Otago University Press publishes books of scholarly and cultural significance that enrich our society. We produce a range of quality non-fiction books on New Zealand and the Pacific, focusing on history, Māori/Pacific, natural history, contemporary issues, biography/memoir, essays and creative non-fiction, literature and the arts.
Otago University Press also publishes a small amount of poetry as well as Landfall, New Zealand's longest-running and leading journal of new writing and art.
Latest books
Liar, Liar, Lick, Spit
Fibs, porkies, little white lies, absolute whoppers and criminal evasions: the w...
Landfall 248: Spring 2024
Landfall is Aotearoa’s longest-running arts and literary journal. Each volume br...
Pretty Ugly
Pretty Ugly by Kirsty Gunn is the inaugural title in a new series of short story...
Remembering and Becoming
Remembering and Becoming: Oral history in Aotearoa New Zealand investigates how...
Blue Hour
Set in the green spaces and urban grit of contemporary Te Whanganui-a-Tara, this...
The Twisted Chain
The Twisted Chain combines a personal story about the impacts of rheumatic fever...
Forms of Freedom
In Forms of Freedom Dougal McNeill explores how the creative literary imaginatio...
Koe: An Aotearoa ecopoetry anthology
With more than 100 poems of celebration, elegy, fear, hope and activism, Koe An...
Power to Win
Power to Win tells the story of the living wage movement in Aotearoa New Zealand...
Echoes from Hawaiki
Echoes from Hawaiki is a comprehensive account of taonga pūoro ancestral musical...
Landfall 247: Autumn 2024
Landfall is Aotearoa’s longest-running arts and literary journal. Each volume br...
Meantime
During the Covid-19 pandemic, eighteen thousand uncrossable kilometres lay betwe...
Heart Stood Still
Heart Stood Still is an eco-memoir and a lyrical portrait of Manawatū, Aotearoa....
Bob Crowder: A New Zealand organics pioneer
Bob Crowder: A New Zealand organics pioneer tells the story of Bob Crowder, a le...
Traditional Lifeways of the Southern Māori
Traditional Lifeways of the Southern Māori was the major field project undertake...
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15 Nov 2024
Launching Liar, Liar, Lick, Spit by Emma Neale
On Thursday 14 November, we launched Liar, Liar, Lick, Spit, the stunning new co...
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08 Nov 2024
Launching Blue Hour by Jo McNeice
On Thursday 7 November, we joyfully launched the award-winning collection, Blue...
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30 Oct 2024
Otago poets praised at prestigious International awards
Two University of Otago alumni have won awards in the prestigious Laurel Prize f...
Events
All events22 November 2024
12:30pm to 1:15pm
Lunchtime author talk: The Twisted Chain by Jason Gurney
Unity Books Wellington, 61 Willis Street, Wellington
29 November 2024
5:30pm to 7:00pm
Author talk: A conversation about ecopoetry with Megan Kitching and Robyn Maree Pickens
Dunedin City Library, Dunningham Suite, Level 4, 230 Moray Place
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