Non-Fiction

EssaysHistoryMāoriNonfictionSociety

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

HistoryMilitaryNonfictionSociety

Abolishing the Military
by Griffin Leonard, Joseph Llewellyn and Richard Jackson

Can Aotearoa make 'a genuine contribution to international peace and security'?

Mackenzie SmithNovember 17, 2023

ArtIllustratedMāoriNonfiction

Ngā Kaihanga Uku: Māori Clay Artists
by Baye Riddell

Artists 'as trailblazers in Māori culture': a celebration of 'muddies'.

Ngarino EllisNovember 10, 2023

AnthologyEssaysLiteratureNonfictionPublishing

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

LGBTQIA+MemoirNonfictionTheatre

Robert Lord Diaries
ed. Chris Brickell, Vanessa Manhire and Nonnita Rees

The diaries of a groundbreaking queer new playwright with ‘an abiding ambivalence about being a New Zealander’.

Nathan JoeOctober 25, 2023

ClimateMemoirNonfictionReligionScienceTravel

End Times
by Rebecca Priestley

A travel story that is also a 'meditation on apocalyptic thinking'.

Philip MatthewsOctober 13, 2023

EssaysHistoryMāoriNonfiction

Encounters Across Time
by Judith Binney

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

Jennifer FrostSeptember 27, 2023

ArchitectureArtDesignFictionIllustratedMāoriNonfiction

Little Doomsdays
by Nic Low and Phil Dadson

An 'engaging, inventive and original' book about arks that can withstand catastrophes.

Ian WeddeSeptember 22, 2023

ArtBiographyIllustratedNonfiction

Gordon Walters
by Francis Pound

An impressive monograph that is 'forensic in detail and fearsome in ambition'.

Hamish ConeySeptember 15, 2023

EssaysNonfiction

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