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Archetype is a freelance book sales and marketing agency which has been operating in New Zealand since 1992.

As of June 2012 we represent the following publishers:
Allen & Unwin Australia – this includes Allen & Unwin’s own publishing, and their agencies Bloomsbury, Faber, Atlantic, Canongate, Granta, Portobello, Sort Of Books, Alma Books, Short Books, Profile, Serpent’s Tail, Icon, Duckworth, Nicholas Brealey, Absolute Press, Nosy Crow, Berg, A&C Black, Methuen and V&A. Murdoch Books (Australia) includ

ing Pier9 (Australia), Constable & Robinson (UK) and Black Dog & Leventhal (US)
Trapeze Publishing (NZ)
Victoria University Press (NZ)
4 Winds Press (NZ)
Otago University Press (NZ)
South Coast Press (NZ)
West Egg (NZ)
Walker Books (Australia, UK and US)
Auckland Art Gallery Toi O Tamaki (NZ)

18/11/2025

https://www.rnz.co.nz/life/books/top-writers-ruled-out-of-nz-book-awards-due-to-ai-covers

For the first time AI regulations have been applied to the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards, including every detail from cover to cover.

14/05/2025

Woohoo!

The winner of the 2025 Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction goes to Damien Wilkins for his novel Delirious. Huge congratulations, Damien! 'Delirious is an unforgettable work of fiction that navigates momentous themes with elegance and honesty.

‘With a gift for crisp, emotionally rich digression, Damien Wilkins immerses readers in Mary and Pete’s grapples with ageing and their contemplations of lost loved ones who still thrive in vivid memories.

‘What stood out to the judges was the assured but understated touch of prose as it flows elegantly across decades, threads the intricacies of relationship, and fathoms the ongoing evolution of a couple’s grief.

‘Intimate, funny, and, above all, honest, Delirious is an absorbing, inspiring novel, and a damn fine read,’ said the judges.

Te Herenga Waka University Press

04/03/2025

Congratulations to all the Ockham's 2025 shortlisted authors and publishers. We are proud to represent 12 out of the 16 shortlisted titles!

2025 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards - shortlist announced 05 Mar 2025 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2025 Finalists Announced Dazzling books that ‘address our moment’s most urgent concerns’ The $65,000 Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction in the 2025 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards will be co...

05/08/2024

A night of great emotion.

A dispatch from The Crowne Plaza, where the country's book professionals gathered to celebrate their wins.

30/07/2024

Booker longest time again! We're excited to represent three titles this year: Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood (A&U); Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel (Daunt), and via Bloomsbury, Held by Anne Michaels. Personally I'm also excited to see Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange listed.

The longlist for the Booker Prize 2024 will be announced on Tuesday, 30 July 2024 at 2pm BST

16/05/2024

Congratulations to all the winners and shortlisted writers! Archetype are proud to represent two of the major category winners, Emily Perkins for Lioness (Bloomsbury), via Allen & Union), and Gregory O'Brien for Don Binney: Flight Path (AUP), as well as the Hubert Church Prize for Fiction winner Ruin and Other Stories by Emma Hislop (Te Herenga Waka University Press), and the Jessie Mackay Prize for Poetry winner At the Point of Seeing by Megan Kitching (Otago University Press), and also the Te Mūrau o te Tuhi Māori Language Award winner Te Rautakitahi O Tūhoe ki Ōrākau , by Tā Pou Temara (Auckland University Press).

WANTED: Booksellers and librarians to champion NZ’s best fiction 18 Mar 2024 This year’s shortlist for the Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction at the 2024 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards is arguably the strongest in the award’s history. Every one of the finalists has won the fiction category...

01/02/2024

We're very excited at Ockham's announcement time! This year we are extra proud to represent 24 of the 44 longest titles! Congratulations to all the authors, illustrators and publishers concerned!

The Ockham NZ Book Awards 2024 longlist is announced! Congratulations to all the nominees. Read all about it here: https://shorturl.at/sFJP2

Te Herenga Waka University Press Bloomsbury Publishing UK Te Papa Press Penguin Books NZ Dunedin Public Art Gallery Massey University Press Bridget Williams Books - BWB Canterbury University Press Huia Publishers The Cuba Press Allen & Unwin NZ; HarperCollins Publishers New Zealand Economic and Social Research Aotearoa; Garamondo Books

15/06/2023

This is a fine looking bestsellers list! We're proud to represent the Top 4 in fiction, the Top 2 in non fiction, plus 4, 6, 8 and 9!

The latest Nielsen BookScan New Zealand bestseller list, described by Steve Braunias.

17/05/2023

Archetype are proud to represent 3 of the 4 category winners at last night's Ockham Awards! Congratulations to all shortlisted authors!

The Axeman’s Carnival is a novel that has been clasped to New Zealanders’ hearts. It is narrated by the unforgettable Tama, a fledgling magpie taken in and raised by Marnie on the Te Waipounamu high country farm she shares with champion axeman husband Rob. Without anthropomorphism, Tama is const...

03/03/2023

Orkney Library do great social media.

Today is so we've all come to work dressed as the French writer and philosopher Voltaire.

We'll spend the day writing witty critiques of society, getting rich by exploiting the national lottery, and drinking over 40 cups of coffee a day.

Or maybe just the coffee.

Address

17 Cascade Avenue, Waiatarua
Auckland
0604

Telephone

64 9 814 9455

Website

http://www.archetype.co.nz/

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