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IIML @modernletters.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Spread the word - the IIML’s online journal Turbine | Kapohau is open for submissions of poetry, creative nonfiction and fiction until 1 November. We want to read your work! (Please check submission guidelines before sending)

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Current Issue - TURBINE | KAPOHAU

EDITORIAL Welcome POETRY ada duffyMauatua Fa’ara Reynolds🔈Miriama GemmellRebecca HawkesAnna Hoek-SimsJacksonHebe KearneyErik KennedyTrevor LandersMitch MarksHelena Leon MayerElliot McKenzieRuben MitaH...

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Martin Shaw @thebooksdesk.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I'm loving kluge in the background here! www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4m_...

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NZ Herald Live: Nicky Hager book launch

YouTube video by nzherald.co.nz

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Fergus Barrowman @fergusthw.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

kluge!

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Pip Adam @pipadam.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Bahahaha.

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Pip Adam @pipadam.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Bahahahaha!!! kluge tries to muscle in on Hager livestream. 🤖🤖

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Te Herenga Waka University Press @thwupbooks.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Not long now! Make sure the launch of The Starving Bride is in your diary... 💐 Thursday 8 October, 6pm 💐 Te Whare Tāpere Iti, Gallagher Performing Arts Centre, University of Waikato 💐 Free event – all welcome.

A deep red background has white text reading 'Join us for the launch of The Starving Bride. Thursday 8 October, 6pm, Waikato University, Hamilton. The cover of Catherine Chidgey's new novel The Starving Bride is shown, along with logos for Waikato University and Te Herenga Waka University Press.

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Anna Jackson @flewoutof.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I love every one of these collections

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Te Herenga Waka University Press @thwupbooks.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Ake Ake Ake – A Forever Language. As we mark Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2026, here are some moments from the work of Hinemoana Baker, Ruby Solly, essa may ranapiri, Amber Esau and Tayi Tibble that reflect on the power, history, present and future of reo.

The spines of five books are shown, leaning on a brick – text on the spine shows that they are Funkhaus by Hinemoana Baker, The Artist by Ruby Solly, Echidna by essa may ranapiri, Hungus by Amber Esau, and Rangikura by Tayi Tibble. They are outside in a grassy area.

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Te Herenga Waka University Press @thwupbooks.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

It's beautiful weather to get cosy inside a bookshop, Wellington! See you tonight 🌳 🌳

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Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi @christchurchlib.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Currently on order so get your hold on now if you're keen. christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S3... ^MT

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Te Herenga Waka University Press @thwupbooks.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

This week! We look forward to celebrating John's new book with you – see you Thursday!

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Te Herenga Waka University Press @thwupbooks.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

A million years ago, two atua waahine meet in the eruption of a volcano. The next time they meet, it's in a liquor store. teherengawakapress.co.nz/products/puke

The cover of Puke by essa may ranapiri. The book has a white background, coloured paint splodges in blues, greens and reds, and the title and author's name.

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Phil Garnock-Jones @theobrominated.eurosky.social · 11/09/2026

That’s a lovely launching speech. And congratulations @abbyletteri.bsky.social; the book sounds wonderful and I’m looking forward to reading it.

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Te Herenga Waka University Press @thwupbooks.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Congratulations Abby Letteri on the publication this week of Perfectly Themselves: Horses in the Human World 💙 teherengawakapress.co.nz/products/per... Here are some of the glowing reviews from early readers.

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Te Herenga Waka University Press @thwupbooks.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

It's so exciting to have Green Sea out on shop shelves across the country this week, after an early release in Christchurch for WORD. Congratulations, John, on another stunning book 💚 teherengawakapress.co.nz/products/gre...

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Book Haven @bookhavennz.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

A shoutout for Audition: shortlisted this year for the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction - check out the awards & pip’s video. pip says about Audition, it’s “…fuelled and powered by the energy and hope I feel for the abolition of prisons everywhere..." congratulations pip! @pipadam.bsky.social

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Bill Manhire @pacificraft.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Betsy Balloon goes to Australia www.youtube.com/watch?v=9air...

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Hear the Betsy Balloon cast explain the story!

YouTube video by QPAC

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Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi @christchurchlib.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Things got curious with a quintet of writers at last night's Cabinet of Curiosities event: sexy bull times, rescued streetwear, Barbadoes St darkness, ethical orcas, and a supermarket bag relic! my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/blogs/post/t... ^MT

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The Curious Five: Myth, change and ethical orcas at WORD Christchurch 2026

Things get curiouser and curiouser at the Cabinet of Curiosities WORD Christchurch event at Tūranga.

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Mikaela Nyman @miknyman.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Thanks Virginia Winder, Warren & the Most FM 100.4FM for giving writers airtime! Join us for 3 poets waxing lyrical Sat 12 Sept at Poppies New Plymouth, hosted by NZ Society of Authors Taranaki. Helen Lehndorf, Airini Beautrais & I will talk art & craft and read poetry. Free event. All welcome!

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IIML @modernletters.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Claire Mabey on John Summers’s ‘spooky, compelling, strangely gentle book’ thespinoff.co.nz/books/05-09-...

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Lost in the New Zealand bush: John Summers’ Green Sea, reviewed

What happens when something that is supposed to be so good for us goes wrong?

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Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi @christchurchlib.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Mayra attended a session on short story writing so interesting she forgot to take any photos during and only snapped one at the signing table afterwards. Hear what Ingrid Horrocks, Shariff Burke, and local Laura Borrowdale had to say in her post. my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/blogs/post/s...

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“A quick kiss in the night”: The art of the short story – WORD Christchurch 2026

Mayra reports back from a WORD Christchurch 2026 session with short story writers Shariff Burke, Laura Borrowdale, and Ingrid Horrocks.…

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IIML @modernletters.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

In next week's special edition of Writers on Mondays, Abby Letteri and Marty Smith talk horses from two different perspectives, the wild and the race course, and bring fresh insights into the relationship between horse and human. 1215, Level 4, Te Papa www.tepapa.govt.nz/visit/events...

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Writers on Mondays: Year of the Horse – Abby Letteri and Marty Smith | Te Papa

Two writers take the horse as the subject of their memoirs, with very different approaches. They discuss writing, and life with, or alongside, horses.

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Abby Letteri @abbyletteri.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Perfectly Themselves launches on the 8th of September, in Aotearoa New Zealand. All the gods willing, it will be available through local independent booksellers wherever you live. Me? I wish I was still on this hillside, watching these ponies living their best lives. Come join me #watchinghorses

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Mikaela Nyman @miknyman.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Spring has sprung 🌱Looking forward to waxing lyrical w Airini Beautrais and Helen Lehndorf over sand - salt - bruises - quilts… At Poppies New Plymouth Saturday 12 Sept. Free event. All welcome!

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Doug Dillaman @dillamonster.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

"Our money protects us from the heat and our money protects us from the end." Oh boy is pip adam's new book angry. And great. teherengawakapress.co.nz/products/klu...

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kluge

If you and I are in the same =‘entertainment venue’ for this =‘stand-up comedy special’ and I am =‘my body’ and you are =‘my audience’ I run to you and shout your name into the dark, in the hope you a...

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IIML @modernletters.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Applications are now open for the 2027 Randell Cottage Writers Fellowship, with a stipend of $32,000 and six months’ rent-free accommodation in one of Wellington’s oldest heritage homes. Deadline 23 October.

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The Residency – Randell Cottage Writers Trust

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IIML @modernletters.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Tonight WORD Christcurch kicks off with Ā Mua, a stirring musical performance melding kupu and taonga puoro from our colleague Tina Makereti and Riki Gooch-Pirihi, in collaboration with Chamber Music New Zealand. Ruby Solly is among the musicians, too. Check it out!

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Ā Mua

Riki Gooch (Ngāti Wai, Patuharakeke, Ngaati Maahanga) and Tina Makereti (Te Ātiawa, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Rangatahi-Matakore, Pākehā) weave together sound and story.

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Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi @christchurchlib.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Get to know WORD writers better as they share their favourite places to write & think. my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/blogs/post/w... #WORDChch #pukapuka #booksky ^DR @dominichoey.bsky.social @pipadam.bsky.social

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AJ Fitzwater ⬛🟪⬜️🟨 @ajfitzwater.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

“Getting rid of my body but keeping my mind is my dream,” she laughs, with a burning conviction beneath the smile. “Being a brain in a jar.” OMG MOOD.

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johnhsummers.bsky.social @johnhsummers.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Thanks Philip for this thoughtful and attentive piece about my book!

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johnhsummers.bsky.social @johnhsummers.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Launching soon in Otautahi Christchurch!

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Martin Shaw @thebooksdesk.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

“pip adam’s in possession of a stratospheric talent, evident once again in her latest novel kluge, which exhibits an original prose style she credits to not having read a book of NZ or foreign lit until she was 27” A major interview/look back here on Pip’s life & work! newsroom.co.nz/2026/08/26/p...

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Portrait of the artist raised on soap opera and sci-fi

An extraordinary interview with NZ's most original literary novelist.

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Martin Shaw @thebooksdesk.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

"For once, an author’s literary machinations are not simply for the fun of it or to score points with her literary peers. Adam has a serious point to make." @vertigoterry.bsky.social on @pipadam.bsky.social's Audition sebald.wordpress.com/2026/08/24/w...

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Week 34 Reading (2026) Pip Adam & Philip Metres

Pip Adam’s Audition is surely one of the strangest books I have read. At first, it was compelling because I desperately wanted to know just what the hell was going on. The first 58 pages (in …

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Te Herenga Waka University Press @thwupbooks.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Join us for the Wellington launch of Green Sea: Lost in the New Zealand Bush, a stunning new book by John Summers. Launch honours by William Brandt. 🌳 Thursday 17 September, 6pm 🌳 Unity Books Wellington 🌳 Free event – all welcome! Facebook event here: www.facebook.com/share/1KkimH...

On a green background, black text reads: 'Join us for the launch of Green Sea. Thursday 17 September, 6pm, Unity Books Wellington.' The cover of Green Sea by John Summers is shown, a small hardback with an image of dense NZ bush from above, and white text for the title and author name.

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IIML @modernletters.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

A beautiful day to pop along to Te Papa and hear some of our best poets (because in Pōneke National Poetry Day extends to the whole week). See you there!

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Te Herenga Waka University Press @thwupbooks.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Not long now! Join WORD Christchurch, Scorpio Books and Te Herenga Waka University Press to launch Green Sea by John Summers. 🌳 Wednesday 2 September, 5:30pm 🌳 Scorpio Books, Christchurch 🌳 Free event – all welcome! RSVP at tinyurl.com/ScorpioBooks...

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Te Herenga Waka University Press @thwupbooks.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Are you an organised person? A friendly, efficient emailer? Do you find an immaculate spreadsheet quite satisfying? Do you enjoy wrapping packages in brown paper? Come and join our little team and help us make books! Applications close next Tuesday. ejye.fa.ap1.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

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Mata Ahupae | Administrator

A permanent, full-time role supporting publishing and business operations.

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IIML @modernletters.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Job alert! ‼️ Must be a gun administrator, and like books (really).

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