Upstart Press

An exciting poetry book by young, māori Wellingtonian author Tayi Tibble. This book is all about beauty, activism, power and popular culture that h...

Another banger from young, Māori, Wellington award-winning author Tayi Tibble. She is known for her combination of irreverence, activism, power and...

A beautiful verse novel / poetry book by Rubby Solly (Kāi Tahu, Waitaha, Kāti Māmoe) who is a writer, musician and taonga pūoro practitioner living...

Hiwa is a vibrant, essential collection of contemporary Māori short stories, featuring twenty-seven writers working in English or te reo Māori. The...

We've been long time fans of Jessica Hinerangi for a while because of her beautiful art and great instagram. Now this poet, illustrator and journal...

From ancient whatu kākahu to contemporary installation art, Frances Hodgkins to Merata Mita, Fiona Clark to Mataaho Collective, Sight Lines tells t...

Rewi: Āta haere, kia tere is a tribute to the late architect Rewi Thompson (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Raukawa), a visionary thinker who believed that grea...

With an uneasy grace, these poems explore questions of love, gender, family, friendship and politics. They visit a childhood playground in a storm,...

People Person is a debut collection of poems by award-winning Pōneke writer, Joanna Cho. These adventurous, funny and dissonant works are about the...