Claire Mabey
@clairemabey.bsky.social
Writer. Founder of Verb Wellington. Books editor at The Spinoff. Sylvia Townsend Warner fan. Mum. Author of The Raven’s Eye Runaways, an MG adventure (2024) 🍃Substack at clairemabey@substack.com | clairemabey.com
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‘A triumph’: The Others Way 2025, reviewed
‘A triumph’: The Others Way 2025, reviewed
Our highlights from Auckland’s coolest music festival....
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December 1, 2025 at 3:30 AM
‘A triumph’: The Others Way 2025, reviewed
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The everyday magic of Omnibird, the children’s book of the year
The everyday magic of Omnibird, the children’s book of the year
Backyard birds are made magnificent in a new book about feathers, beaks, caruncles and turdus merula....
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November 28, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The everyday magic of Omnibird, the children’s book of the year
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Eight New Zealand novelists on the music they write to
Eight New Zealand novelists on the music they write to
From one song played masochistically on repeat to a sprawling 12-hour playlist, this is the music behind the books....
thespinoff.co.nz
November 27, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Eight New Zealand novelists on the music they write to
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Issue Twelve is here! Launching tonight at Bedlam & Squalor, and available online all shiny and new right now at www.sweetmammalian.com/issues/issue-twelve ✨
Issue Twelve — Sweet Mammalian
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November 25, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Issue Twelve is here! Launching tonight at Bedlam & Squalor, and available online all shiny and new right now at www.sweetmammalian.com/issues/issue-twelve ✨
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Meet the AI workers who tell their friends and family to stay away from AI
Meet the AI workers who tell their friends and family to stay away from AI
When the people making AI seem trustworthy are the ones who trust it the least, it shows that incentives for speed are overtaking safety, experts say
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Meet the AI workers who tell their friends and family to stay away from AI
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How two AI book covers forced the publishing industry to reckon with its future
How two AI book covers forced the publishing industry to reckon with its future
A design studio’s use of AI has disqualified two books from the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2026....
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November 19, 2025 at 11:45 PM
How two AI book covers forced the publishing industry to reckon with its future
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Donald Trump granted 238 pardons and commutations in his first term. In his second, he has issued nearly 2,000. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/11/24/the-meaning-of-trumps-presidential-pardons
The Meaning of Trump’s Presidential Pardons
The President granted two hundred and thirty-eight pardons and commutations in his first term; less than a year into his second, he has issued nearly two thousand.
www.newyorker.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Donald Trump granted 238 pardons and commutations in his first term. In his second, he has issued nearly 2,000. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/11/24/the-meaning-of-trumps-presidential-pardons
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Morning.
🖼️ Rook and Jackdaw, Tunnicliffe.
🖼️ Rook and Jackdaw, Tunnicliffe.
November 18, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Morning.
🖼️ Rook and Jackdaw, Tunnicliffe.
🖼️ Rook and Jackdaw, Tunnicliffe.
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Chuffed to have my work listed alongside Margaret Atwood, Octavia Butler, Nnedi Okorafor and Richard Powers in this article by @clairemabey.bsky.social on recommended climate fiction (cli-fi) from NZ and the world!!
thespinoff.co.nz/books/15-11-...
#ClimateFiction #clifi #books #nzbooks #Aotearoa
thespinoff.co.nz/books/15-11-...
#ClimateFiction #clifi #books #nzbooks #Aotearoa
What is ‘cli-fi’ and why is it so hot right now?
A literary genre that's really heating up.
thespinoff.co.nz
November 16, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Chuffed to have my work listed alongside Margaret Atwood, Octavia Butler, Nnedi Okorafor and Richard Powers in this article by @clairemabey.bsky.social on recommended climate fiction (cli-fi) from NZ and the world!!
thespinoff.co.nz/books/15-11-...
#ClimateFiction #clifi #books #nzbooks #Aotearoa
thespinoff.co.nz/books/15-11-...
#ClimateFiction #clifi #books #nzbooks #Aotearoa
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We have MA scholarships available for theses on 18th-century/Romantic poetry and/or settler colonialism and Indigenous sovereignty in poetry and other literary forms ... details here!
www.wgtn.ac.nz/scholarships...
www.wgtn.ac.nz/scholarships...
MA scholarship in English | Scholarships | Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington
www.wgtn.ac.nz
November 11, 2025 at 10:46 PM
We have MA scholarships available for theses on 18th-century/Romantic poetry and/or settler colonialism and Indigenous sovereignty in poetry and other literary forms ... details here!
www.wgtn.ac.nz/scholarships...
www.wgtn.ac.nz/scholarships...
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‘Send in the gryphons’: a conversational review of The Rose Field by Philip Pullman
‘Send in the gryphons’: a conversational review of The Rose Field by Philip Pullman
'I’m going to be thinking about this for the rest of my effing life'. Two massive Pullman fans come to grips with the last instalment of Lyra Silvertongue's story....
thespinoff.co.nz
November 11, 2025 at 3:15 AM
‘Send in the gryphons’: a conversational review of The Rose Field by Philip Pullman
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Hello, the firefighters managed to raise $240,000!!! That’s enough to fund 3 new research projects for the Breast Cancer Cure.
Well done you thirsty bastards!
Well done you thirsty bastards!
THIS IS YOUR VERY LAST CHANCE! My friends and pin ups in the
Wāhine Toa Firefighter Calendar recreated their poses for me. But if you want the real thing AND to support Breast Cancer Cure. Get your orders in RIGHT NOW!!!
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Wāhine Toa Firefighter Calendar recreated their poses for me. But if you want the real thing AND to support Breast Cancer Cure. Get your orders in RIGHT NOW!!!
www.breastcancercure.org.nz
November 11, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Hello, the firefighters managed to raise $240,000!!! That’s enough to fund 3 new research projects for the Breast Cancer Cure.
Well done you thirsty bastards!
Well done you thirsty bastards!
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Didn’t quite make the deadline to apply for the MA in Creative Writing? Good news: we’ve extended it until Friday. It’s not too late to come and write your poetry/fiction/creative nonfiction/script with us next year!
Master of Arts in Creative Writing - Te Kohinga Auaha | Te Pūtahi Tuhi Auaha o Te Ao / International Institute of Modern Letters | Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington
Join the Creative Writing programme with a national and international reputation for developing many of New Zealand's best writers.
www.wgtn.ac.nz
November 2, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Didn’t quite make the deadline to apply for the MA in Creative Writing? Good news: we’ve extended it until Friday. It’s not too late to come and write your poetry/fiction/creative nonfiction/script with us next year!
Fantastic ep and does indeed include right minded discussion of the trailer for the forthcoming film adaptation
Listeners! It's Hallowe'en, we're free, we've come home! We're so bold, let us in at your window or wherever you get your podcasts. 🌬️🎃🧟 @iammilliam.bsky.social @unamccormack.bsky.social @drlauravarnam.bsky.social @andrewmale.bsky.social
Hallowe'en special up now. Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, with guests Andrew Male and Laura Varnam in conversation with Una McCormack and Andy Miller. 🌬️🎃🧟 @andrewmale.bsky.social @drlauravarnam.bsky.social @unamccormack.bsky.social @iammilliam.bsky.social
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October 31, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Fantastic ep and does indeed include right minded discussion of the trailer for the forthcoming film adaptation
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Bonus Book Cover of the Day:
October 31, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Bonus Book Cover of the Day:
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‘You’re pulling my leg’: Forty years ago today, Keri Hulme won the Booker Prize
‘You’re pulling my leg’: Forty years ago today, Keri Hulme won the Booker Prize
The night Keri Hulme's masterpiece disrupted British publishing and changed the novel forever....
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October 31, 2025 at 1:30 AM
‘You’re pulling my leg’: Forty years ago today, Keri Hulme won the Booker Prize
Ready to read a book by @iammilliam.bsky.social on the subject of the ungovernable novel.
October 30, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Ready to read a book by @iammilliam.bsky.social on the subject of the ungovernable novel.
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Sherryl Jordan’s posthumous memoir is a testament to the power of perseverance
Sherryl Jordan’s posthumous memoir is a testament to the power of perseverance
The final book from the beloved writer of novels for children and young adults lays bare her trials, triumphs and faith....
thespinoff.co.nz
October 30, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Sherryl Jordan’s posthumous memoir is a testament to the power of perseverance
Really in need of that time of year where all I do is read books for pleasure between catching up on Locklisted and @backlisted.bsky.social episodes and not feel like I am flying by the skin of my teeth. October is a beast!
October 29, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Really in need of that time of year where all I do is read books for pleasure between catching up on Locklisted and @backlisted.bsky.social episodes and not feel like I am flying by the skin of my teeth. October is a beast!
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Read the winner of the 2025 Landfall essay prize
Read the winner of the 2025 Landfall essay prize
'Surgery saved my life.'...
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October 28, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Read the winner of the 2025 Landfall essay prize
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Straight up plagiarism can ALSO help you beat writer’s block!
Love when a CEO undermines the work that their company produces www.theguardian.com/business/202...
AI can help authors beat writer’s block, says Bloomsbury chief
Publisher last week reported jump in revenue in academic and professional arm thanks to AI licensing deal
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Straight up plagiarism can ALSO help you beat writer’s block!
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The Friday Poem: ‘omens’ by Margo Montes de Oca
The Friday Poem: ‘omens’ by Margo Montes de Oca
A new poem by Margo Montes de Oca....
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October 24, 2025 at 3:50 AM
The Friday Poem: ‘omens’ by Margo Montes de Oca
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An ode to the jacket potato
An ode to the jacket potato
If there are no jacket potatoes at the revolution then I’m not coming....
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October 24, 2025 at 5:13 PM
An ode to the jacket potato
