Non-Fiction

John Mulgan and the Greek Left
by C.-Dimitris Gounelas and Ruth Parkin-Gounelas HistoryLiteratureMilitaryNonfictionPolitics

John Mulgan and the Greek Left
by C.-Dimitris Gounelas and Ruth Parkin-Gounelas

An investigation into the mysterious death of a New Zealander legend.

Redmer YskaAugust 11, 2023

Shadow Worlds
by Andrew Paul Wood HistoryNonfictionReligionSociety

Shadow Worlds
by Andrew Paul Wood

'Serious, scholarly – but not po-faced': adventures in the strange and the spiritual.

Guy SomersetAugust 4, 2023

Through Shaded Glass: Women and Photography in Aotearoa New Zealand 1860–1960
by Lissa Mitchell ArtHistoryIllustratedNonfictionPhotography

Through Shaded Glass: Women and Photography in Aotearoa New Zealand 1860–1960
by Lissa Mitchell

The riches of a 'restless medium' and its women artists and entrepreneurs.

Hamish ConeyJune 30, 2023

Soundings
by Kennedy Warne GeographyNatureNonfictionScienceTravel

Soundings
by Kennedy Warne

Reports from an explorer 'all over the map' of the natural world.

Steve BrauniasJune 28, 2023

A Kind of Shelter / Whakaruru-taha
ed. Witi Ihimaera and Michelle Elvy AnthologyEssaysFictionMāoriNonfictionPoetry

A Kind of Shelter / Whakaruru-taha
ed. Witi Ihimaera and Michelle Elvy

A new anthology of 'creative thinkers' in conversation.

Pamela MorrowJune 6, 2023

The China Tightrope
by Sam Sachdeva AsianBusinessEconomicsNonfictionPoliticsSociety

The China Tightrope
by Sam Sachdeva

'Principles versus pragmatism': agreeing to disagree with China

Jack SmylieMay 31, 2023

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

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

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

Sarah RussellMay 24, 2023

The Fate of the Land: Ko ngā Ākinga a ngā Rangatira: Māori Political Struggle in the Liberal Era 1891–1912
by Danny Keenan HistoryMāoriNonfictionPolitics

The Fate of the Land: Ko ngā Ākinga a ngā Rangatira: Māori Political Struggle in the Liberal Era 1891–1912
by Danny Keenan

The origin story of modern New Zealand politics, and the 'valiant and visionary rangatira' building a new world.

Tiopira McDowellMay 19, 2023

There’s a cure for this
by Emma Espiner EssaysHealthMāoriMemoirNonfiction

There’s a cure for this
by Emma Espiner

An essay collection on the 'ocean of stories' in a hospital, and the challenges for Māori health equity.

Amy McDaidMay 10, 2023

Aftermaths: Colonialism, Violence and Memory in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific
ed. Angela Wanhalla, Lyndall Ryan and Camille Nurka HistoryMāoriNonfictionPasifikaSociety

Aftermaths: Colonialism, Violence and Memory in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific
ed. Angela Wanhalla, Lyndall Ryan and Camille Nurka

An essay collection that confronts the violence of the colonial past, and the perils of forgetting.

Maartje AbbenhuisApril 26, 2023