All Book Reviews
Extract — ‘A Jigsaw of Broken Things’ winner of the 2023 Landfall Essay Competition
Author: Siobhan Harvey. Editor: Lynley Edmeades.
‘Beautifully crafted and timely comment on prejudice against the LGBTQIA+ community … Harvey holds this contemporary issue in view while also weaving in her own story, one ultimately fraught with a failure to be accepted into her family.’ — Lynley Edmeades.
November 2023 release
Rugby League in New Zealand: A people’s history
Author: Ryan Bodman. Reviewer: Michael Burgess
‘Bodman makes us realise that rugby league has done well to survive, let alone thrive. The fact it is ensconced as a popular sport in this country is something of a miracle, given the efforts of rugby union over almost a century to stamp it out.’
October 2023 release