Author Archives: Elizabeth McSkeane

Longlist, 2022! The daffodils and the spring arrived with some very good news! In The Dark, the stunning novel by Anamaría Crowe Serrano which Turas Press published in 2021, made it to the ten-strong longlist of this year’s Republic of … Continued

As we move into a bright new 2022, we are reflecting on the achievements of Turas Press writers during the last year. We were delighted to publish four titles in 2021:         Liz McSkeane’s fourth poetry collection, Learning … Continued

I am delighted to be able, on behalf of DS Maolalai and Turas Press, to play the smallest of parts in delivering this book into the world. And what a gorgeous book it is. Sad Havoc Among the Birds is … Continued

The title of Eamonn Lynskey’s third collection poetry, “It’s Time,” evokes a sense of meditation  – on life, on the urgency of tackling our life’s work, whatever that may be. The reader expecting such reflections will not be disappointed. But … Continued

When Ross asked me to launch his third poetry collection “How To Sleep with Strangers” I was faced with a dilemma. His two earlier self-help books, “The Gentle Art of Rotting” and “Pretending to be Dead” had failed to deliver … Continued

Fifty years after the first Spanish publication of “One Hundred Years of Solitude,” Liz McSkeane reflects on Gabo’s most famous work and the magic of its journey into English. In these days of software programmes and search engine language applications, … Continued

by Anamaría Crowe Serrano Bill Manhire, (2017) “Some Things to Place in a Coffin,” by Bill Manhire, Wellington: Victoria University Press, 2017. ISBN: 978 -1 -776561 -056. NZ $25.00 + $10 P & P from VUP at http://vup.victoria.ac.nz/some-things-to-place-in-a-coffin/ Seven years … Continued

Kate Camp (2017) “The Internet of Things,” Wellington: Victoria University Press, ISBN 978 -1-77656 -106.  NZ$25.00 + $10 P& P from  http://vup.victoria.ac.nz/the-internet-of-things/ Kate Camp is an award-winning New Zealand poet whose sixth collection, “The Internet of Things,” is an arresting … Continued