Iris and Me
by Philippa Werry
The Uppish Hen & other poems
by Robin Hyde BiographyChildren’s LiteratureFictionPoetry

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

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

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

Kind
by Stephanie Johnson FictionLiterary FictionNovel

Kind
by Stephanie Johnson

Welcome to the funhouse: a novel explores lockdown.

Charlotte GrimshawApril 12, 2023

Auckland: The Twentieth-Century Story
by Paul Moon HistoryNonfictionSociety

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

Landed
by Sue McCauley FictionNovel

Landed
by Sue McCauley

'The whole country is living on borrowed money': a long-awaited novel surveys one family's changing fortunes in the 80s and 90s.

Sally BlundellMarch 31, 2023

The Last Days of Joy
by Anne Tiernan FictionNovel

The Last Days of Joy
by Anne Tiernan

A debut novel about a diasporic Irish family, mired in childhood memories and adult crises.

Clare TravagliaMarch 29, 2023

One of Those Mothers
by Megan Nicol Reed FictionNovelSociety

One of Those Mothers
by Megan Nicol Reed

A first novel explores dangerous currents within a ‘respectable’ neighbourhood, and the parents looking the wrong ways.

Pamela MorrowMarch 22, 2023

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

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

The Wandering Nature of Us Girls by Frankie McMillan FictionFlash

The Wandering Nature of Us Girls by Frankie McMillan

Exceptional stories from the 'lyrical, poetic edge of flash'.

Jack Remiel CottrellDecember 23, 2022

My American Chair by Elizabeth Smither Poetry

My American Chair by Elizabeth Smither

A 'quintessential' collection from the former Poet Laureate, who 'who brings her original eye to uncovering the strangeness of being alive'.

Anne KennedyDecember 21, 2022

Formica by Maggie Rainey-Smith Poetry

Formica by Maggie Rainey-Smith

Milkshakes and matinees: a debut poetry collection is an unsentimental exploration of the lives –and memories – of women of a certain age.

Katea DuffDecember 9, 2022

The Doctor’s Wife by Fiona Sussman Crime FictionFictionLiterary Fiction

The Doctor’s Wife by Fiona Sussman

A psychological thriller set in an affluent Auckland beach suburb, where a domestic drama takes a deadly turn.

Rebecca HillDecember 7, 2022

Rāwaho/The Completed Poems by David Howard Poetry

Rāwaho/The Completed Poems by David Howard

From 70s punk to 21st-century ghosts: portrait of a poet 'drawing one line'.

Ian WeddeSeptember 28, 2022

Arms & Legs by Chloe Lane FictionLiterary FictionNovel

Arms & Legs by Chloe Lane

'Something authentic, something palpable': an accomplished second novel explores fear in Florida.

Ruby PorterSeptember 21, 2022

Winter Time by Laurence Fearnley FictionLiterary FictionNovel

Winter Time by Laurence Fearnley

Creeping unease, swirling snow: an Otago novel centred on a frozen family home.

Sally BlundellSeptember 14, 2022

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. AnthologyClimatePoetry

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

Slow Down, You’re Here by Brannavan Gnanalingam AsianFictionLiterary FictionNovel

Slow Down, You’re Here by Brannavan Gnanalingam

In the post-Covid city, be careful of what you wish for.

Todd BarrowcloughAugust 31, 2022

Te Kaihau: The Windeater and Lost Possessions by Keri Hulme FictionLiterary FictionMāoriShort Stories

Te Kaihau: The Windeater and Lost Possessions by Keri Hulme

New editions of a superb story collection and novella from the 80s, by the iconoclastic Booker Prize-winner.

Paula MorrisJuly 27, 2022