Philip Matthews, Author at Aotearoa New Zealand Review of Books

Fiction Literary Fiction Short Stories

Obligate Carnivore
by Stephanie Johnson

Sharp and often funny short stories where 'men are usually the problem'

Philip MatthewsDecember 10, 2025

Biography Crime Nonfiction Society

Polkinghorne: Inside the Trial of the Century
by Steve Braunias

A writer 'at the top of his game' interrogates a case of sex, drugs and (maybe) murder.

Philip MatthewsJuly 17, 2025

Memoir Nonfiction Politics

A Different Kind of Power
by Jacinda Ardern

'Will this book change the minds of the crazies?'

Philip MatthewsJune 8, 2025

Architecture Geography Māori Nonfiction Pasifika Politics Society Urban Design

Urban Aotearoa
ed. David Batchelor and Bill McKay

A vision for beyond the 'quarter-acre dream'.

Philip MatthewsSeptember 18, 2024

Climate Memoir Nonfiction Religion Science Travel

End Times
by Rebecca Priestley

A travel story that is also a 'meditation on apocalyptic thinking'.

Philip MatthewsOctober 13, 2023

Fiction Literary Fiction Speculative Fiction

She’s a Killer by Kirsten McDougall

Reviewed by Philip Matthews

Philip MatthewsFebruary 18, 2022

Essays Literature Nonfiction Society

Voices of Aotearoa: 25 Years of Going West Oratory by The Going West Trust

Reviewed by Philip Matthews

Philip MatthewsDecember 17, 2021

Art Biography Nonfiction Society Theatre

Bus Stops on the Moon: Red Mole Days: 1974–1980 by Martin Edmond

Reviewed by Philip Matthews

Philip MatthewsOctober 16, 2020

Art Biography Nonfiction

Llew Summers: Body and Soul by John Newton

Reviewed by Philip Matthews

Philip MatthewsSeptember 2, 2020

Fiction Literary Fiction Mystery Novel

The Tally Stick by Carl Nixon

Reviewed by Philip Matthews

Philip MatthewsAugust 7, 2020

Philip Matthews

Obligate Carnivore
by Stephanie Johnson

Polkinghorne: Inside the Trial of the Century
by Steve Braunias

A Different Kind of Power
by Jacinda Ardern

Urban Aotearoa
ed. David Batchelor and Bill McKay

End Times
by Rebecca Priestley

She’s a Killer by Kirsten McDougall

Voices of Aotearoa: 25 Years of Going West Oratory by The Going West Trust

Bus Stops on the Moon: Red Mole Days: 1974–1980 by Martin Edmond

Llew Summers: Body and Soul by John Newton

The Tally Stick by Carl Nixon

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