Te Kaikaukau / The Swimmer
by Witi Ihimaera Smiler MāoriMemoirNonfiction

Te Kaikaukau / The Swimmer
by Witi Ihimaera Smiler

A year of te reo immersion, and 'delirious, superb voyaging beyond the words to the worlds they came from.'

Pamela MorrowJune 10, 2026

The Good Settler
by Richard Shaw EssaysHistoryNonfictionSociety

The Good Settler
by Richard Shaw

'What many of us want to leave is not this place but its past': essays on interrogating the national narrative.

Stephanie JohnsonJune 5, 2026

What We Remember, What We Forget
by Siobhan Harvey LGBTQIA+MemoirNonfiction

What We Remember, What We Forget
by Siobhan Harvey

Working out the 'puzzle of the past' in an intimate, often painful memoir.

Sara BucherJune 3, 2026

The Other Catherine
by Lauren Keenan FictionHistorical FictionLiterary FictionMāoriNovel

The Other Catherine
by Lauren Keenan

A century-spanning novel about 'the forgotten women, Māori and Pākehā,' in turbulent times.

Rebecca HillMay 27, 2026

Banjara
by Shana Chandra AsianFictionLiterary FictionNovelPasifika

Banjara
by Shana Chandra

A 'captivating debut novel' that explores the psychic trauma of migration from India to Fiji and Aotearoa.

Cybonn AngMay 20, 2026

The Ballad of Joe Taihape by Glenn Colquhoun and Perverse Verse by Michael Gould Poetry

The Ballad of Joe Taihape by Glenn Colquhoun and Perverse Verse by Michael Gould

Ballads, bites and rule-bending.

James LittlewoodMay 7, 2026

The End and the Beginning
by K. J. Holdom FictionLiterary FictionNovel

The End and the Beginning
by K. J. Holdom

A charged debut about young boys sent to fight in the last days of World War II.

John PrinsApril 24, 2026

Night, Ma
by Elizabeth Knox MemoirNonfiction

Night, Ma
by Elizabeth Knox

A remarkable memoir of a 'period of calamity after calamity, in rapid succession, like a maul of rocks in a river gorge'.

Sally BlundellApril 10, 2026

Slow Burn Ahi Tāmau: Women and Photography Māreikura Whakaahua
by Lissa Mitchell ArtIllustratedNonfictionPhotography

Slow Burn Ahi Tāmau: Women and Photography Māreikura Whakaahua
by Lissa Mitchell

A powerful case against the gendered narratives 'across time and generations of creative practice'.

Hamish ConeyMarch 25, 2026

Ruth Dallas: A writer’s life by Diana Morrow and This Moment, Every Moment: Ruth Dallas, Collected Poems BiographyLiteratureNonfictionPoetry

Ruth Dallas: A writer’s life by Diana Morrow and This Moment, Every Moment: Ruth Dallas, Collected Poems

Re-discovering 'the brilliant and necessary Southern Aunt of New Zealand letters'.

Greg O'BrienMarch 17, 2026

The Black Monk
by Charlotte Grimshaw FictionLiterary FictionNovel

The Black Monk
by Charlotte Grimshaw

A 'psychologically unsparing' novel that is both 'a rant and a confession'.

Philip MatthewsMarch 13, 2026

New Zealand Photography: Collected
by Athol McCredie ArtIllustratedNonfictionPhotographySociety

New Zealand Photography: Collected
by Athol McCredie

A 'pristine' updated account of 'two centuries of looking at each other' through photography.

Hamish ConeyMarch 3, 2026

Lyrical Ballads
by Bill Manhire and What to Wear
by Jenny Bornholdt Poetry

Lyrical Ballads
by Bill Manhire and What to Wear
by Jenny Bornholdt

New collections that are 'are alive, bamboozling, surprising and precise' from two former Poet Laureates.

Sophie van WaardenbergFebruary 20, 2026

Party Boy
by Breton Dukes FictionLiterary FictionNovel

Party Boy
by Breton Dukes

Under pressure: a novel about a 'good man' who 'has done terrible things'.

John PrinsFebruary 11, 2026

Angel Train
by Elizabeth Smither FictionLiterary FictionShort Stories

Angel Train
by Elizabeth Smither

Four 'remarkable worlds' that tell stories of friendship, flight and quiet defiance.

Sally BlundellFebruary 4, 2026

Out of the Blue: Essays on Artists from Aotearoa New Zealand 1985–2021
by Christina Barton ArtEssaysNonfictionPhotography

Out of the Blue: Essays on Artists from Aotearoa New Zealand 1985–2021
by Christina Barton

Art writing 'that eloquently makes a case for the entire discipline of critical cultural thinking'

Hamish ConeyDecember 22, 2025

The Emotion Dealer
by Jack Remiel Cottrell FictionMāoriShort StoriesSpeculative Fiction

The Emotion Dealer
by Jack Remiel Cottrell

Reality-bending stories of wit, invention, horror and heart.

Angelique KasmaraDecember 19, 2025

Kings of This World
by Elizabeth Knox FantasyFictionNovelYA

Kings of This World
by Elizabeth Knox

A 'coming-of-age adventure set in a boarding school steeped in supernatural talent'.

Rachel O'ConnorDecember 17, 2025