Family history at heart of winning essay
Wednesday, 24 November 2021 12:00pm
Andrew Dean has been named the winner of the Landfall Essay Competition 2021 for his essay ‘The New Man’.
Q&A: Lynley Edmeades on Landfall 242
Friday, 12 November 2021 11:26am
Landfall 242 will be editor Lynley Edmeades' first edition. Here she discusses how she approached the tricky selection process and what we can expect in Landfall 242 and beyond.
Q&A: Alexander McKinnon on Come Back to Mona Vale
Friday, 29 October 2021 2:40pm
Author Alexander McKinnon talks about his new book Come Back to Mona Vale: Life and death in a Christchurch mansion.
Q&A: Carolyn M. King on Invasive Predators in New Zealand
Wednesday, 29 September 2021 1:14pm
Invasive Predators in New Zealand: Disaster on four small paws is now out. Here, author Carolyn M. King discusses her latest book and the serious issue of invasive predators in Aotearoa.
Siobhan Harvey awarded 2021 Janet Frame Literary Trust Award for Poetry
Tuesday, 31 August 2021 11:31am
Congratulations to Siobhan Harvey who has been named the recipient of the 2021 Janet Frame Literary Trust Award for Poetry.
Q&A: Janet Newman on Unseasoned Campaigner
Tuesday, 3 August 2021 12:52pm
Poet Janet Newman discusses her new collection, Unseasoned Campaigner.
Extract from Kate Edger: The life of a pioneering feminist
Sunday, 11 July 2021 3:07pm
In the sphere of women’s education, Kate Edger, both as this country’s first female university student and later as a secondary school teacher and headmistress, was a trailblazer. Her Bachelor of Arts graduation ceremony, on 11 July 1877, 144 years ago today, was recognized at the time as a significant milestone for women’s rights.
Launch: Brass Band to Follow
Thursday, 1 July 2021 2:16pm
Brass Band to Follow, by Bryan Walpert, was launched at The Open Book in Ponsonby recently. We were delighted that Anne Kennedy was able to launch Bryan's collection and that she has allowed us to share her speech here.
What to expect in Landfall 241
Wednesday, 26 May 2021 10:08am
Outgoing Landfall editor Emma Neale talks about what treasures we can expect to find in Landfall 241, out now.
Q&A: Bryan Walpert on Brass Band to Follow
Thursday, 20 May 2021 12:49pm
Bryan Walpert discusses his new collection of poems, Brass Band to Follow.
Q&A with 2021 Charles Brasch Young Writers Essay Competition winner
Wednesday, 19 May 2021 2:32pm
Q&A with Henrietta Finney Waters who has been named the winner of the 2021 Charles Brasch Young Writers Essay Competition for her essay ‘Adapt or Die: The importance of adaptation within New Zealand’s climate response’.
New edition of NZ anti-war classic
Tuesday, 11 May 2021 11:35am
We Will Not Cease is the unflinching account of New Zealander Archibald Baxter’s brutal treatment as a conscientious objector during World War I.
Q & A: Siobhan Harvey on Ghosts
Friday, 30 April 2021 2:43pm
Siobhan Harvey discusses her latest collection of poetry, Ghosts.
New Landfall editor named
Thursday, 22 April 2021 1:07pm
Otago University Press is pleased to announce that Lynley Edmeades has been named the new editor of Landfall: Aotearoa New Zealand arts and letters.
Q & A: Diana Morrow on Kate Edger: The life of a pioneering feminist
Thursday, 1 April 2021 12:46pm
Q & A: Diana Morrow on Kate Edger: The life of a pioneering feminist
Eggleton to judge Kathleen Grattan Poetry Award
Friday, 19 February 2021 1:36pm
New Zealand Poet Laureate David Eggleton will judge the Kathleen Grattan prize for 2021.
New OUP publisher named
Friday, 19 February 2021 12:51pm
Dr Sue Wootton has been named the new publisher for Otago University Press and will officially take up the role in April.
