28jn9r

Advance copy 😅😍😵

Sneaking back onto Twitter to celebrate the genius and talent and perseverance and integrity of Tom Benn who . . . wins £10,000 Sunday Times Young Writer Award thebookseller.com/news/benn-wins…

NEW: Editor at Large Anna Knox takes us on a trail run round Waimpahihi Reserve, on a journey through (re)naming & histories of place & publishing, in Aotearoa New Zealand 🌿 Read here: buff.ly/3WB4r6a

Here's a piece I wrote for Wasafiri, where I am Editor at Large for Aotearoa, about trail running & place & literature and especially about indigenous writers, writing/story-telling and te reo Māori in our language and literature atm. wasafiri.org/article/name-t…

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This weekend in nzherald Canvas Anna Knox writes beautifully about class & our classless society (yeah right). Highlights that it is discrimination that is key. Love the quiche analogy (or is it a metaphor) - but feel you missed a trick not referring to free range 🥚🥚🥚🥚

✨PREORDERS OPEN✨ Wasafiri 115 – our most classic Wasafiri issue yet, comprising work from every inhabited continent. Pre-order now: buff.ly/3OKNy5E

Wonderful to see this in the world. The infinitely generous and wise Witi Ihimaera on Māori mythology, celestial navigation, and life.

AoNZ writers and publishers here’s one way to support the Voice to Parliament. The date has now been set for the referendum of October 14. Spread the Voice! writersforthevoice.com.au

⚪ LIFE WRITING by Georgie Codd ⚪ INTERVIEWS with renowned Argentinian author Claudia Piñeiro 💚 🧡 by @silviarothlis, and New Zealand's literary giant, Witi Ihimaera, by Anna Knox ⚪ ART by Poulomi Basu, written on by Liz Hingley...