On the 7th of October we launched the first novel from our newest author, Erin Donohue. She’s had a busy couple of weeks with appearances in Wellington in the back of Te Auaha’s big yellow shipping container, and at the Nelson… Continue Reading
Low Visionary, a blog with a focus on disability rights and a passion for accessibility, has written a review of Trish Harris’ memoir that is well worth a read. “…there was much anguished discussion among disabled people about the need… Continue Reading
Escalator Press have recently been celebrating the success of their author, L. J. Ritchie. His first novel, Like Nobody’s Watching, has been shortlisted for the Copyright Licensing NZ Award for Young Adult Fiction as well as the Best First Book… Continue Reading
Landfall Journal has written a shining review of Rob Hack’s poetry collection Everything is Here. Erena Shingade writes, ‘His tone is uninhibited and effortless… just what feels like a friend speaking in a direct and unsentimental way.’ Read the full… Continue Reading
LJ Ritchie has made the shortlist in this year’s New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults in both the Best First Book and the Young Adult Fiction category. Check out Like Nobody’s Watching and the other finalists here. Also see this fantastic… Continue Reading
LJ Ritchie has been talking crime in the current series of Murder in the Library, running in conjunction with the Ngaio Marsh Awards. So is Like Nobody’s Watching a crime novel? Well it’s certainly a thriller, and if illegal surveillance,… Continue Reading
Trish Harris’s memoir The Walking Stick Tree has received wide media coverage. It featured on RNZ’s Nine toNoon programme and on the Stuff news website with articles also appearing in journals, magazines and blogs. We’re delighted to see the book—which… Continue Reading
Escalator Press is to be the featured publisher at the Featherston Booktown weekend event (12th – 14th May) with presentations from all three of last year’s authors.
Rob Hack has continued to promote his poetry book Everything is Here in readings and is ‘appearing’ frequently at his local Paekakariki cafe with book held high wearing beret and ironic gaze. (Paekakakariki is about 45km north of Wellington) As… Continue Reading
Kate Carty’s Run Thomas Run is currently being serialised on Nine to Noon, Radio NZ. It’s very good timing for this novel, given that Iraq (Mosul) is constantly in the news at the moment with military action to reclaim the… Continue Reading