New Women's Press (NWP) was an independent book publisher founded in Auckland, New Zealand in 1982. New Women's Press's mandate was to publish books "by, for, and about women." Wendy Harrex ran New Women's Press for 11 years. Over that time, NWP published over 70 titles of non-fiction, fiction and poetry, as well as an annual diary, Herstory, that highlighted groups of New Zealand women. The Haeata Collective of Māori women artists was originally founded to produce a Herstory edition for NWP. NWP also published the first anthology of New Zealand women's fiction, which was edited by Cathie Dunsford.
The Broadsheet feminist magazine and NWP celebrated a joint anniversary (Broadsheet'''s twentieth and NWP's tenth) on 19 September 1992, with a Suffrage Day event in Auckland, attended by more than 200 women. The event was part of the Listener Women's Book Festival, and was also the launch of Been Around for Quite a While. Speakers included Pat Rosier, Sandra Coney, Wendy Harrex, Stephanie Johnson and Sheridan Keith.
In an article surveying the state of women's publishing in New Zealand, Laurel Bergmann describes New Women's Press as "an important part of the process of legitimation of women fiction writers", particularly due to the New Women's Fiction'' anthology series that provided opportunities to new writers to publish alongside established voices. Janet Wilson has noted that this anthology series "confirmed the development of a new market and readership" for writing by women.
List of Publications +TitleAuthor/EditorsSeriesYear of PublicationISBNNew Women's Calendar 19821981Healthy Women: A self-help guide to good healthSarah Calvert19820 908652 00 3New Zealand Herstory 1983Hamilton Women's CollectiveHerstory19820 908652 01 1 Born Beneath a Rainbow: Memories of a country childhoodJudith Ellmers19830 908652 02 XSelf Defence for WomenSue Lytollis19830 908652 03 8New Zealand Herstory 1984Herstory1983Nest in a Falling TreeJoy CowleyNew Women's Classics19840 908652 08 9The Love ContractMargaret SutherlandNew Women's Classics19840 908652 10 0 Dragon RampantRobin HydeNew Women's Classics19840 908652 07 0Deep BreathingLora Mountjoy19840 908652 13 5Haeata Herstory 1985Haeata Herstory CollectiveHerstory19840 908652 12 7Women's Studies: A New Zealand HandbookCandis Craven, Claire-Louise McCurdy, Pat Rosier & Margot Roth19850 908652 15 1Recipes My Mother Taught MeReinza Goldwater19850 908652 14 3 Herstory 1986Rural Women's NetworkHerstory19850 908652 16 XSave the MidwifeJoan Donley19860 908652 05 4Self Defence for WomenSue LyttolisReprint19860 908652 03 8New Women's FictionEd. Cathie DunsfordNew Women's Fiction19860 908652 18 6The Daughter-in-Law and Other StoriesFrances Cherry19860 908652 19 4 The Old-Time MaoriMakeretiNew Women's Classics19860 908652 11 9Nor the Years CondemnRobin HydeNew Women's Classics19860 908652 09 7Peace is More than the AbsenceGil Hanly, Sonja Davies19860 908652 23 5Herstory 1987Herstory '87 CollectiveHerstory19860 908652 21 6 Candles and Canvas: A Danish Family in New ZealandPoula Langkilde-Christie19870 908652 22 4Twenty-Eight Days in KiribatiClaudia Pond Eyley and Robin White19870 908652 24 0Feet Across AmericaAnne Macfarlane19870 908652 25 9 2 Deaths in 1 NightJanet Charman19870 908652 27 5Poorman Oranges: Women in community houses in AucklandWensley Willcox 19870 908652 29 1Herstory 1988: Women & BooksNew Women's PressHerstory19870 908652 28 3New Women's Fiction 2Ed. Aorewa McLeodNew Women's Fiction19880 908652 30 5The Glass Whittler: Short StoriesStephanie Johnson19880 908652 33 XTai: Heart of a TreeMomoe Malietoa von Reiche19880 908652 36 4Guts, Tears & Glory: Champion New Zealand Sportswomen talk to Trish StratfordTrish Stratford19880 908652 31 3Herstory 1989 (on women in sport)Lisa Hayes & Clare SimpsonHerstory19880 908652 34 8Healing Your ChildFrances & Louise Darragh19890 908652 26 7Premenstrual SyndromeHelen DuckworthNew Women's Handbook Series19890 908652 44 5 No Body’s Perfect: A self-help book for women who have problems with foodJasbindar Singh & Pat RosierNew Women's Handbook Series19890 908652 46 1Wednesday’s ChildrenRobin HydeNew Women's Classics19890 908652 37 2New Women's Fiction 3Mary Paul & Marion RaeNew Women's Fiction19890 908652 43 7The Wintering HouseAlexandria ChalmersNew Women's Fiction19890 908652 40 2 One Plain, One Purl: Stories of a GirlhoodCarin SvenssonNew Women's Fiction19890 908652 41 0TahuriNgahuia Te AwekotukuNew Women's Fiction19890 908652 42 9Dancing with StringsFrances CherryNew Women's Fiction19890 908652 32 1 To Be So OldGwen Skinner19900 908652 47 XThe Exploding Frangipani: Lesbian writing from Australia & NZCathie Dunsford & Susan Hawthorne19900 908652 51 8Home Away from HomeManying Ip19900 908652 45 3 Victoria in MaorilandMargaret BlayNew Women's Fiction19900 908652 50 X Self Defence for WomenSue LytollisReprint19900 908652 03 8Premenstrual SyndromeHelen DuckworthAttic Press Edition19900 946211 67 1No Body’s Perfect: A self-help book for women who have problems with foodJasbindar Singh & Pat RosierAttic Press Edition 19901 85594 007 8Women in Mid-LifeLeteia PotterNew Women's Handbook Series19910 908652 53 4 Parker & Hulme: A Lesbian ViewJulie Glamuzina & Alison Laurie19910 908652 54 2 Sailing Away: New Zealand Women in Sailing 1920-1990Jann Iorns19910 908652 57 7Mana Wahine Maori: Selected writings on Maori women's art, culture and politicsNgahuia Te Awekotuku19910 908652 63 1 New Women's Fiction 4Wendy Harrex & Lynsey FerrariNew Women's Fiction19910 908652 64 8The Widowhood of Jacki BatesFrances CherryNew Women's Fiction19910 908652 61 5Shallow are the Smiles at the SupermarketSheridan KeithNew Women's Fiction19910 908652 58 5An Unusually Clumsy LoverCarin SvenssonNew Women's Fiction19910 908652 60 7Animal PassionsSheridan Keith19920 908652 66 6 Crimes of NeglectStephanie Johnson19920 908652 65 8 The Woman Question: Writings by the women who won the voteSelected by Margaret Lovell-Smith 19920 908652 67 4 Broadsheet: Twenty Years of Broadsheet MagazineEd. Pat Rosier19920 908652 68 2Invisible Families: A resource for Family and friends of lesbian or gay daughters and sons Terry Stewart19930 908652 69 0 Healing Your ChildFrances & Louise Darraghreprint19940 908652 26 7
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