Going West Festival
@goingwestfest
We're everything Aotearoa literature. New Zealand's original writers fest, branching out into video, podcasts, books and live events. linktr.ee/goingwestfest
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Dan Slevin
@danslevin
THIS ACCOUNT IS NOW INACTIVE BECAUSE X = FASCISM. Writer, broadcaster and sometime CEO. Reviewer of films at substack.funeralsandsnakes.net and RNZ.
Russell Brown
@publicaddress
Journalist, rider of bikes, cooker of food, dad-DJ, seeker of joy. @publicaddress.bsky.social publicaddress.net/supporters/
Jessicoco Hansell
@alofanui
Writer+Artist / Ngāpuhi + Apia / How To Loiter In A Turf War (Penguin Random House) KuiniQontrol.com @arohabridge Wheke Fortress Gallery / Coco Solid
Vancouver Writers Fest
@vanwritersfest
Not on X. Find us elsewhere: Bsky: @/writersfest.bc.ca IG: @/vancouverwritersfest FB: @/vanwritersfest Subscribe: writersfest.bc.ca/subscribe
Hay Festival
@hayfestival
... a world of different ...
Chris Tse
@chrisjtse
(he/him) NZ Poet Laureate 2022-25 📚: How to be Dead in a Year of Snakes; HE'S SO MASC; Out Here; Super Model Minority.
Kerry Sunderland
@writeaxmedia
@NelsonArtsFest Pukapuka Talks Programme Manager; contributor, Otherhood (MUP 2024), Headlands (VUP 2018); freelance writer/editor. She/Her.
John Campbell
@johnjcampbell
Journalist. Chief Correspondent @TVNZ. Previously, host of @Breakfaston1, @CheckpointRNZ, 3 News & Campbell Live. (Proud of that team work.) Personal account.
48Hours
@48hoursnz
#48Hoursnz
@damianchristie
@damianchristie
Story-teller, journalist, video-maker. Director of @AotearoaScience. [email protected] Prime Minister's Science Communication Prize winner.📽️🐧
Te Herenga Waka University Press
@thwupbooks
Aotearoa New Zealand's leading publisher of new fiction, poetry and nonfiction. Formerly Victoria University Press.
Holly Walker
@hollyrwalker
Wrangler of kids and words. Contractor (policy, strategy, facilitation). Associate @HelenClarkFound. PhD @modernletters. Author @BWB_NZ. Pākehā. She/her.
Claire Lacey (they/them)
@poetactics
writer. reviewer. nerd. enthusiast. author of Selkie (comic) & Twin Tongues (poetry @Invisibooks). PhD in poetry & brain injury.
Phantom Billstickers
@0800phantom
Helping Kiwis express themselves since 1982. Posters, music, poetry & other oddities. We print 'em. We put 'em up. [email protected]
An Erin Harrington-shaped void
@ladyhorrors
NZ academic, critic & dilettante. No longer here but I occasionally check my messages.
Giovanni Tiso
@gtiso
Online magazine editor, @OverlandJournal. Bylines at New Humanist, Pantograph Punch, New Inquiry, Popula, Sport. Translator. He/him. @gtiso on bluesky also.
Carl Shuker 🌻
@carlshuker
Author of The Royal Free (November 2024). Also A Mistake, Anti Lebanon, Three Novellas for a Novel, The Lazy Boys, and The Method Actors.
Toi Rauwhārangi, Massey University
@toi_rauwharangi
The leading provider of design, fine arts, commercial music and screen arts education.
Jack Remiel
@jackremiel
Gay Goose Gang - now with extra arms!
Pip Adam
@pipadam
She|Her Pākehā|Tauiwi :: Audition :: Nothing to See :: The New Animals :: I'm Working on a Building :: Everything We Hoped For pipadam.com
Babich Wines Limited
@babichwines
An internationally renowned family owned winery aiming to sustainably craft the most drinkable New Zealand wines in the world. #BabichWines
Rosetta Allan
@rosettaallan
Author of fiction and Poetry.
Fergus Barrowman
@fergusthw
Editor, Publisher with Te Herenga Waka University Press (the book artists formerly known as VUP)
Elizabeth Knox
@elizabethknoxnz
author
Simon Wilson
@simonbwilson
Senior writer NZ Herald: politics, climate, urban issues. Tues column, weekend features & more. Author HomeGround: The story of a building that changes lives
Catherine Chidgey
@cathchidgey
Novelist; secretary to @TamaMagpie. Longlisted @WomensPrize; shortlisted @DublinLitAward. Out now: europaeditions.com/book/979888966…. Rep'd @UA_Books
Philip Matthews
@secondzeit
not here
Courtney Sina Meredith
@courtneysina
Proud Step Mama 🤴🏽🤴🏽🤴🏽+ 🐶 Wifey to Janet Lilo ❤️🔥 Author of 5 Books 📚 University of Akl Young Alumna of the Year 2021 👩🏽🎓 Owner @ MyGeneTree 🌳
RNZ Te Ao Māori
@rnzteaomaori
RNZ's National Māori news. Contact: [email protected]
Anna Miles
@amilesgallery
Art Dealer, Auckland
Paula Green
@paulajoygreen
Paula Green is a poet, anthologist, book reviewer, blogger and children's author living near Auckland's west coast.
Dina Jezdic
@feminactive
Curator|intersectional feminist| Obama Foundation Leader|content specialist| writer
Claire Murdoch
@murdochclaire
Publisher, writer, media maker, majorly erratic tweeter. Former Head of Publishing @PenguinBooks_NZ, now leading Arts Development @CreativeNZ
Vincent O'Malley
@vomalley
FRHistS FRSNZ PhD Historian and author of 'The New Zealand Wars' and 'The Great War for New Zealand' et. al. #NZHistory #NZWars @NewZealandWars @HistoryWorksNZ
Whiti “Starstar Stanza” Hereaka
@whereaka
Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Te Arawa, Tūhourangi, Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāti Tumatawera, Tainui, Pākehā. Ornamental Hermit/Kaituhi/writer. Profile photo by Tabitha Arthur
Pasifika Voices
@pasifikavoices
Pasifikavoices-a group of young talented Artists- empowering and motivating young people throughout the Pacific to Walk On and Strong through Singing...
Bill Manhire
@pacificraft
Socially inept but likes to sing in front of strangers. Wow published by THWUP in NZ teherengawakapress.co.nz/wow/ & Carcanet in the UK.
Lynda Chanwai-Earle
@lyndachanwaiear
2019 Writer in Residence, Victoria University of Wellington @modernletters /Former Producer, Voices @radionz /these days artistic risk writer/poet/mum who loves
Whena Owen
@whenaowen
Journalist. Aotearoa New Zealand. Views mine
The Aunties
@aunties_the
aunties.co.nz facebook.com/refugeaunties theaunties.bsky.social Musk is a Nazi, peace out.
Beyond Fest
@beyondfest
Movies forever
Dr. Octavia Cade
@ojcade
New Zealand writer, PhD science communication! Five time SJV winner. Author of The Stone Weta and The Impossible Resurrection of Grief. SFWA member.
Loading Docs
@loadingdocs
A launchpad for award-winning documentary shorts. Season 10 coming soon. Loading Docs is funded by NZ On Air, NZ Film Commission and Te Māngai Pāho.
Scott Hamilton RTM
@sikotihamiltonr
Books include The Crisis of Theory, The Stolen Island, & Ghost South Road. 'Atenisian. Islands open the door to strangeness.
Cerian W Hamilton
@kelianiwagstaff
Background in communication, currently being a mum. Interests: Education/Social Justice/Arts/Family/Travel/History/Adventure
The Spinoff
@thespinofftv
Aotearoa published daily
Starling
@starlingmag
An online literary journal showcasing the best poetry and prose from New Zealand writers under 25 years old.
Melanie Earley 🌻
@melanievanessae
Senior Journalist at @rnz_news - formerly @nzstuff Get in touch: [email protected]
Sandy Mill
@ms_sandymill
Musician, Vocalist, Producer, DJ/Selector of vinyl, Ngati Porou soul sister.
samesame but different
@samesamebutdnz1
Aotearoa New Zealand's LGBTQIA+ Writers and Readers Festival 🌈📚
Hamilton Book Month
@hambookmonth
We put on fabulous events during August to celebrate reading in our creative city.
Newsroom
@newsroomnz
Newsroom is a free, independent source of quality journalism. Support our work at bit.ly/Newsroom_Donate and subscribe to Pro at bit.ly/ProSubscribe
Jessica Hinerangi
@maori_mermaid
Ngāruahine, Ngāti Ruanui, Ngāpuhi, Pākehā. Artist.
Magda Lorenzo
@magdalorenzob
I work for the best literary festival #wordchch. Love books so much I have my own project 👇Also, I give the best hugs (I was told) so you are warned.
Paula Harris
@paulaoffkilter
Depressed poet, accidental essayist, general layabout. Work in @passagesnorth @Gulf_Coast @ndrmag @MoriaOnline @leonreview @CeaseCowsMag @TheSunMagazine
Cloud Ink
@cloudinkpress
Cloud Ink is a small publishing company formed in Auckland, New Zealand. We use a collaborative process to publish high quality works across a range of genre.
Little Unity
@unitylittle
Bringing the best of kids books to the Tāmaki Makaurau | Auckland CBD. Part of @UnityBooks, 2020 London Book Fair International Bookstore of the Year.
Lily Holloway
@milfs4minecraft
trapped in a little fish tank. syracuse mfa '25. pākehā. editor-in-chief @salthilljournal
Kupu Festival
@festivalkupu
A festival to celebrate Māori writers - past, present, future. 12 - 18 June 2022
1981 Springbok Tour Live
@tweetthetour
"I can see nothing but trouble coming from this": live-tweeting the 1981 Springbok Tour of NZ, starting 6 July. (Project: @wcl_library and @WCC_Archives.)
Ursula Grace
@ursulagracenz
Director, producer, New Zealander. Latest - The King Winner of NZIFF audience award for best short.
NZPoetryDay
@nzpoetryday
A NZ-wide diverse and dynamic celebration of poetry, in association with Phantom Billstickers and the NZ Book Awards Trust.
The 312 Hub
@the312hub
A HOME TO BE UNDERSTOOD Recording Studio | Murals | Activations Shared art space led by and for young moana creatives Tues - Fri from 10 til 6pm Sat til 2pm.
Amy McDaid
@amymcdaidnz
Kuki ‘Airini. RN. Penguin Random House author. She/ Her.
CreativeRightsNZ
@creativereadsnz
Let's keep the pages turning. Supporting creative rights and the New Zealand book sector.
ingridhorrocks
@ingridhorrocks
Writer. Reader. Teacher at Massey. New book: Where We Swim vup.victoria.ac.nz/where-we-swim/ uqp.com.au/books/where-we…
Ministry for Culture and Heritage
@manatutaonga
Culture is thriving, the people are well. Ki te puāwai te ahurea, ka ora te iwi.