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Fiction Literary Fiction Novel

At the Grand Glacier Hotel
by Laurence Fearnley

Nature is volatile and isolating in an evocative novel 'aimed at the senses'.

Sally BlundellJune 21, 2024

Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Māori Novel

The Space Between
by Lauren Keenan

A tale of two outsiders, Māori and Pākehā, in 1860, while Taranaki tumbles into war.

Kelly Ana MoreyApril 3, 2024

Asian Fiction Literary Fiction Novel

Amma
by Saraid de Silva

A debut novel that feels like 'an instant classic'.

Sanjana KhusalApril 3, 2024

Asian Fiction Literary Fiction Novel

When I open the shop
by Romesh Dissanayake

'Acutely observed' comedy and pathos in this debut novel.

Angelique KasmaraMarch 15, 2024

Fiction Literary Fiction

Because All Fades
by Freddie Gillies

'Young people travelling' in a 'confident and fresh' debut novel set in Europe.

Rebecca HillFebruary 23, 2024

Fiction Literary Fiction Māori Short Stories

Bird Child & Other Stories
by Patricia Grace

A long-awaited collection from one of our greatest storytellers.

Paula MorrisFebruary 16, 2024

Fiction Literary Fiction Novel

Bird Life
by Anna Smaill

In Tokyo, a city of ghosts, grief and birds.

Paula MorrisDecember 8, 2023

African Fiction Literary Fiction Novel

Ndima Ndima
by Tsitsi Mapepa

An 'utterly original' debut novel set in post-Independence Zimbabwe

Anne KennedyNovember 15, 2023

Anthology Fiction Literary Fiction Māori Pasifika Short Stories

The Penguin NZ Anthology: 50 stories for 50 years in Aotearoa

A ' long, loud song for a strong and evolving tradition' of story-writing.

Sally BlundellNovember 1, 2023

Asian Fiction Literary Fiction Novel

Backwaters
by Emma Ling Sidnam

A debut novel that's a 'story of becoming' and of exploring the unknowable past.

Melanie KwangOctober 11, 2023

Literary Fiction

At the Grand Glacier Hotel
by Laurence Fearnley

The Space Between
by Lauren Keenan

Amma
by Saraid de Silva

When I open the shop
by Romesh Dissanayake

Because All Fades
by Freddie Gillies

Bird Child & Other Stories
by Patricia Grace

Bird Life
by Anna Smaill

Ndima Ndima
by Tsitsi Mapepa

The Penguin NZ Anthology: 50 stories for 50 years in Aotearoa

Backwaters
by Emma Ling Sidnam

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