Landing Press

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!

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.

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!

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

Interview: Adrienne Jansen 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...

We'd love to see your poems. Send them through before 30th June.
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Check out this piece on Paula Green's website of the Potluck authors reading their poems!

Poetry Shelf cafe reading: Pot Luck: Poems about food Pot Luck: Poems about Food was published by Landing Press in 2025. Ninety-three food-related poems to get our taste buds salivating. Yes, the poems celebrate the sweet sour savoury delights of food…

Congratulations to Landing Press contributors, Lynn Jenner and Siobhan Harvey, on their new releases!
What We Remember What We Forget, Siobhan Harvey
The Gum Trees of Kerikeri, Lynn Jenner

Landing Press is looking for poems about water.
Beautiful, gentle streams; terrifying, destructive cascades; and calm porcelain mirrors. Landing Press wants to hear your beautiful poetry.
Head to our website to read submission guidelines and check out our other poetry books.

https://landingpressnz.com/2026/04/13/landing-press-wants-poems-about-water/

Congratulations to Philippa Werry on winning the Tom Fitzgibbon Award for a fiction manuscript for children. We've been the lucky recipients of her turning her wonderful writing talents to poetry (see her poem 'A writer's lineage' in Now and then.)

On Sunday we celebrated some of the Christchurch writers in Potluck with readings at the Linwood Community Arts Centre, Christchurch. Here Hafsa Ahmed reads her poem 'Shahr Ramadan: The month of Ramadan'.