Anna Smaill

Bird Life (2023) :: The Chimes (2015) :: The Violinist in Spring (2005)

[BorrowBox @BorrowBox]

Dive into the enchanting world of Bird Life by award-winning author @AnnaESmaill, a tale of friendship and alternate realities, longlisted for the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2024. Listen on BorrowBox now!

[Scribe Publications @scribepub]

Helloooo 2024! We’re starting the year strong with five new books hitting bookshops. We have a genre-bending memoir, the life companion you need as we start the year fresh, and a magical new novel, as well as two new editions of insightful novels.⁠

More about each book🧵

[Scott Hamilton RTM @SikotiHamiltonR]

1/10 I've been arguing on twitter for the lavish public funding of art, & yesterday I was reminded of a superb subgenre of public art. I wish that I hadn't gotten the reminder, though. It came after my father was admitted to Middlemore hospital's intensive care unit.

[Michelle Duff @michelle_duff]

In case anyone missed it, the Media Council did not uphold complaints about Stuff’s publication of Tusiata Avia’s poem and feature. Here is my personal favourite line from the decision.

[Anna Smaill @AnnaESmaill]

Brilliant news for a brilliant and important poet. Congratulations, Tusiata!

[ANZL @ANZLiterature]

Congratulations to all three recipients of the 2023 Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement, in particular ANZL member Tusiata Avia - the first woman of Pasifika heritage to receive a PMALA! https://t.co/dDqrqi7kji

[Anna Smaill @AnnaESmaill]

Oh, thank you, Rebecca! So lovely to hear this

[Rebecca Matthews @RebeccaJEmm]

Book 4 of my @wcl_library #SummerReadingAdventure Bird Life by Anna Smaill. Think I was number one on the reserve list for this beautiful, mysterious novel. I loved The Chimes and I loved this too. Thank you for writing this wonderful book @AnnaESmaill

[Anna Smaill @AnnaESmaill]

@Shiretane @thwupbooks Thanks so much, Alyson!

[Will Francis @zcosini]

Lovely review in ⁦⁦the Sunday Times @thetimes⁩ of ⁦@AnnaESmaill⁩’s #BirdLife… ‘a deeply affecting novel, transcending cultural barriers while reaching through them to the essentially human’ ⁦@JanklowUK⁩ https://t.co/OXb14kd67o

[Anna Smaill @AnnaESmaill]

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[1News @1NewsNZ]

Prime Minister-elect Christopher Luxon said there are "less than three issues" left to be discussed as a coalition deal nears.

https://t.co/ayRVodVERe

[Takahē Magazine @takahemagazine]

Announcing the Guest Poet for takahē 109, James Brown!

We're delighted to be including a exciting selection of poems from James' forthcoming collection, 'Leadership Material' (Te Herenga Waka University Press, 2024).

[Anna Smaill @AnnaESmaill]

@DrJennyRollo @unitybookswgtn @FergusTHW @thwupbooks Thanks, Jenny!

[Anna Smaill @AnnaESmaill]

Thanks @unitybookswgtn for such a perfect launch celebration for Bird Life. To @FergusTHW and Emily Perkins for such generous words and all at @thwupbooks for making it possible.

[Anna Smaill @AnnaESmaill]

That sweet sweet book launch bump 😁

[Fergus Barrowman @FergusTHW]

Number 1! ⁦@AnnaESmaill⁩ ⁦@thwupbooks⁩ ⁦⁦@unitybookswgtn⁩

[Anna Smaill @AnnaESmaill]

@KatyaTaylor @unitybookswgtn @FergusTHW @thwupbooks Thank you!

[Fergus Barrowman @FergusTHW]

BIRD LIFE reviewed by Jane Stafford. Launching this evening @unitybookswgtn 6pm – all welcome! https://t.co/hlBkF8liwc

[Anna Smaill @AnnaESmaill]

Very buzzed to wake up to a starred Publishers Weekly review for this wayward wee book. Oddly pleased by the horror descriptor too 🦅 https://t.co/LiNDHMUZED

[Anna Smaill @AnnaESmaill]

@rachaelking70 @RachaelCraw @unitybookswgtn @AotearoaNZFest Hooray! Can’t wait for this, Rach!

[Janklow & Nesbit UK @JanklowUK]

HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY to @annaesmaill's BIRD LIFE (@ScribeUKbooks) — wonderful to watch this book fly 🐦‍⬛
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‘Bird Life is an astonishing book about grief, beauty, and survival ... the writing enters your bloodstream like a strange and wonderful drug.’

[RNZ Saturday Morning @SaturdayRNZ]

Shopping grief and madness @AnnaESmaill https://t.co/C605DzXNvT