Whitireia Publishing

18/07/2025

Thank you so much to NZ Poet Laureate Chris Tse for coming to chat with us about your experience in the industry and your valuable insights into being edited and being an editor! 😊

⭐️

08/07/2025

We were so lucky to have Claire Mabey, books editor at The Spinoff and author of 2025 NZCYA finalist 'The Raven's Eye Runaways', come to speak to us today! Thank you for your valuable insight into the book media world 😍

19/06/2025

And so the first semester has come to a close on the eve of Mānawatia a Matariki, a time for our ākonga to reflect on the lessons learnt so far before looking forward to what the new year has in store!

18/06/2025

We had a wonderful visit from Renee Rowland of Booksellers Aotearoa. She also gifted each of us with a tote bag featuring a design from national treasure, Gavin Bishop.

28/05/2025

Our ākonga may be out doing industry work placements, but you can still read about what they've been up to! Here's our latest newsletter:

The Whitireia Publishing Class of 2025 is in full swing! We’ve learned a lot in the first three months of the course, so we thought we’d share a few things with you. Brodie: We learned editing markup! It felt like learning a new language, which was a lot of fun.   Rhia: Most printers require...

21/05/2025

Huge thanks to Sarah Rennie for her lessons on publicity in the publishing industry! From the complexity of BookTok to the strategy of book launches, our class has gained a lot from her relevant and practical teaching.

08/05/2025

You have just one more week to have your say in our survey about accessible books! We want to hear from anyone working in publishing in Aotearoa.

📢 We’re running a survey about accessible books in Aotearoa. 📚

We want to hear from anyone working in publishing, regardless of your role or experience! Click to start the survey: http://bit.ly/3Gl3Q4u (open until 16 May)

23/04/2025

The latest Institute of Professional Editors newsletter is full of content related to Whitireia Publishing!

Meet some of this year's ākonga: https://www.iped-editors.org/april-2025/meet-three-whitireia-publishing-students/

Check out some of the work of our wonderful graduate Lauren Donald: https://www.iped-editors.org/april-2025/editing-toi-te-mana-a-qa-with-auckland-university-press/

[Not Whitireia-related, but...] The 2025 IPEd conference is coming up. If you can make it to Adelaide in July, book now! https://iped.memnet.com.au/MemberSelfService/EventBooking.aspx?selectedEventId=1019

15/04/2025

📢 We’re running a survey about accessible books in Aotearoa. 📚

We want to hear from anyone working in publishing, regardless of your role or experience! Click to start the survey: http://bit.ly/3Gl3Q4u (open until 16 May)

11/04/2025

Just six classes in and we're already bidding farewell to our fabulous editing tutor Simon. We'll miss his dapper dress sense, his baking, and his good-humoured evisceration of imperfect prose.

09/04/2025

At Whitireia Publishing we’ve now wrapped up our first publisher meetings of the year! One of our project teams is working with the superstars at The Cuba Press, pictured. Our ākonga have thoroughly enjoyed meeting with the publishers and are getting stuck into project mahi.

Brodie and Colin

03/04/2025

We had the wonderful Louise Russell from Bateman Books come to talk about her vast experience in the publishing world, including freelance editing, educational children's books and commercial publishing. Thank you, Louise!