Compound Press

12/03/2026

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I take the two pins and stick them in my eyes and yet I can still see you and I hid in the cave unable to eat until I became dust and only a voice and I can’t keep compromising myself like th…

23/02/2026

Reading for Minarets 15 at the Rita Angus Cottage in conjunction with and their summer artist in residence thanks to

19/02/2026

RIP Alan Loney who, for whatever waters had passed hence, was a huge inspiration as a maker of poetry books.

16/02/2026

Register for free to join us this weekend for a reading connecting Minarets 15 with Tarika Sabherwal's summer residency at Enjoy Contemporary Art Space.

Join us at the Rita Angus Cottage to celebrate this special issue of Minarets, in conjunction with Tarika Sabherwal's summer residency at the Cottage.

16/02/2026

A reading in Pōneke for Minarets 15 in conjunction with Tarika Sabherwal's summer residency at Enjoy Contemporary Art Space. Register for free through Humantix to join us this weekend.

Join Enjoy at the Rita Angus Cottage for an event to celebrate the latest issue of Minarets journal, in conjunction with Tarika Sabherwal's summer residency.

Minarets issue 15 is edited by Nirvana Haldar and connects the poetry and poetics of Aotearoa New Zealand with South Asia and its diaspora. Contributors to the issue will give readings of their work in Rita Angus' famous garden. Readings by Anisha Sankar, Faisal Al-Assad, Liam Jacobson, and Ya-Wen Ho.

This event is free to attend. Light refreshments provided. REGISTRATION REQUIRED. Please register via the link in our bio.

Minarets is a semi-annual journal of contemporary literature. With over a decade of issues featuring prominent and emerging writers and artists with a range of guest editors, the journal has sought to connect the poetry and poetics of Aotearoa New Zealand with international ideas.

14/12/2025

Hana Pera Aoake with some real discussion of Diane Prince's work 'Flagging the Future: Te Kiritangata – The Last Palisade'.

OPINION: You cannot understand the position of Māori today without acknowledging Treaty breaches and the wealth of many accumulated through land confiscation.

08/12/2025

We're getting into the merch game with tote bags of our distinctive designs. Our first designs feature the logo and barcode combo from the back cover of all our poetry books, and the iconic typographic cover from Hana Pera Aoake's 'A bathful of kawakawa and hot water'. We have limited stock so get one in time for summer for yourself or as a gift. Available on our website from $25.

08/12/2025

Press author Alison Glenny () and director Chris Holdaway reading whacked out poems at the launch in Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington.

06/12/2025

Minarets 15 edited by @ is available to purchase on our website, connecting the poetics of Aotearoa with that of South Asia and its 🤙

05/12/2025

Belated post with some snaps of books, poems, and editor in situ at . Thanks to Priyanka Chhabra () and for allowing us to screen their text and poetry films. And thanks to everyone who attended, it was a big surprise to get some many people. Sorry we didn't do a better job of getting photographing people. Next time.

13/11/2025

Minarets 15 features visual text by Priyanka Chhabra () brought into conversation with poets from Aotearoa by .

13/11/2025

Minarets 15 features poetry and art from brought into conversation with poets and artists from South Asia and its diaspora by .