Landing Press

28/08/2026

Landing Press is celebrating National Poetry Day in Palmerston North! Yesterday we read poems from Potluck, our last anthology, along with other wonderful food poems.
This morning we're running a workshop at the central library. Thanks to all those who are making this happen.
See you there!

07/08/2026

Congratulations to Landing Press writer Thalia Henry on the launch of her new book, Sorry Rock.

Saturday, August 8, 2026
5:30 PM 7:00 PM
Time Out Bookstore
432 Mount Eden RoadAuckland, Auckland, 1024 New Zealand

https://www.timeout.co.nz/upcoming-events/sorryrock2026

30/07/2026

In 2017, Landing Press published My wide white bed, Trish Harris's very successful collection of poems. Now she has just launched Out of the Box, the story of 25 Deaf and disabled artists, activists and adventurers from Aotearoa New Zealand. It's a stunning book for readers aged 12+, and we think it's a book for everyone!
https://oup.nz/library/out-of-the-box/

03/07/2026

Congratulations to Philippa Werry on her new release! 🥳

27/06/2026

We've had a great day at the Wellington ZineFest Winter Market!

11/06/2026

Don Franks is an amazing supporter of Landing Press. You've probably seen him playing at several of our events.
Come along to his book launch on Sunday, 21st, in Newtown!

11/06/2026

Come along to this poetry workshop co-hosted by the Landing Press team led by Adrienne Jansen and environmental spokesperson and Green Party MP, Lan Pham! This workshop is open to everyone and will be focussed on the subject of water: its preciousness and our need to protect it.

Come to Meeting Room 2 at Te Rauparaha Arena, Porirua on Sunday 21 June. The workshop starts at 1pm and goes for 1 hour. Snacks provided.

01/06/2026

Congratulations Adrienne!
https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/honours/lists/kb2026-onzm

We're so thrilled that Adrienne Jansen has been recognised for her mahi in writing and publishing with an ONZM in the King's Birthday Honours.

Adrienne has been a long-time supporter of Whitireia Publishing. She visits each year to lead discussions about the process of editing creative work. Over the years, our ākonga have been lucky enough to collaborate with Adrienne on many projects, including some with Landing Press, and we're so thankful for her generosity and tireless advocacy.

Ngā mihi maioha and congratulations, Adrienne!

24/05/2026

Check out this Nz Booklovers interview where Adrienne talks about Potluck, poems about food

Adrienne Jansen is a writer, editor, ESOL teacher and creative writing tutor. Founder of the Porirua Language Project and the Whitireia Creative Writing Programme, she has also written and published extensively, often working alongside migrants to tell their stories. For ten years she has led Landin...

24/05/2026

We'd love to see your poems. Send them through before 30th June.
landingpressnz.com