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Overland Journal @overlandjournal.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

We are excited to announce the shortlist for the 2025 Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize. Head here to read more about the authors! overland.org.au/2026/03/anno...

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Anthony Lapwood @antzlapwood.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Thrilled to share some big news: my next book, The Carnivore Diaries, will be published later this year with Āporo Press 🍎 #TheCarnivoreDiaries #pukapuka #NZbooks @damienlevi.bsky.social

TITLE PAGE:

The Carnivore Diaries

By Anthony Lapwood

about 86,000 words

“Now the truth of the story was this:”
— Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Don Quixote

“It seemed like a nice neighbourhood to have bad habits in.”

— Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep
“Love is an open wound.”

— Charles Brasch, “Into the Hands of Men”

“I think perhaps all of us go a little crazy at times.”
— Robert Bloch, Psycho

Photo of a golden Labrador lying on green grass and smiling with an open mouth into the camera.

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Nat Baker @natbaker.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Research for my next novel… loving this iceberg series from RNZ with artist Joseph Michael. I wish I’d seen this exhibition back in 2017

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Anna Mazzola @annamazz.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

We’ve nearly made it through January - well done everyone. February’s gonna be wild.

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Nat Baker @natbaker.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Congratulations to all who made the long-list and a special shout out to my talented pal Mark Forman for his amazing, novelistic biography of Tony Fomison. Y’all should read it, it’s captivating 🫶🥳🤗 thespinoff.co.nz/books/29-01-...

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Jacinda Ardern longlisted for this year’s Ockham New Zealand Book Awards

Four categories, 44 books, zero AI book covers.

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Nat Baker @natbaker.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

January Film Club (with super work colleagues) was a hoot and a shocker. Talk about a twist, and now, keen to read the book also 🙌

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Nat Baker @natbaker.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

DELIGHTED to be included as a summer fiction writer for NZ Listener 🥳🙏 A wonderful way to start 2026, and in such fine company, esp @antzlapwood.bsky.social 🥂🥰

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Emily Nemens @emilynemens.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Thanks to @literaryhub.bsky.social for highlighting CLUTCH as one of its 2026 most anticipated books! It's hard to believe that my novel is out in just four weeks. Preorders are open and much appreciated! @tinhouse.bsky.social @zandoprojects.bsky.social emilynemens.com/books/

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Daniel Abraham @abraham.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Random fiction writing thought: “Raising the stakes“ is rarely “increasing the scope of the threat“ and is almost* always “deepening the character’s emotions.” *Maybe not almost. Maybe just always.

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Emily Greenberg @egreenberg.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Happy new year! We're now open for fiction collections. The most recently published book from this list, Show Me Where the Hurt Is b @haydenmcasey13.bsky.social, was recently longlisted for the PEN/Bingham award. Could YOU be next? Dust off that manuscript, and send it to us!!!

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Nat Baker @natbaker.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Happy New Year All, wishing you a wonderful year ahead 🥂✨

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Kaz @serenity22.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

For anyone in Aotearoa looking for a worthwhile cause to make a Christmas donation to, please consider the Aunties Christmas appeal. Any contribution is gratefully received. #kikorangi #nzpol givealittle.co.nz/cause/the-au...

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The Aunties Christmas Appeal

Your donation to the Aunties this Christmas 2026 will help us to provide Christmas to over 113 children/grandchildren of Aunties Whānau.

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Hayley @writagal.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Take care today team.

Everything is on fire,
but everyone I love is doing beautiful things and trying to make life worth living,
and I know I don't have to believe in everything, but I believe in that.
- Nikita Gill

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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential

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Andi @andiwrites.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Hey, it's Cozy Up with Fantasy! TODAY ONLY (December 12, 2025), you can get more than 70 (!) cozy fantasy books, from all different authors, for only 99 cents. It includes my yarn shop/witchy sapphic romance Spellcasting On. You can find all the books at: www.cozyupwithfantasy.com

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Home - Cozy Up With Fantasy

Welcome to Cozy Up With Fantasy! Here's a cozy holiday season gift for you. 🎁 TODAY ONLY (December 12, 2025), you can get more than 70 (!) cozy fantasy books, from all different authors, for only 99 c...

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Nat Baker @natbaker.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Male colleagues caught in a ‘must have last word infinity loop’ Bring on Christmas 🎄

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Matt Bell @mdbell79.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

I sometimes think of scenes I know exist but haven't written yet as rooms I'm struggling to reach. Today I walked into a room I first glimpsed two years ago, and finally witnessed the scene I knew would happen there, a moment a long time coming that did not prevent it from unfolding into surprise.

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Byron C Clark @byroncclark.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

It's Bandcamp Friday! meaning if you buy music on Bandcamp in the next 24 hours, 100% of the money goes to the artist. I'm grabbing one of the Fu Manchu albums that's missing from my collection isitbandcampfriday.com

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Is it Bandcamp Friday?

Is it?

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Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora @healthnz.govt.nz · 04/12/2025

1/2 Measles outbreak in NZ is not under control. Cases continue to pop up across the country, risk of community transmission high. Measles is highly contagious - please check your immunity before summer travel. ✅ Born after 1969? You need 2 MMR doses. 📞 Symptoms? Call Healthline: 0800 611 116.

Blue tile with text that says: Measles end of year update.

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Nat Baker @natbaker.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

… the most dangerous/delightful thing about COUNTING DOWN to the end of the working year is all the amazing books I can’t wait to read… what are you reading this holiday season? 📚💫✨💕

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Anthony Lapwood @antzlapwood.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Only a couple days left to apply! Kick off 2026 with a short fiction fix 😎

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IIML @modernletters.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

‘We are calling for essays from young people campaigning for a more equitable, sustainable and compassionate world.’ Writers under 25 are eligible - deadline 27 March.

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IIML @modernletters.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Applications are open for the 2026 Penguin Random House Māori and Pacific Publishing Scholarship. Deadline 31 January 2026 (and expressions of interest in the course itself should be made by early December).https://authors.org.nz/call-for-applications-for-maori-and-pacific-publishing-scholarship/

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Call for applications for Māori and Pacific Publishing Scholarship | New Zealand Society of Authors (PEN NZ Inc) Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa

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Nat Baker @natbaker.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Day two. Loving the cheeky Weka 🐤

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Nat Baker @natbaker.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Beautiful Day One on the Queen Charlotte Track 🫶

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Nat Baker @natbaker.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Another incredible afternoon hosted by the incredible Women’s Bookshop #Ladiesliteratea 🫶👏

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Talia Marshall @princesstehangi.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

not to bignote but um five or six of the things I have worked or advised on have won prizes or been longlisted. so there.

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Nat Baker @natbaker.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Book for the day 💕 Wonderful NORTHBOUND by @naomiarnold.bsky.social 🫶

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Andy McKay @korimakoecology.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Waitomo District Council posted these photos today, saying that the road to recovery will likely take years & cost millions of dollars. We are starting to see the multi-year impacts of climate change induced extreme weather events. We can't socially or financially afford to keep going this way.

Erosion on a road edge from an adjacent waterway.

Large cracks in a road from an under slip.

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Nat Baker @natbaker.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Me getting an ultrasound on my hip. Sonographer: oh, there’s your issue. Points to blurry black and grey streaked image to a tear in my muscle. Me: so, how does that get fixed? Sonographer: honestly, I don’t know. No-one ever comes back after I see them. Me: fair.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

the year is 2030. a doctor solemnly informs you that you have plastic in your testicles bc millions of people persuaded by celebrity marketing bought synthetic pubic hairs that were eventually consumed by fish that you ate

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IIML @modernletters.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Is that WAKE, Elizabeth Knox’s horror novel, on Jacinda’s bedside table during Covid? Almost yelled out in the theatre. Really good film anyway. PRIME MINISTER @elizabethknoxnz.bsky.social

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Nat Baker @natbaker.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

If you’ve not yet voted in your local election - please do - there’s still time! Our democracy relies on each of us exercising the (historically hard won) privilege of having our say 🗳️ 🤗💕 www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

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More than twice the number of local election votes cast than this time in 2022

More than 622,000 votes have been returned to date, representing just over 18 percent of eligible votes.

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Nat Baker @natbaker.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Me: I’m trying to write ✍️ Onyx: … same…

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IIML @modernletters.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Writers of Aotearoa, his is your reminder that Turbine | Kapohau 2025 is open for submissions of poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction until 1 November - check out the submission guidelines and send us your work!

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Current Issue - TURBINE | KAPOHAU

EDITORIAL Welcome POETRY Jessica ArcusKate AschoffRebecca BallNathaniel CalhounDavid EggletonRebecca HawkesJacksonLilly KelleherBrent KininmontRata Lee 🔈Winshen LiuMargo Montes de Oca 🔈Mikaela Nyman a...

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Lady Luddite (KJ Colt) @moistenedtart.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Oh. That doesn’t seem right

Text reads:

Google search bar: “how to clean a rescued pigeon”

Al Overview

Pigeons are usually clean, even wild ones.
You can try these steps to clean a rescued pigeon:
• Remove the label
• Remove the head
• Make a small incision in the wing and snap to join
•Cut off the wing
•Remove the legs
• Clean the top bone

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Erik Kennedy @erikkennedy.com · 17/09/2025

Paula, as ever, has been incredibly generous about my work. 💙

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Louise Hutt @saycheeselouise.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Look, did a bunch of us organise to have a pro Māori wards billboard on the same sign Hobson’s Pledge put their bullshit? Absolutely. Did we all put our names to it cause we're community leaders staunch in our position? Absolutely.

A photo grid of 12 Hamilton community leaders, with their names underneath, with the text Decide Together, Thrive Together. VOTE to keep Māori Wards.

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Nat Baker @natbaker.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Petite read on the ferry ⛴️

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