Anna Scaife
@whatelseanna.bsky.social
Author of ‘Hush’ from Ugly Hill Press out now.
Creative Writing PhD Candidate at @modernletters.bsky.social
Short fiction in Landfall, ReadingRoom, Flash Frontier, At The Bay | Te Kokuru, Turbine | Kapohau
Creative Writing PhD Candidate at @modernletters.bsky.social
Short fiction in Landfall, ReadingRoom, Flash Frontier, At The Bay | Te Kokuru, Turbine | Kapohau
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Hush , by Anna Scaife Hush is an elegant collection of eleven short stories that focus on the unsaid. Anna’s stories are about ordinary people in ordinary New Zealand settings. They describe...
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Hush , by Anna Scaife Hush is an elegant collection of eleven short stories that focus on the unsaid. Anna’s stories are about ordinary people in ordinary New Zealand settings. They describe...
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October 2, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Hush Reviewed at FlaxFlower
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Spread the word - the IIML’s online journal Turbine | Kapohau is open for submissions of poetry, creative nonfiction and fiction until 1 November. We want to read your work! (Please check submission guidelines before sending)
Current Issue - TURBINE | KAPOHAU
EDITORIAL Welcome POETRY ada duffyMauatua Fa’ara Reynolds🔈Miriama GemmellRebecca HawkesAnna Hoek-SimsJacksonHebe KearneyErik KennedyTrevor LandersMitch MarksHelena Leon MayerElliot McKenzieRuben MitaH...
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September 24, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Signing books at University Bookshop today and the campus was honestly showing off
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September 18, 2026 at 5:19 AM
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Hush on the shoulders of true giants. 👨🏻 kind of a big deal.
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September 17, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Hush on the shoulders of true giants. 👨🏻 kind of a big deal.
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September 16, 2026 at 4:25 AM
Debut review at Kete Books was smile-making 🩶🖤
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September 16, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Debut review at Kete Books was smile-making 🩶🖤
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September 15, 2026 at 8:35 AM
Don’t think I’ll ever get used to this. 💙📚 Hush on the shelves at Marsden Books Wellington
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September 14, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Don’t think I’ll ever get used to this. 💙📚 Hush on the shelves at Marsden Books Wellington
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Author copies arrived so I took this one for a walk to the Packe Street Community Garden BOOK FRIDGE
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September 14, 2026 at 4:40 AM
Author copies arrived so I took this one for a walk to the Packe Street Community Garden BOOK FRIDGE
N.B. Take your fluff home with you, folks.
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September 13, 2026 at 9:20 PM
September 13, 2026 at 8:42 PM
What to do with post-book-launch anxiety? This poor wall waited for me for three years, masking tape on and everything. All it took to get it done was writing and publishing a whole book. 💙📚
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September 13, 2026 at 3:29 AM
What to do with post-book-launch anxiety? This poor wall waited for me for three years, masking tape on and everything. All it took to get it done was writing and publishing a whole book. 💙📚
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Is there anything better than signing copies of your debut book in the bookshop you visited as a kid? Scorpio Books is my home ground.
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September 13, 2026 at 2:55 AM
Is there anything better than signing copies of your debut book in the bookshop you visited as a kid? Scorpio Books is my home ground.
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Poet Marty Smith on the book it took her ten years to write - an intimate insider's guide to the world of racing, and the human and equine personalities of a racecourse
New book takes readers on a galloping journey
To write It Gets in Your Blood: Lives of a Racecourse, Marty Smith spent 10 years documenting life at Hastings Racecourse. The book is part memoir, part portrait of a changing industry. Along the way,...
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September 10, 2026 at 3:52 AM
Poet Marty Smith on the book it took her ten years to write - an intimate insider's guide to the world of racing, and the human and equine personalities of a racecourse
A wee bit gobsmacked to see my collection of short stories ‘Hush’ on the Aotearoa Bestsellers list in its first week in the world. 🤫
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Aotearoa Bestsellers – 30 August - 5 September 2026
Weekly best seller list: Aotearoa Bestsellers – 30 August - 5 September 2026
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September 10, 2026 at 5:55 AM
A wee bit gobsmacked to see my collection of short stories ‘Hush’ on the Aotearoa Bestsellers list in its first week in the world. 🤫
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Short story: A cigarette at Taurua Stream, by Anna Scaife
A kind of love story set by a stream
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September 5, 2026 at 6:25 AM
The magnetic Kate De Goldi gave the best speech at the launch of Hush on Wednesday 🥹. What a night!
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September 5, 2026 at 6:22 AM
The magnetic Kate De Goldi gave the best speech at the launch of Hush on Wednesday 🥹. What a night!
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My book! 🥹 ‘Hush’ is launching September 2nd. Major personal coup 📖🥂thanks to Ugly Hill Press and The Gas Project for the👌cover design.
August 17, 2026 at 11:08 PM
My book! 🥹 ‘Hush’ is launching September 2nd. Major personal coup 📖🥂thanks to Ugly Hill Press and The Gas Project for the👌cover design.
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When Malcolm saw his wife Susan in a burgundy bathrobe at Tony's townhouse
Short story: The jeweller's replacement, by Anna Scaife
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September 13, 2025 at 8:31 AM
When Malcolm saw his wife Susan in a burgundy bathrobe at Tony's townhouse
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The ROI on the guest of honour programme has been proven so why did MCH deny funding for NZ to be guest of honour programme at the biggest children’s book fair in the world? How can they value literacy if they don’t value the industry that makes children’s books!
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June 30, 2025 at 4:25 AM
The ROI on the guest of honour programme has been proven so why did MCH deny funding for NZ to be guest of honour programme at the biggest children’s book fair in the world? How can they value literacy if they don’t value the industry that makes children’s books!
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Never posted this here … ReadingRoom published my creepy arachnid story late last year which made me very happy. Another coming soonish 🤞
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Short story: Final Notice, by Anna Scaife
"Virginia found more baby spiders every day for the next week..."
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June 30, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Never posted this here … ReadingRoom published my creepy arachnid story late last year which made me very happy. Another coming soonish 🤞
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