Why is a nice person like Melanie Laville-Moore getting excited about machine-gun killings? It is because one of Allen & Unwin’s Kiwi Christmas titles is
Victoria University Press came into being gradually in the mid-70s – despite its being only 40 years ago, no one can put their finger on a precise year! Current publisher Fergus Barrowman first worked for the press as part-time assistant to the editor in 1984, before moving into the top job in 1985, but, even before that, in 1983 while a teaching assistant in the English department he was an assessor for Bill Manhire’s undergraduate creative writing course.
Read more: Featured Member: Victoria University Press – well connected
13 March 2013
The New Zealand Book Council is a much accessed and frequently consulted entity that’s been a feature of our literary landscape for 41 years. With over 200,000 readers using the Book Council website’s writers file every year, it is clearly a valued resource. With over 500 New Zealand author biographies, writing lives and published book details, it is the first research step for school pupils and scholars alike.
Read more: Featured Member: Catriona Ferguson - future plans for NZ Book Council
Dipping a toe in the international market rewarding for Ryan workbooks
A small independent Kiwi publisher of non-fiction, Awa Press gives the impression it is at the very least a middle size one! Mary Varnham, Awa Press’ publisher, worked in the publicity section of Simon and Schuster in New York early in her career and applies that experience to the company’s advantage.