Todd Atticus

The UK and NZ editions of Bill Manhire’s Lyrical Ballads

Night and day

A starry sibling!

Sir Geoffrey Palmer holding his new book Parliamentary Privilege in the air at his book launch.

If this photo could have sound you would hear the former prime minister bellowing CHARTRUESE at the top of his lungs.

Such is the power of design.

Double Geoffrey!

This is unlike anything I’ve experienced in NZ publishing before.

A journalistic voyage into the lives of three men in the Hutt, enmeshed in criminality, addiction, and the legal system, and pieced-together from years of field research. It’s shocking, deeply moving, a gripping tour-de-force.

Shocking, I know!

A white wall in Central Wellington where a David Bowie mural used to be.

Bowie is gone!

Thank you!

Alas No. 28 on display as part of Low

Alas No. 28 on display as part of Low

Alas No. 28 on display as part of Low

Alas No. 28 on display as part of Low

This is Alas No. 28, a new sculptural work installed as part of my latest exhibition, Low, which opens today at Supergood in Wellington.

Bill Manhire’s Lyrical Ballads in the NZ bush

In the wild

Paintings wrapped in bubble wrap in the studio

Ready for installation

Hoorah for poetry indeed! Thanks Donna

Thanks Anna!

The published poetry collection Lyrical Ballads by Bill Manhire.

The published poetry collection Lyrical Ballads by Bill Manhire.

Happy publication day to Bill Manhire and your Lyrical Ballads!

Thanks to the lovely team at Supergood for the opportunity to exhibit in their beautiful space. This show is available to view by arrangement only. Please contact hello@sprgd.co for more information.

Poster for Todd Atticus' Low exhibition. White stairs descend to a blue pool.

Opening next Monday: Low, a new arrangement of works and an arrangement of new works, on show at Supergood, 1/115 Taranaki St, Wellington from 16th Feb to 15th May.

The tile reads: 'join us for the launch of Lyrical Ballads by Bill Manhire and What to Wear by Jenny Bornholdt. Wednesday 11 February, 6pm, Unity Books Wellington.' Followed by the Unity Books logo and the THWUP logo. The covers of both books are shown: Bill Manhire's book cover features a folded piece of white paper with the title written on it multiple times, Jenny Bornholdt's book cover features a white collared shirt on a hanger against a black background.

We are starting the publishing year with a major double book launch! Join us to launch two stunning new poetry collections by Bill Manhire and Jenny Bornholdt.

📖 Wednesday 11 February, 6pm
📖 Unity Books Wellington
📖 All welcome!

See you tonight!

This promises to be a very special event. Come along on Friday evening to pick up the pieces with us x

Featuring readings from Jake Arthur, 
Morgan Bach, Always Becominging, Erik Kennedy & Ashleigh Young.

This event is kindly supported and co-hosted by @thwupbooks.bsky.social and Inverlochy Art School.

Poster for the closing event of Picking up the Pieces.

Join me on the 30th for the closing night of Picking up the Pieces, my current exhibition at Inverlochy Art School.

To commemorate the end of this latest show, I have curated a line-up of incredible poets for an evening of readings that respond to the themes and ideas in the artworks.

This suite of small canvas works is Sixteen Doses, currently showing as part of Picking up the Pieces at Inverlochy Art School.

Can vulnerability be flipped on its head, or made into an opportunity? If a pill is hard to swallow, perhaps chop it up first.

Inverlochy Art School in the sunshine.

Beautiful day to open a show

Open 10-2pm today and daily until January 30th

A triple-panelled painting depicting fragile package icons in blue.

This is Handling Instructions, one of the last pieces I completed in 2025. It’s just been hung on a wall at Inverlochy Art School as part of my new show Picking up the Pieces, opening there tomorrow.

I am so sad about this. I don’t know where the adult blackbirds have gone, or how or why this happened. I’ve been so awed witnessing the parents’ dedication up close and I’m gutted that it came to nothing.

Then this evening I arrived home from a walk to discover the dead body of one of the chicks on the lawn. I rushed to where the nest is and grabbed a chair to stand on. Peering in, I saw with horror that the other chick was also dead. It was only then I realised I hadn’t heard them feeding today.

Recently I have been watching with delight a pair of blackbirds nesting in the grapevine on the veranda. A week ago some chicks hatched and the parents have been flying back and forth constantly with worms to sate their screaming young: two demanding triangle beaks poking above the twiggy rim.

Opening in two weeks.

Watch this space for news about a special closing event that I’ve been cooking up with some friends…

And if you want a peek at 2026, there's already a few covers amongst these: teherengawakapress.co.nz/collections/...