New Zealand Publishers Directory
The New Zealand division of Random House Inc, Random House (NZ) Ltd publishes under the Vintage, Black Swan, Godwit, Arrow and Random House imprints. Genres include fiction, natural history, cooking, art, design, architecture, gardening, poetry, children’s, biography, business and general New Zealand non-fiction. Random House distributes all Random House and Transworld imprints, as well as books published by Victoria University Press, Longacre Press, New Holland Publishers, Huia Publishers, Te Papa Press, Gecko Press and Hardie Grant. The company’s collegial relationship with Random House Australia allows for the distribution of many of its titles in the Australian market.
Short-run academic publications are a speciality. Polygraphia has a special interest in educational resources for Classical Studies and prepares and publishes books and teaching resources. Polygraphia publishes fiction and non-fiction titles, and a limited number of children’s books. Photographic material is another area of interest – the company produces illustrated books and books of photographs, and high quality prints for display. Many of Polygraphia’s titles are available as ebooks, and the company offers a service to prepare texts for digitising. Polygraphia is a small company able to work professionally while maintaining the personal touch.
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A division of Pearson, Penguin Group (NZ) produces about 80–100 new books a year under the Penguin, Viking, Raupo and Puffin imprints. These cover a very wide subject range, from literary fiction, history and biography to lifestyle, cookery and children’s books.