Annual Ink’s publishers are Susan Paris and Kate De Goldi. Their first project was the best-selling Annual (2016). This was followed by Annual 2 (2017), and Annual 3 (2022). Annual 3 is the only annual still in print. It has just been listed as a recommended text in the new English curriculum. You can buy it on our online store here: Annual 3 on sale now.

All three Annuals gathered an enthusiastic audience across all ages and were critically acclaimed: ‘a smart, varied, irresistible miscellany’ and ‘…stuffed to the gunwales with excellent writing and illustration from across Aotearoa New Zealand.’ 

Annual Ink has now turned its attention to publishing children’s books across all forms, mostly working with new authors.

Susan Paris has twenty-five years’ experience in publishing. She has edited the School Journal for twenty years and is widely acknowledged for her imaginative innovation, producing more than seventy Journals. She has written Ready to Read titles and more than forty chapter books for the educational market, both in New Zealand and overseas.

Kate De Goldi reviewed and discussed children’s literature on Radio New Zealand National for twenty years. She works in schools throughout New Zealand, promoting reading and teaching creative writing. Kate writes fiction for all ages and has published ten books, including The Ten PM Question and From the Cutting Room of Barney Kettle. In 2019 she began teaching Writing For Children at Massey University.