Samoa House Library

We have some new goodies at SHL
Visit us to see the new deposit in full.
Pictured
Matters Arising: Jane Zuster: Looking at You:Desire & the Female Gaze, Aotearoa NZ in the 1970/ & Early 1980s, Jane Zusters & Mokokpōpaki, 2025
TRBL, Sofia Valiente, UC Riverside, 2023
Gaza Mosaic (Gaza City)
Khirbet Susya (South Hebron Hills)
Khirbet Seilun (Tel Shiloh)
Wadi Hilweh (Silwan), Gal Amiram Gottlieb, 2025
Supporting Role, Jason Hirata, 2024
Stars Lands, Nicola Farquhar, 2024
Te Waka Hourua Whītiki, Mātike, Whakatika!, 2024
The air, like a stone, Emma Fitts and Rosalind Nashashibi, 2023
ProMomme: A S*x Worker’s Guide to Parenting Vol.1(Bootleg Edition), edited by Kim Ye, published by Cash Machine, S*x Workers Outreach Project Los Angeles, and Sming Sming Books, 2024
X-Tra Volume six. Number one. Fall 2003
LAFMS: The Raymond Building 1976, Fredrik Nilsen, The Solid Eye, 2024
The Magic Pencil, Nihaal Faizal, 2025

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Come have a look at the full list

Samoa House Library are seeking proposals for the 2025 Research Residency OPEN NOW. This opportunity is for writers and practitioners from art or art-related fields. The residency includes will a stipend of $5,000 open to individuals and collectives.

SHL is interested in supporting significant, urgent, and underrepresented areas of practice; collectively oriented or situated projects; archival interventions and projects relevant to the context of SHL.

We have so many new books we couldn’t pick just one for the week. Fa’afetai tele lava to Janita Craw, Tim Stevenson, Russell Kleyn, Compound Press, Hana Pera Aoake, Auckland Writers Festival, Moa Press for new treasures 🙏

Two weeks ago, we said farewell to our much-loved Kaitiaki / Operations Manager, Bonni Tamati. If you’ve visited the library in the past 3 years, Bonni has probably welcomed you to the space and made you a cup of tea. Her impact is impossible to put into words, but we’d like to acknowledge all the work she’s done to make SHL a stronghold of proper arts community on Karangahape Road, and to celebrate the history of the Maota Samoa and Pacific people in central Auckland.
We’re so grateful to Bonni and excited to see her pursuing big dreams in the next chapter! Bonni’s departure means we are looking for a new Kaitiaki to see Samoa House Library through the next chapter. If you think this could be you, we’d love to hear from you. Applications close 23 March.

More information about the role and how to apply on our website and at the link in our bio.