DaylightThere is no denying that Elizabeth Knox is one of the brightest lights in NZ literature. So, I approached "Daylight" with high expectations. I...
Dickey Barrett with his ancient mariners and much more ancient cannon at the siege of Moturoa: being a realistic story of the rough old times in New Z...
Originally published 1880, this is a short book consisting of four stories told by four men around a fire on the New Zealand goldfields. As you might ...
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...
Robin Hyde was a writer and journalist in New Zealand in the very early twentieth century. She started out writing under her given name Iris (Guiver) ...
"Cockney Kid: The Making of an Unconventional Psychologist" is the autobiography of Victoria University Emeritus Professor Tony Taylor. It's a fascina...
I won't lie to you, The Old Whaling Days is a massive book. On my ereader it was well over 1000 pages. And it can be a difficult read at times - it's ...
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...
The Te Ara biography of Helen Wilson says of her: "White-haired and blind, using an ear trumpet and an 'impatient white stick', Helen Wilson impressed...
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’m not one for romance novels, as a rule. When I become engrossed by them, it’s usually for reasons beyond the love story, and that was definitely th...
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...
Sprung from the heart the words that so often express what has no words.A free not-for-profit anthology of poetry that shares the emotions of people w...
