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Fiction Novel YA

Catch a Falling Star
by Eileen Merriman

'Dark, bookish' teen drama from the doyenne of medical YA.

Erica StrettonJuly 5, 2023

Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Novel

The Witching Tide
by Margaret Meyer

The horror: a shocking story of witch trials in seventeenth-century East Anglia.

Sue ReidyJune 22, 2023

Fiction Literary Fiction Mystery Novel

Pet
by Catherine Chidgey

An unsettling, expert psychodrama in 'the intense hothouse' of a convent school.

Sue ReidyJune 9, 2023

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

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

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

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

Fiction Literary Fiction Novel

Kind
by Stephanie Johnson

Welcome to the funhouse: a novel explores lockdown.

Charlotte GrimshawApril 12, 2023

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