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Minarets is a semi-annual journal of contemporary literature. With over a decade of issues featuring prominent and emerging writers and artists with a range of guest editors, the journal has sought to connect the poetry and poetics of Aotearoa New Zealand with international ideas.

The Minarets are two peaks of the Southern Alps, located in Westland Tai Poutini National Park in the South Island of Aotearoa, New Zealand.

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Book cover for Minarets Issue 15

Summer 2025

Issue 15

Edited by Nirvana Haldar

Special issue connecting the poetry and poetics of Aotearoa New Zealand with South Asia and its diaspora.

Featuring:
Ana Iti, Anisha Sankar, Arielle Walker, Fazal Rizvi, Frances Libeau, Imaad Majeed, Jasmin Singh, Liam Jacobson, Priyanka Chhabra, Shivangi Mariam Raj, Shripad Sinnakaar, Ya-Wen Ho.

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