Book Fair
Elsewhere Book Fair

Join us for a weekend celebration of independent publishing and writing from beyond the Western world. Browse and buy from a curated selection of books that brings together the extraordinary stories and perspectives from South Asia, the Arab world, the African continent, the Chinese diaspora, the Philippines, the Pacific, and more.

Spoor Books is an independent publisher from Aotearoa New Zealand, a community platform and a roaming bookstore featuring books from South Asia, the Arab world and the African continent.

Nowhere Bookstore 飛地·紐西蘭 is an independent bookstore based in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, with origins in Taipei and inspiration from Hong Kong, offering a curated selection of Chinese and English books that explore contemporary Sinophone societies and their diasporas.

Matatás Bookshop offers Filipino books for bilingual kids in Aotearoa New Zealand.

The weekend will be a final opportunity to spend time with Pallavi Paul’s Te Tuhi exhibition, To Be in Someone Else’s Prayer, and will also feature poetry readings:

Sat 3 Oct, 1pm:

Anuja Mitra lives in Tāmaki Makaurau. Her debut chapbook, Bruised history, was published in AUP New Poets 12 (Auckland University Press).

Nirvana Haldar is a writer and artist based in Tāmaki Makaurau. Their inquiry moves between the personal, political and social.

Zephyr Zhang 张挚 is a queer writer, developer and ex-geotechnical engineer based in Tāmaki Makaurau. Their poetry can be found in various literary crevasses including Starling, Cordite, Landfall and Ōrongohau | Best New Zealand Poems.

Sun 4 Oct, 1pm:

Sinag Fernandez is an artist and artsworker from the Philippines, currently based in Tāmaki Makaurau. Through painting and writing, she explores interpersonal intimacies and the mnemonics of diasporic homing.

Richard von Sturmer is a writer, performer, and filmmaker. His collection of prose poems, Slender Volumes, was a finalist at the 2025 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards.

Dr Renee Liang 梁文蔚 MNZM is a poet, playwright and essayist of Hong Kong Cantonese heritage. As a senior NZ artist, Renee explores the migrant experience.

Pallavi Paul’s exhibition is commissioned by Te Tuhi in partnership with Satellites, with public programmes in collaboration with Spoor Books supported by the Ministry of Ethnic Communities.