Cuz is a story about family and culture, survival and love. River and Huia are cousins who don't get on terribly well. Huia is all about Māoritanga, w...
Wynter's Thief is a young adult novel about a smart, if bitter, thief and a young woman with extrasensory powers. Wynter is a water-diviner, used by ...
"The Burning River" is set in an alternate Aotearoa, a possibly post-apocalyptic landscape where people get by mining plastics in swamps and making ti...
DaylightThere is no denying that Elizabeth Knox is one of the brightest lights in NZ literature. So, I approached "Daylight" with high expectations. I...
When she retired, Faye Hawtin refused to settle down in a little house and grow roses like so many retirees. Instead, she got herself a tent and a dre...
"Cockney Kid: The Making of an Unconventional Psychologist" is the autobiography of Victoria University Emeritus Professor Tony Taylor. It's a fascina...
I picked up Kiwi Compañeros by Mark Derby mostly because it had never occurred to me that there may be any connection at all between New Zealand and t...
Ian Wedde is a poet, fiction writer and critic, and The Grass Catcher: A Digression About Home - a deeply personal account of his life and travels - w...
I’ll be honest. When I started reading Unspeakable Secrets of the Aro Valley I wasn’t entirely sure whether it was being deliberately satirical and fu...
Author David McGill's 52nd book is a work of historical fiction, though one that explores the real people and real events surrounding New Zealand's ow...
Packed with new essays, poetry and fiction from leading and new New Zealand writers, Sport 43 is a superb overview of current New Zealand writing.Edit...
