Biography Archives - Aotearoa New Zealand Review of Books

Biography History Literature Nonfiction Travel

Katherine Mansfield’s Europe: Station to Station
by Redmer Yska

An 'unconventional and peripatetic existence' in search of lost time.

Sarah RussellMay 24, 2023

Biography History Memoir Military Nonfiction

Death Among Good Men
by Nathalie Philippe

The World War I memoirs and letters of Lindsay M Inglis

Tom MoodyApril 21, 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

Biography History Illustrated Nonfiction Religion Society

Resilience: A Story of Persecution, Escape, Survival and Triumph
by Inge Woolf

A memory book of one woman's life is both family history and 'urgently topical'.

Leonard BellApril 12, 2023

Biography Essays Māori Nonfiction Pasifika

Nine Lives: New Zealand Writers on Notable New Zealanders by Catherine Robertson, Lloyd Jones, Selina Tusitala Marsh, Pala Molisa, Paul Thomas, Elspeth Sandys, Stephanie Johnson, Malcolm Mulholland, Paula Morris and Greg McGee.

Reviewed by Sally Blundell

Sally BlundellDecember 22, 2021

Art Biography Māori Nonfiction

The Dark is Light Enough: Ralph Hotere: A Biographical Portrait by Vincent O’Sullivan

Reviewed by Ian Wedde

Ian WeddeMarch 24, 2021

Biography Literature Nonfiction

Letters of Denis Glover selected and edited by Sarah Shieff

Reviewed by Nicholas Reid

Nicholas ReidDecember 2, 2020

Biography Essays Illustrated Nonfiction

Shining Land: Looking for Robin Hyde by Paula Morris and Haru Sameshima

Reviewed by Sarah Shieff

Sarah ShieffNovember 11, 2020

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