We are very sad to pass on the news that Victoria University Press novelist  Barbara Anderson  has died peacefully in Auckland on Sunday m...

Some days we all feel like this beetle, hopefully today is not one of those days for you! Rowing to Paradise Hoi there beetle: you’v...

It was one of those 'Can't beat Wellington on a good day' days last Thursday when John Newton's third book of poetry,  Fami...

In 1981 at the height of the anti-Springbok rugby tour protests I was working as a postie in Wellington, out of the Kilbirnie branch. L...

The Press will be closed between the 21st of December and the 7th of January. Please note that orders to the online store after the 20t...

We'd like to thank our loyal readers with a Christmas give-away. This year we thought we'd let you choose, you can win any six tit...

Is it still a book launch when the editor of the book hasn't yet arrived? This is what we quietly worried on Thursday night as Chris E...