For our end-of-year event, NZSA Wellington Branch presents one of the most in-demand events in our annual calendar: NZSA Wellington 2025 Books Showcase.
Featuring fifteen books from local authors: Campbell Anderson, Tracy Farr, LP Hansen, Matt Hirshberg, Tony Hopkins, Helen Mae Innes, Tim Jones, Mary McCallum, John Mendzela, Jerry Mushin, Michael O’Leary, Jacqueline Owens, Robyn Parkinson, and collections edited by Adrienne Jansen, and by Jillian Robinson and Vicki Price.
This great lineup of authors, all Wellington NZSA members, will introduce their new books published in 2025; a wonderful smorgasbord of fiction, adult and young adult, non-fiction and poetry.
What: NZSA Wellington 2025 Books Showcase
Date: Wednesday 10 December 2025
Where: two/fiftyseven, Level 2, 57 Willis St (also accessed via 70 Victoria St)
Time: 6.00—7.30pm
Books can be purchased on the night either with cash or electronic transfer to the authors. Please come and support our authors and enjoy a taste of 15 very different and exciting books.
Follow NZSA Wellington branch social media for more information about the books being showcased, or follow the links below:
- Campbell Anderson The Chasm Between Us
- Tracy Farr Wonderland
- LP Hansen Hidden Stories of Heroism
- Matt Hirshberg You’ll Never Get Away From Me: How I Screwed Up My Life, Escaped Evil Clutches, and Didn’t Save the World
- Tony Hopkins Black Butterfly, a memoir
- Helen Mae Innes Warblish, Chirpish, Ticktocklish, & Animalopoeia
- Adrienne Jansen (editor) Potluck
- Tim Jones Dracula in the Colonies
- Mary McCallum Tackling the Hens
- John Mendzela In the Best Interests – Intrigue and Payback in Papua New Guinea
- Jerry Mushin An Unlikely Academic
- Michael O’Leary T.A.B Ula Rasa (Collected Poems 1980-2025)
- Jacqueline Owens Vividwater
- Robyn Parkinson Give Me a Memory: a Complex Trauma Memoir
- Jillian Robinson and Vicki Price (editors) Seasons in Kāpiti
Accessibility: two/fiftyseven is a fully accessible venue (conveniently close to Unity Books!) – it’s a wonderful space, excellent acoustics and A/V, and very welcoming. Please contact us beforehand if you have any questions.
As always we welcome anyone who chooses to wear a mask, and we ask that if you are unwell you stay home and stay safe.
Transport and travel: two/fiftyseven is on level 2, 57 Willis St. Take the lift up to level 2 from the arcade (hint: the arcade runs down from Willis St next to Unity Books). Before 6pm, you may access via Willis St, but after 6pm, access via 70 Victoria St only. Closest bus stops are on Willis St.
Questions: If you have any queries at all, please email nzsawellington@gmail.com