publications and programming
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As publisher
Mincemeat by Anthony Lapwood (Āporo Press)
Te Pō Kanikani by Aj Fata (Auckland Council Libraries)
I Think I Need This: A True Story by Tahi (Auckland Council Libraries)
Friskby Jo Bragg (Āporo Press)
Ngā Maunga o Tāmaki Makaurau | The Maunga of Tāmaki Makaurau by Michelle Wilson and Tia Saofia (Auckland Council Libraries)
Among Kinabuhi sa Aotearoa: Filipino Lives in Aotearoaedited by Marc Conaco and Vivien Beduya (Auckland Council Libraries)
One More Song: Stories from the Stage by Martyn Pepperell (Auckland Council Libraries)
As author
‘Who gets published in Aotearoa?’ for The Big Idea
‘Prizegiving.’ for Cringe
As facilitator or programmer
The New Masculinity, panel chair at WORD Christchurch
Auckland, It’s Not Me, It’s You interview series at Auckland Writers Festival Streetside: Britomart
bad apple: Last Harvest at Basement Theatre
As interviewee
Small Press, Big Impact, panellist at WORD Christchurch
Night Mayors: Streetside, panellist for Auckland Writers Festival Streetside: Britomart
Serviced with Rice podcast, season 1, episode 5
‘Ockhams: a portrait of Māori publisher Damien Levi’, by Justin Agluba for Newsroom
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As publisher
Doves in Different Pastures edited by Pamata Diaz Toleafoa (Auckland Council Libraries)
Hoods Landing by Laura Vincent (Āporo Press)
Tāmaki Makaurau 2025: Essays on Life in Auckland edited by Damien Levi (Auckland Council Libraries)
urban whakapapa: A Thousand Wounds by Deane-Rose Ngatai-Tua (Āporo Press)
Asians in Art: Volume 1 edited by Jade Lim (Āporo Press)
The Whistle of Wind Through Feathers and Dogskin by Sascha Stronach (Auckland Council Libraries)
Overseas Experience by Nicola Andrews (Āporo Press)
As author
‘Passing a torch with a dying light: Criticism and mentorship in the arts’ for The Big Idea
‘Acknowledgments’ in PŪHIA Volume III
‘when’s a boy to languish’ in Poetry Yearbook Aotearoa 2025 edited by Tracey Slaughter (Massey University Press)
As facilitator or programmer
Throwing Pains: Poems by Claudia Jardine and Friendsat Basement Theatre
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As publisher
Whakahokia: In Response to Waiwaia Ngā Ngutu edited by Damien Levi (Auckland Council Libraries)
A Blind Kind of Violence edited by Damien Levi (Āporo Press and Gus Fisher Gallery)
Fruit Basket edited by Damien Levi (Āporo Press)
Marrow & Other Stories by Sloane Hong (Āporo Press)
As author
‘Visible at Verb’ for E-Tangata
‘Ngā mihi’ in Everything That Moves, Moves Through Another edited by Jennifer Cheuk (5ever Books)
‘Review: All that We Know’ for Kete Books
As facilitator or programmer
Co-programmer for Verb Readers and Writers Festival 2024
The Bad Apple Mixtape at Enjoy Contemporary Art Space
‘After Me / After Us’ workshop for Small Press Fest
future ANCESTORS at Basement Theatre
The Showcase at Basement Theatre
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As publisher
Spoiled Fruit: Queer Poetry from Aotearoa edited by Damien Levi and Amber Esau
As author
‘The Volcanic Cones are Alive with the Voices of Māori’ in PŪhia Issue I
‘Ten things creating our first book taught us about independent publishing’ with Amber Esau for The Spinoff
‘Swipecard and a dream’ in Everything I Know about Books: An Insider Look at Publishing in Aotearoa edited by Odessa Owens and Theresa Crewdson (Whitireia Publishing)
‘I Contain Multitudes (derogatory)’ in The Quick Brown Fox Issue 6: Renaissance / Whakahoutia edited by Kirstin Fulton and Radha Hamilton
‘you are like a monsoon’ in Overcom Issue 10
As facilitator or programmer
Co-programmer for Verb Readers and Writers Festival 2023
As interviewee
‘a conversation with fifteen journals, presses and platforms’ in Starling Issue 15
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As author