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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

History Nonfiction Society

Auckland: The Twentieth-Century Story
by Paul Moon

So many cars and such little foresight: a new history chronicles Auckland taking shape.

Angelique KasmaraApril 5, 2023

History Nonfiction Politics Society

Histories of Hate: The Radical Right in Aotearoa New Zealand
ed. Michael Cunningham, Marinus La Rooij and Paul Spoonley

A new collection of essays uncovers New Zealand's history of radical right extremism and intolerance.

Rowan LightMarch 22, 2023

Anthology Climate Poetry

No Other Place to Stand: An Anthology of Climate Change Poetry from Aotearoa New Zealand edited by Jordan Hamel, Rebecca Hawkes, Erik Kennedy and essa ranapiri.

The 'immediacy of fire and ice': an anthology of contemporary poetry about 'melting, burning, crumbling and rage'.

Sophie van WaardenbergSeptember 7, 2022

Essays Memoir Middle East Nonfiction Religion Society

How to be a Bad Muslim by Mohamed Hassan

Fresh and brilliant essays from a Muslim millennial, navigating secular spaces.

Angelique KasmaraJuly 20, 2022

Memoir Nonfiction

So far for now by Fiona Kidman

Essays on loss, identity and travelling the world by 'a woman of many parts'.

Rachel O'ConnorJune 8, 2022

Art Illustrated Poetry

Bordering on Miraculous by Lynley Edmeades and Saskia Leek

Reviewed by Ian Wedde

Ian WeddeMay 25, 2022

Memoir Nonfiction

Raiment by Jan Kemp

Reviewed by Stephanie Johnson

Stephanie JohnsonMay 4, 2022

Criticism Literature Poetry

Actions and Travels: How Poetry Works by Anna Jackson

Reviewed by Bryan Walpert

Bryan WalpertMarch 23, 2022

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

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