Ordinary People Like Us
by Kelly Ana Morey FictionHistorical FictionLiterary FictionMāori

Ordinary People Like Us
by Kelly Ana Morey

A moving final novel, testimony to the writer's compassion and imagination

Paula MorrisNovember 12, 2026

Rua
by Candice Tutauha FictionHistorical FictionLiterary FictionMāori

Rua
by Candice Tutauha

A rich debut that interrogates 'the spaces most people overlook' in the past and present.

Pamela MorrowNovember 11, 2026

The Beaded Curtain
by Lloyd Jones HistoryLiteratureMemoirNonfiction

The Beaded Curtain
by Lloyd Jones

A vivid 'record of moments', questions and obsessions in the life of a writer.

Stephanie JohnsonNovember 6, 2026

The Starving Bride
by Catherine Chidgey FictionLiterary FictionNovelSpeculative Fiction

The Starving Bride
by Catherine Chidgey

A 'clever, unusual' novel set in a near-future Blackpool.

Tina ShawOctober 18, 2026

A Sky Full of Fire
by Sarah Ell FictionHistorical FictionLiterary FictionNovel

A Sky Full of Fire
by Sarah Ell

A historical thriller rich with detail, drama and suspense

Rebecca HillOctober 14, 2026

Lucky Creatures
by Joseph Trinidad AsianEssaysMemoirNonfiction

Lucky Creatures
by Joseph Trinidad

A collection of 'arresting, strange, and beautiful' essays

Maya Jackson-LiewOctober 9, 2026

And How Are Things With You
by Mia Farlane FictionLiterary FictionNovel

And How Are Things With You
by Mia Farlane

A novel of dark comedy and darker topics.

Stephanie JohnsonOctober 7, 2026

Offshore Service
by Craig Cliff FictionLiterary FictionShort Stories

Offshore Service
by Craig Cliff

An engaging collection of stories about reading, writing, bad jobs and good intentions.

Paula MorrisOctober 6, 2026

That Was Not My Intention
by Frances Pavletich FictionLiterary FictionNovel

That Was Not My Intention
by Frances Pavletich

A debut novel mines sex, drugs and conversation to interrogate the pretensions of youth

Maya Jackson-LiewOctober 2, 2026

One Day a Taniwha
by Tīhema Baker FictionLiterary FictionMāoriNovel

One Day a Taniwha
by Tīhema Baker

A novel at the political and cultural frontlines.

Paula MorrisSeptember 25, 2026

U.X.O.
by Brannavan Gnanalingam AsianFictionLiterary FictionNovel

U.X.O.
by Brannavan Gnanalingam

A powerful exploration of a civil war and the 'act of forgetting'.

Himali McInnesSeptember 25, 2026

kluge
by Pip Adam FictionLiterary FictionNovelScience FictionSpeculative Fiction

kluge
by Pip Adam

The human, inhuman and 'unchecked power' in 'a digital, late-stage capitalist world'

Maya Jackson-LiewSeptember 10, 2026

Beyond the Border by Owen Marshall and The Interview Rose by Elizabeth Smither Poetry

Beyond the Border by Owen Marshall and The Interview Rose by Elizabeth Smither

New collections of 'brief frames' from two of our most celebrated writers

Sophie van WaardenbergSeptember 2, 2026

Nova
by Tim Corballis FictionLiterary FictionNovelScience FictionSpeculative Fiction

Nova
by Tim Corballis

A 'self-contained world launched into deep time' begins to fall apart.

August ElworthyJuly 29, 2026

The Clean: in the dreamlife you need a rubber soul
by Richard Langston ArtBiographyMusicNonfictionPhotography

The Clean: in the dreamlife you need a rubber soul
by Richard Langston

A story of psychedelia, darkness and being artist outsiders 'in a country that didn’t always embrace them'.

Philip MatthewsJuly 17, 2026

LIT
by Anna Woods FictionLiterary FictionMysteryNoirNovel

LIT
by Anna Woods

An artful debut about suspicion and obsession in a moneyed, manipulative Auckland

Rebecca HillJune 24, 2026

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