Anthony Lapwood

@antzlapwood.bsky.social

Fiction writer. He / him. Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Whakaue, Pākehā. Won the Hubert Church Prize for Fiction for my story collection Home Theatre. My novel Mincemeat is forthcoming in 2026. Views my own. www.anthonylapwood.com

Win books! And recap the chat with Pip, Jackie and me if you missed out. We discussed genre, world building, satellites, experimentation, AI, our origin stories, and more!

Jackie Lee Morrison@jaxies.bsky.social · 2w ago

3rd giveaway! Comment on IG or YouTube to win @pipadam.bsky.social’s ‘The New Animals’ (🇳🇿 ed) and ‘Audition’ (🇨🇦 ed), and @antzlapwood.bsky.social’s ‘Home Theatre’ courtesy of @thwupbooks.bsky.social! (This was an amazing sesh!) www.instagram.com/p/DbEmIyjyij... www.youtube.com/live/Rj84y8u...

Tomorrow! This will be a fun chat with @pipadam.bsky.social and @jaxies.bsky.social 🛸📚 The Marginalia festival kicks off today. Free, online. Get lineup and viewing details: youtube.com/@jaxieslm?si...

Jackie Lee Morrison@jaxies.bsky.social · last mo.

Third Marginalia panel drop! Join @pipadam.bsky.social and @antzlapwood.bsky.social for a discussion about the appeal of writing in worlds outside ours and the lessons we can learn from specfic 🛸 Details and link to watch: www.jackieleemorrison.com/marginalia — put it in your diary! ❤️

Put it in your calendar on repeat from next week: Writers on Mondays is back with some of the best new and established writers in conversation at Te Papa, 1215. First up, sparkling essays and stories from Joseph Trinidad and Shariff Burke. Free event, all welcome!

Writers on Mondays: Lucky Creatures and Childish Palates – Joseph Trinidad and Shariff Burke | Te Papa

Two vibrant writers discuss their debut collections of stories and essays that explore Wellington city and belonging through food, memory, love, and quiet revolutions.

tepapa.govt.nz

"The mere existence of trillionaires is a major political and economic problem, probably the defining issue of our time," writes @gabrielzucman.bsky.social. "When the power of wealth is wielded by sociopaths, the consequences are a matter of life and death."

The era of trillionaires will be dire for democracy. Here is how we can fight back | Gabriel Zucman

There is a fundamental tension between extreme wealth and the very possibility of democracy. That’s because extreme wealth is always an extreme power

theguardian.com

A selection from speeches from the debates on the Births, Deaths, Marriages and Relationships Recognition Act 2021. Any journos reading this feel free to ask any of the speakers whether they stand by these comments made less than five years ago. At the second reading: Nicola Grigg:

NICOLA GRIGG (National—Selwyn): I rise, as the National Party’s spokesperson for women, to take a call on the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Bill, which National is pleased to support tonight. Can I start by acknowledging the trans community of New Zealand who we welcome, we embrace, and I commit now that, so long as I am a member of this House, I will work to advance their rights and protections—and I say that to every single woman in New Zealand, irrespective of the sex marker on their birth certificate.

There is no way of cutting backroom staff without affecting frontline staff and the service you receive and how this Government keeps being allowed to spout this bullshit unchallenged is beyond me.

To be fair to Nicola Willis, when the Government doesn't care for evidence or advice on policy, or for living up to its obligations to tangata whenua, the environment and future generations, then public service agencies really can be cut back to a couple of people with rubber stamps #NZpol

You know the publishing team are dedicated when they mock up a replica of a major plot device in the novel – in this case an energy drink called HELL'S BELLS (featured in the second pic) 🔥😈🔥

Whitireia Publishing@publishingwhiti.bsky.social · 3mo ago

One of the great things about this course is that during the year we get to help publish real books. On Thursday the Āporo Press project team got to meet their author. They are excited to work with @antzlapwood.bsky.social and his novel The Carnivore Diaries. Coming in 2026 👀 thanks to Āporo Press.

Author Anthony Lapwood pictured with students outside the Whitireia Publishing classroom.

On the sudden "democratically indefensible" move to abolish the BSA: "Eschewing enforceable standards that apply to all media places too much faith in deregulated markets and the industry's willingness to police itself in the public interest." #NZpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Does abolishing the BSA mean the end of enforceable media standards in general?

Analysis: The announcement that the government was abolishing the Broadcasting Standards Authority came as no real surprise.

rnz.co.nz