Otago University Press publishes books of scholarly and cultural significance that enrich our society. We produce a range of quality non-fiction books on New Zealand and the Pacific, focusing on history, Māori/Pacific, natural history, contemporary issues, biography/memoir, essays and creative non-fiction, literature and the arts.
Otago University Press also publishes a small amount of poetry as well as Landfall, New Zealand's longest-running and leading journal of new writing and art.
Latest books
The Twisted Chain
The Twisted Chain combines a personal story about the impacts of rheumatic fever...
Forms of Freedom
In Forms of Freedom Dougal McNeill explores how the creative literary imaginatio...
Koe: An Aotearoa ecopoetry anthology
With more than 100 poems of celebration, elegy, fear, hope and activism, Koe An...
Power to Win
Power to Win tells the story of the living wage movement in Aotearoa New Zealand...
Echoes from Hawaiki
Echoes from Hawaiki is a comprehensive account of taonga pūoro ancestral musical...
Landfall 247: Autumn 2024
Landfall is Aotearoa’s longest-running arts and literary journal. Each volume br...
Meantime
During the Covid-19 pandemic, eighteen thousand uncrossable kilometres lay betwe...
Heart Stood Still
Heart Stood Still is an eco-memoir and a lyrical portrait of Manawatū, Aotearoa....
Bob Crowder: A New Zealand organics pioneer
Bob Crowder: A New Zealand organics pioneer tells the story of Bob Crowder, a le...
Traditional Lifeways of the Southern Māori
Traditional Lifeways of the Southern Māori was the major field project undertake...
Landfall 246
Edited by Lynley Edmeades Announces the winner of the 2023 Landfall Essay Compe...
History of New Zealand and its Inhabitants
Dom Felice Vaggioli Translated by John Crockett
Robert Lord Diaries
Chris Brickell, Vanessa Manhire and Nonnita Rees
When I Reach for Your Pulse
Rushi Vyas
Tung
Robyn Maree Pickens