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The press receives funding from Victoria University, which publisher Fergus Barrowman notes is extremely useful: "If we were independent with no funds at all it would be extremely hard. I don't know how some of New Zealand's independent publishers manage to do the books they do. University support is
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joined it in 1985 as publisher and remains in charge of the press. By 2005 the staff had grown to four and the press was publishing on average 15 titles a year. By 2011 this had grown to 25 titles annually, including six or seven poetry books.
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THWUP is a scholarly publisher specialising in New Zealand history and public affairs. It is also a significant publisher of New Zealand literary fiction and poetry. Its highlights include the novel
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adopted the Māori name Te Herenga Waka ("the mooring place of canoes"), which previously just referred to the university
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crucial for us. One of the great things is we can take commercial risks, like first books and short stories."
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Books on Māori topics include important collections of writings in Māori by major figures such as
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THWUP has published works of many of New Zealand's strongest and most vibrant poets, including:
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Victoria University Press was founded in the early 1970s, with a single staff member.
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Andrew Johnston, Fits and Starts (2017 Poetry Award winner)
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Victoria University Press
Parent company
Wellington
Fergus Barrowman
Ashleigh Young
Kirsten McDougall
Tayi Tibble
Books
teherengawakapress.co.nz
Victoria University of Wellington
Wellington
Fergus Barrowman
Victoria University
marae
Rangi Kipa
whare whakairo
The Luminaries
Eleanor Catton
Man Booker Prize
Elizabeth Knox's
The Absolute Book
Hera Lindsay Bird
Tayi Tibble
New Zealand history
Hirini Moko Mead
Āpirana Ngata
Dame Joan Metge
Fleur Adcock
Tusiata Avia
Hinemoana Baker

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