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Table Talk: Opinions, stories and a play
by C.K. Stead

The 'sharp and unforgiving eye' of an acclaimed writer and scholar with a reputation for 'bullish contrariness'.

Sally BlundellApril 4, 2025

Fiction Literary Fiction Short Stories

The Pets We Have Killed
by Barbara Else

A 'masterful collection that examines how humans treat one another in inhumane ways'.

Di StarrenburgDecember 12, 2024

Fiction Literary Fiction Short Stories

New Stories
by Owen Marshall

A 'masterclass in the art of the short story'.

Sally BlundellNovember 20, 2024

Fiction Literary Fiction Short Stories

Pretty Ugly
by Kirsty Gunn

Unsettling stories from a writer who dares to challenge and confront us.

John PrinsNovember 4, 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

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

Fiction Literary Fiction Short Stories

Signs of Life
by Amy Head

A story collection set in an unsettled Christchurch

Elizabeth EngledowSeptember 6, 2023

Anthology Fiction Māori Short Stories

Hiwa: Contemporary Māori Short Stories
edited by Paula Morris

A new fiction anthology is a 'celebration of the sheer talent of Māori writers'.

Deborah Walker-MorrisonAugust 18, 2023

Fiction Literary Fiction Māori Short Stories

Te Kaihau: The Windeater and Lost Possessions by Keri Hulme

New editions of a superb story collection and novella from the 80s, by the iconoclastic Booker Prize-winner.

Paula MorrisJuly 27, 2022

Fiction Literary Fiction Short Stories

Mary’s Boy, Jean-Jacques and other stories by Vincent O’Sullivan

Reviewed by Sally Blundell

Sally BlundellApril 27, 2022

Short Stories

Table Talk: Opinions, stories and a play
by C.K. Stead

The Pets We Have Killed
by Barbara Else

New Stories
by Owen Marshall

Pretty Ugly
by Kirsty Gunn

Bird Child & Other Stories
by Patricia Grace

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

Signs of Life
by Amy Head

Hiwa: Contemporary Māori Short Stories
edited by Paula Morris

Te Kaihau: The Windeater and Lost Possessions by Keri Hulme

Mary’s Boy, Jean-Jacques and other stories by Vincent O’Sullivan

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