Pav Deconstructed

A funny, tender and sometimes dark collection about what it means to be Kiwi.

Moon too Heavy

A fierce and unflinching poetry collection about the weight women carry.

Five Fat Sausages

A deeply human and funny memoir about survival, reinvention, and reclaiming joy.

Ngā Ripo Wai

Kerikeri – a place where people, memory and history meet.

Scoria

Two sisters. Two imaginations. A collection of stories that refuses to behave.

Pavlova Press is a small independent publisher based in Kerikeri, New Zealand, run by sisters Kathy Derrick and Jac Jenkins.

We publish poetry, fiction, memoir and anthologies, with a particular interest in short-form writing. We work with writers, artists, editors and designers to create distinctive books, made with care from the words on the page to the finished object.