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Bad Archive
by Flora Feltham

Evocative essays on 'memory, remembering, and personal history'.

Sara BucherAugust 2, 2024

Anthology Essays Memoir Nonfiction

Otherhood: Essays on being childless, childfree and child-adjacent
ed. Alie Benge, Lil O’Brien & Kathryn Van Beek

A 'kaleidoscopic' collection of essays and 'a testament to the various connections that shape our lives'.

Sara BucherJune 5, 2024

Essays History Memoir Nonfiction Society

The Unsettled: Small Stories of Colonisation
by Richard Shaw

A 'courageous book' on Pākehā ‘journeying back into the map of memory'.

Paul DiamondApril 5, 2024

Essays Nonfiction

The Beautiful Afternoon
by Airini Beautrais

Dazzling essays that 'explore not just personal experience but travels in knowledge'.

Anne KennedyApril 5, 2024

Art Essays Illustrated Literature Memoir Music Nonfiction Pasifika Photography Society

Pacific Arts Aotearoa
ed. Lana Lopesi

A journey through dozens of art forms and artists who 'powerfully assert Pacific identities on their own terms'.

Andrea LowDecember 22, 2023

Essays History Nonfiction Pasifika Society

An Indigenous Ocean: Pacific Essays
by Damon Salesa

A 'profound' and insightful book that traverses the 'biggest thing on earth'.

Amanda Sullivan LeeDecember 15, 2023

Essays History Māori Nonfiction Society

Knowledge is a Blessing on Your Mind: Selected Writings 1980 – 2020
by Anne Salmond

'It is impossible to overstate the social and political value of this book.'

Alison JonesNovember 24, 2023

Anthology Essays Literature Nonfiction Publishing

Everything I know about books : an insider look at publishing in Aotearoa
ed. Odessa Owens and Theresa Crewdson

On tokenism, typefaces, bestsellers and breaking up: insights into our book industry.

Erica StrettonNovember 10, 2023

Essays History Māori Nonfiction

Encounters Across Time
by Judith Binney

Listening was the heart and soul of Judith Binney’s historical practice.

Jennifer FrostSeptember 27, 2023

Essays Nonfiction

Strong Words 3
ed. Lynley Edmeades and Emma Neale

Nineteen thought-provoking essays from the best of the Landfall essay competition.

Erica StrettonSeptember 1, 2023

Essays

Bad Archive
by Flora Feltham

Otherhood: Essays on being childless, childfree and child-adjacent
ed. Alie Benge, Lil O’Brien & Kathryn Van Beek

The Unsettled: Small Stories of Colonisation
by Richard Shaw

The Beautiful Afternoon
by Airini Beautrais

Pacific Arts Aotearoa
ed. Lana Lopesi

An Indigenous Ocean: Pacific Essays
by Damon Salesa

Knowledge is a Blessing on Your Mind: Selected Writings 1980 – 2020
by Anne Salmond

Everything I know about books : an insider look at publishing in Aotearoa
ed. Odessa Owens and Theresa Crewdson

Encounters Across Time
by Judith Binney

Strong Words 3
ed. Lynley Edmeades and Emma Neale

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