Aotearoa New Zealand Review of Books

Anthology Essays Fiction Māori Nonfiction Poetry

A Kind of Shelter / Whakaruru-taha
ed. Witi Ihimaera and Michelle Elvy

A new anthology of 'creative thinkers' in conversation.

Pamela MorrowJune 6, 2023

Asian Business Economics Nonfiction Politics Society

The China Tightrope
by Sam Sachdeva

'Principles versus pragmatism': agreeing to disagree with China

Jack SmylieMay 31, 2023

LGBTQIA+Māori Poetry

The Artist
by Ruby Solly

An account in poems of our great Southern iwi 'and ways of knowing grounded in whakapapa'.

Robert SullivanMay 26, 2023

Biography History Literature Nonfiction Travel

Katherine Mansfield’s Europe: Station to Station
by Redmer Yska

An 'unconventional and peripatetic existence' in search of lost time.

Sarah RussellMay 24, 2023

History Māori Nonfiction Politics

The Fate of the Land: Ko ngā Ākinga a ngā Rangatira: Māori Political Struggle in the Liberal Era 1891–1912
by Danny Keenan

The origin story of modern New Zealand politics, and the 'valiant and visionary rangatira' building a new world.

Tiopira McDowellMay 19, 2023

Fiction Novel

Everything is Beautiful and Everything Hurts
by Josie Shapiro

A sparkling debut novel about big dreams and long races.

Rebecca HillMay 17, 2023

Poetry

Deep Colour
by Diana Bridge

Connection, translation and conversation with other poets and other traditions.

Sophie van WaardenbergMay 12, 2023

Essays Health Māori Memoir Nonfiction

There’s a cure for this
by Emma Espiner

An essay collection on the 'ocean of stories' in a hospital, and the challenges for Māori health equity.

Amy McDaidMay 10, 2023

Children’s Literature Fiction Historical Fiction

The Sparrow
by Tessa Duder

A young woman transported to the colonies fights to survive – and to return home.

Erica StrettonMay 3, 2023

Poetry

Face to the Sky
by Michele Leggott

On memory and miracles in the shadow of Taranaki

Sophie van WaardenbergApril 28, 2023

History Māori Nonfiction Pasifika Society

Aftermaths: Colonialism, Violence and Memory in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific
ed. Angela Wanhalla, Lyndall Ryan and Camille Nurka

An essay collection that confronts the violence of the colonial past, and the perils of forgetting.

Maartje AbbenhuisApril 26, 2023

Biography History Memoir Military Nonfiction

Death Among Good Men
by Nathalie Philippe

The World War I memoirs and letters of Lindsay M Inglis

Tom MoodyApril 21, 2023

Pasifika Poetry

Respirator: A Poet Laureate Collection 2019–2022
by David Eggleton

Life is 'an ocean wave' in this roaming collection of poems.

Robert SullivanApril 19, 2023

Fiction Literary Fiction Novel

The Deck
by Fiona Farrell

A New Zealand Decameron for the Covid era.

Sue ReidyApril 19, 2023

Fiction Novel

Golden Days
by Caroline Barron

'Uncomfortable truths' and unreliable memories of 90s Auckland.

Rachael KingApril 14, 2023

Biography Children’s Literature Fiction Poetry

Iris and Me
by Philippa Werry
The Uppish Hen & other poems
by Robin Hyde

Two books present the life and work of iconic writer Robin Hyde to younger readers.

Paula MorrisApril 14, 2023

Biography History Illustrated Nonfiction Religion Society

Resilience: A Story of Persecution, Escape, Survival and Triumph
by Inge Woolf

A memory book of one woman's life is both family history and 'urgently topical'.

Leonard BellApril 12, 2023