Beach study gives a journey back into social memory
David Herkt reviews New Zealand at the Beach
David Herkt reviews New Zealand at the Beach
Reviews of new books and a conversation with author/illustrator Jean Donaldson
Mel C talks to Eleanor Black, quick questions with poet laureate Chris Tse.
Plus Owen Marshall answers 5 Quick Questions.
Tragedy and trauma are at the core of Lauren Roche's debut novel.
Sit back to the rise and fall of counterculture, and other glacially cool writers.
A dystopia set in 2041 and an examination into future family ties
Including a witchy rom-com and the latest literary crime thriller from J.P. Pomare.
Dominic Hoey's new novel confronts 21st century Aotearoa and some social truths.
New Zealand's drinking culture, the 2019 Christchurch terrorist attack, and pirates.
Plus, Kate de Goldi returns, and discover a new work of sci-fi Pasifikafuturism.
The story behind Qatar's riches - and the lives of the ordinary people.
A new memoir asks, what does it mean to be a woman in 2022?
What's it like to survive a helicopter crash or an avalanche? A new memoir describes both.
Mohammed Hassan on slam poetry and the most pressing global issues, and more.
Delicious new page-turners, including from the prodigiously talented Laurence Fearnley.
If you are trying to better understand yourself and others, these books are useful.
Tumble into Viking raids and the underworld with a winning poetry collection, and more.
Poet Robert Sullivan turns to myth and history in a soaring new collection, and more.
A poet documents her life in a memoir that doesn't shy away from the details, and more.
A new short story collection imagines a sequel to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, and more.
Sit back to Chris Tse's new poems, including "Karaoke for the end of the world".
Indulge in Gigi Fenster's book you will be thinking about for days after you finish it.
Times: The Cold War is back - and spy novelists are having a blast.
In Lloyd Jones' new novel, a family contends with the birth of an unusual child.
Entanglement is an exploration of how grief alters the shape of your heart.
The Amazon effect on small businesses
The Frog Prince: a novel about the power of love