Highlights reel from my book launch. Thanks to my publisher, agent, friends, family, local bookseller and bookish community for making my dream come true.

Reminder: book launch TONIGHT at The Booklover in Milford, 6-7.30pm. Would love to see you there. There will be free wine & cheese. #pukapuka

My book is out! It’s about many things. I describe it as Girl On The Train meets Grand Designs, but make it literary. Where everyone needs therapy, and maybe a lawyer. For fans of slow burn thrillers and insufferable characters. Or people who love to support debuts #litfic #booksky #pukapuka

Interested in some free wine and cheese? Come along to The Booklover to celebrate my book launch! RSVP to books@thebookloveer.co.nz #litfic #pukapuka

AWF was a banger. In other news, there’s this #litfic #pukapuka

Having trouble staying up to date on my socials: been busy with book launch stuff. This weekend is AWF though and I’m loving it.

Put your clocks back for the winter, she asks when I’ll be home again.

CR: The Black Monk, by Charlotte Grimshaw. Only a few chapters in, and already multiple allusions to the fact embedded in the fiction. Intrigued as to where this one goes

Okay booksky, help me choose my next read: The Black Monk, by Charlotte Grimshaw, or Hooked, by Asako Yuzuki? #booksky #litfic

Pleased to say Brawler, by Lauren Groff is living up to my expectations, and makes me want to go write a short story immediately #litfic #booksky

Will just leave this here for anyone who is interested in a slowburn literary suspense novel.

About to start Brawler, by Lauren Groff. Hope it lives up to my wildly high expectations. #litfic #booksky

Picked up Lonely Mouth, by Jacqueline Marley, and it has a banger of an opening chapter #booksky #litfic

Started Flesh, living up to the hype so far. I’ve heard complaints about the lack of interiority, but I’m enjoying the narrative distance. Reminds me of 19th century novels. #booksky #litfic

Good things Come and Go, by Josie Shapiro is a darker turn from her bestselling debut, but I’m here for it #booksky #pukapuka

CR: Out of the Blue: Essays on Artists from Aotearoa New Zealand 1985-2021, Christina Barton Love me some art history, even if the govt. doesn’t. #booksky #pukapuka

Finished Sight Lines: Women and Art in Aotearoa, by Kirsty Baker. Has sat on my bedside table while I dip into essays over the last few months. Gorgeously produced and full of new artists to discover. #booksky

Current read, the Goldsmith Prize winning novel We Live Here Now, by C. D. Rose, anyone read? #booksky #litfic

Continuing my E. M. Delafield jag with Thank Heaven Fasting. So great. #booksky #litfic

Just bought a book I’m excited to read: Out of the Blue - essays on artists from Aotearoa New Zealand 1985-20121, by Christina Barton. Yay for art history

Happy Halloween #booksky. Wanna know what my spookiest read is? Jane Eyre. Hear me out…

Deep in copyedits for my novel. Who wants to guess how many times I’ve used the word ‘hair’? Anyone? #litfic #booksky

Check out the 250th issue of Landfall, packed full of essays, poetry, fiction and reviews. And a new story by me.

Currently obsessed with Diary of A Provincial Lady, by E M Delafield. Deadpan English humour. Loved it

Just started I Capture the Castle, by Dodie Smith and already I’m hooked. Love the self deprecating, funny voice. Any Dodie Smith fans out there? #booksky #litfic

Excited to share my new story in takahē and read the other contributions. Weekend reading sorted! #booksky #litfic #pukapuka

takahē magazine@takahemagazine.bsky.social · last yr.

Out now! The 114th issue of takahē is free online for everyone to enjoy. www.takahe.org.nz/takahe-114/ This issue is a little slimmer, but just as carefully curated with new words and art to challenge, stimulate and engross. We hope you love it. Let us know your favourites! 🖤

Turns out No Good, by Sophie van Waardenberg, was very good indeed, revealing an attention to craft lacking from many contemporary poems. #booksky #poetrysky #pukapuka

Excited to share my new story with you all, in the new issue of takahē, coming soon!

takahē magazine@takahemagazine.bsky.social · last yr.

We're super excited to share fresh fiction from @annawoodsauthor.bsky.social, our Guest Fiction writer for the forthcoming 114th issue of takahē! 🖤

Happy Poetry Day Aotearoa. I’m celebrating by reading the just released No Good, by the wonderful Sophie van Waardenberg. How about you? #booksky #pukapuka #nzpoetry

Late to the party, which is very on brand for me, but just finished Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter, by Mario Vargas Llosa. Loved the increasingly unhinged radio serials and the backdrop of 1950s of Lima. #booksky #litfic