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Landed
by Sue McCauley

'The whole country is living on borrowed money': a long-awaited novel surveys one family's changing fortunes in the 80s and 90s.

Sally BlundellMarch 31, 2023

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The Last Days of Joy
by Anne Tiernan

A debut novel about a diasporic Irish family, mired in childhood memories and adult crises.

Clare TravagliaMarch 29, 2023

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One of Those Mothers
by Megan Nicol Reed

A first novel explores dangerous currents within a ‘respectable’ neighbourhood, and the parents looking the wrong ways.

Pamela MorrowMarch 22, 2023

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The Wandering Nature of Us Girls by Frankie McMillan

Exceptional stories from the 'lyrical, poetic edge of flash'.

Jack Remiel CottrellDecember 23, 2022

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The Doctor’s Wife by Fiona Sussman

A psychological thriller set in an affluent Auckland beach suburb, where a domestic drama takes a deadly turn.

Rebecca HillDecember 7, 2022

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Arms & Legs by Chloe Lane

'Something authentic, something palpable': an accomplished second novel explores fear in Florida.

Ruby PorterSeptember 21, 2022

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Winter Time by Laurence Fearnley

Creeping unease, swirling snow: an Otago novel centred on a frozen family home.

Sally BlundellSeptember 14, 2022

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Slow Down, You’re Here by Brannavan Gnanalingam

In the post-Covid city, be careful of what you wish for.

Todd BarrowcloughAugust 31, 2022

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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

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

Reviewed by Sally Blundell

Sally BlundellApril 27, 2022

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