03 Thursday Dec 2015
Posted in Events, Serie Barford
Entangled Islands by Serie Barford was launched at Poetry Live, The Thirsty Dog, K Rd, Auckland City, on Tuesday 1st December. Over 100 people attended the launch, and a fun time was had by all! Entangled Islands is now available for sale on this website under the Books tab and in all good independent book stores nationwide.
Anahera Press Publisher Kiri Piahana-Wong with author Serie Barford and Launcher Karlo Mila.
26 Thursday Nov 2015
Posted in Awards, Leilani Tamu
Anahera Press would like to extend warmest congratulations to our author Leilani Tamu, whose debut poetry collection The Art of Excavation has been long-listed for the Poetry Prize in the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. Well done, Leilani, and congratulations also to the other long-listed titles! The short list will be announced on March 8th 2016. More information here.
17 Tuesday Nov 2015
Posted in Events, Serie Barford
10 Thursday Sep 2015
Posted in Apirana Taylor
We are delighted to announce that in 2016 Anahera Press will publish a novel by distinguished Māori writer Apirana Taylor entitled Five Strings.
The novel is a love story about two alcoholic drug addicts, Puti and Mack, and the hidden tragedy that Puti rediscovers as she finally puts her smashed mind together. It is set in the seedy tough underground world of people who live on the fringes of society, and is a compelling read!
Apirana Taylor, of Te Whanau-a-Apanui, Ngati Porou and Taranaki descent, is one of New Zealand’s foremost writers. He has published several collections of poetry, short stories and novels. He has also published prolifically in other mediums including sound and video recordings. He writes for children and theatre, and is involved in acting, and teaching drama. Apirana’s first collection of poetry, Eyes of the Ruru, established his powerful voice among Māori writers, and his prose, written predominantly in realist modes, firmly established his literary presence.
This is the first novel the press will produce and we’re looking forward to it! More details, including release date, to follow.
26 Wednesday Aug 2015
Posted in Serie Barford
Recently Anahera Press went to the home of Serie Barford in order to take her photograph for the back cover of her forthcoming book. We were thrilled with the result! Photo by Zoe Fay. Entangled Islands is currently being typeset and will be launched on Dec 1st. More details and launch invitations to follow.
02 Tuesday Jun 2015
Posted in Opportunities
Anahera Press has recently been informed about an interesting opportunity for Māori poets! Call for submissions: The Auckland Latin American Community Inc. (ALAC) plans to publish a book of Māori poetry translated into Spanish. They believe this is the first time a publisher has attempted to bring Māori poetry to the Spanish-speaking world. Māori poets are invited to submit unpublished poetry ideally in te reo with an English translation, but English only is ok if that is not possible. Poems will appear in the book in te reo, English, and Spanish. Deadline for receiving expressions of interest is 30th June. Email Esteban Espinoza at fideluna@gmail.com.
26 Thursday Feb 2015
Posted in Serie Barford
Today at Anahera Press we are delighted to announce that our next publication will be a short story and poetry collection by Serie Barford entitled Entangled Islands. This title will be launching in both print and ebook editions towards the end of this year. Serie is a performance poet of Samoan, Celtic, Scandinavian and Algonquin Indian ancestry. She was born in Aotearoa in 1960 and grew up in West Auckland on the Te Atatu (the dawn) Peninsula. Serie has previously published a collection of poetry, Tapa Talk (2007), and has been published widely in journals and anthologies.
09 Monday Feb 2015
Posted in Kiri Piahana-Wong, Leilani Tamu
We’re very happy to let our readers know that we now have two of our titles available for download as ebooks in the Amazon Kindle Store: Night Swimming by Kiri Piahana-Wong and The Art of Excavation by Leilani Tamu. Both ebooks are up for sale at a price considerably cheaper than the print list price so if you’re interested in these books this is a great way to acquire them. (Don’t have a Kindle? Not to fear, download the free Kindle app from Amazon and you will be able to read these titles on your smartphone, computer, or tablet.) Happy reading!
28 Wednesday Jan 2015
Posted in Publishing life
To date Anahera Press has focussed exclusively on publishing poetry books, but we are now considering branching out and publishing short story collections as well. To this end, Kiri is undertaking a reading marathon surveying some of the world’s finest short story books – including Jhumpa Lahiri’s Interpreter of Maladies, Albert Wendt’s Ancestry, and Tina Makereti’s Once Upon a Time in Aotearoa – in order to get a handle on the genre. 
22 Monday Dec 2014
Posted in Uncategorized
Ngā mihi o te Kirihimete from Anahera Press. We are shutting down today and will re-open on the 12th of January. We have a number of exciting new book projects in the works for 2015/16, and will be announcing the first in the new year. Until then, ngā mihi o te Tau Hou ki a koutou katoa!