News
23 May 2025
Ava Reid wins the 2025 Landfall Young Writers' Essay Competition
Ōtepoti resident Ava Reid has been announced as the winner of the 2025 Landfall Young Writers’ Essay Competition. Her wi...
30 Apr 2025
The Mad Diva book launch tour
In early April we released the stunning debut collection, Mad Diva by Cadence Chung. We celebrated the release with a bo...
14 Mar 2025
Launching The Intimacy Bus by Janet Charman
On the evening of Thursday 13 March, we launched Janet Charman's new collection, The Intimacy Bus. With friends and fami...
06 Mar 2025
OUP titles shortlisted in Ockham Book Awards
Two books published by Otago University Press (OUP) have been shortlisted for the country’s top literary honours.
10 Feb 2025
‘Books of Mana’ a tribute to significant Māori writing
A carefully curated reading list of Māori non-fiction books has become the inspiration for a book of its own.
27 Nov 2024
Joint-winners announced for 2024 Landfall Essay Competition
Landfall Essay Competition judge Lynley Edmeades has announced the joint winners of this year’s competition: Franchesca...
15 Nov 2024
Launching Liar, Liar, Lick, Spit by Emma Neale
On Thursday 14 November, we launched Liar, Liar, Lick, Spit, the stunning new collection by Ōtepoti poet and writer, Emm...
08 Nov 2024
Launching Blue Hour by Jo McNeice
On Thursday 7 November, we joyfully launched the award-winning collection, Blue Hour by Jo McNeice, at Schrödinger’s Boo...
30 Oct 2024
Otago poets praised at prestigious International awards
Two University of Otago alumni have won awards in the prestigious Laurel Prize for poetry.
01 Oct 2024
Announcing the Landfall Tauraka short story series
Landfall and Otago University Press are excited to announce a new series of short story collections with the publication...
24 Sep 2024
Megan Kitching and Robyn Maree Pickens Longlisted for The Laurel Prize 2024
The longlist for The Laurel Prize 2024 has been announced and two of our poets have made the list! At the Point of Seein...
20 Sep 2024
Launching The Twisted Chain
Last Wednesday we launched The Twisted Chain by Jason Gurney with friends and whanau at te Wharewaka o Pōneke. It was a...