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Words of wisdom from a father to his son

Book takes: More than a conversation between a father and son.

Top 10 best-selling New Zealand books: August 17

The NZ books Kiwis are buying this week.

Rēwena and Rabbit Stew: What early NZ cooks endured to put dinner on the table

Food gathering and preparation was no picnic in rural NZ.

Whaea Blue: The long-awaited debut from one of NZ’s best writers arrives

Talia Marshall is both journalist and sage in this impressive collection.

From cops to crime writers: How Gareth and Louise Ward turned their past into a bestseller

Gareth and Louise Ward share their journey from police officers to bookshop bosses.

Major new history reconsiders role of NZ women artists in modernist movement

Our female artists and their connections beyond NZ feature in new book and exhibition.

Biggles from downunder? If the flying ace were real, he would have been NZer Keith Caldwell

Long-overdue biography captures the story of NZ’s most famous pioneer of aerial warfare.

The intriguing stories behind one of NZ’s most common plants

Scientist Leon Perrie snorkelled in a cold South Island lake to find rare species.

Top 10 best-selling NZ books: August 11

It's all change in the top 10.

Debut Kiwi novel touches on complicated relationships, mental health and healing

Megan O'Neill is a contemporary voice touching on current mental health crisis.

From manta rays to mishaps: Vet Marcus Taylor’s ‘The Ones That Bit Me!’

Book takes: Top NZ vet shares wild ride.

Top 10 best-selling NZ books: August 3

New fiction rockets into the top spot.

Short cuts: Three new books to check out this weekend

An All Black memoir, essays on art and the secret life of flying.

Does gender still matter in art?

NZ’s women artists - notable, obscure and on fringes - celebrated in new essay collection.

J.P Pomare’s thriller echoes some of NZ’s most infamous crimes

A murder case explores biases and blind spots in the justice system.

Money and misfortune in darkly funny, finely woven Long Island Compromise

Fleischman Is In Trouble's writer Taffy Brodesser-Akner's new novel shows repressed trauma

Contemplative history of fascination with numbers isn’t just for math nerds

You don’t need to be good with numbers to enjoy this engrossing dip into counting.

Memory’s dark trickery in The Last Trace blurs reality and truth

Aussie environment and people to the fore in “Strine” thriller about darkness of memory.