Editors: Carrie Rudzinski and Grace Iwashita-Taylor. Publisher: Auckland University Press.

Rapture offers a snapshot of contemporary performance poetry in Aotearoa.

09 November 2023

Author: Selina Tusitala Marsh. Publisher: Auckland University Press.

With her trademark visual wit, our buddy Mophead unravels the knots that keep us up at night.

‘What do you do if nothing is right – not at home, at school, anywhere?’

‘What if people don’t like me?’

‘What if your own ideas stink?’

‘How do I hug my dad?’

07 November 2023

Author: Latika Vasil. Publisher: Black Giraffe Press.

In her new YA post-apocalypse novel, Wellington writer Latika Vasil imagines an Aotearoa where something radical and dreadful has happened.

25 September 2023

Author: Lynda Tomalin. Publisher: Glitterlink Press Ltd.

Hollie is learning to live with depression; Jonathan is running away from his past. As Hollie and Jonathan are unexpectedly thrown together, a growing mutual attraction scares and excites them in this contemporary YA novel.

13 September 2023

Author: William Shakespeare. Publisher: Kotahi Rau Pukapuka

A te reo Māori translation of Shakespeare’s tragic drama of young love between two feuding families/He whakamāoritanga o te whakaari hinapōuri a Hakipia mō te aroha pūhou i waenga i ētahi whānau toheriri e rua.

10 August 2023

Author: Mary-anne Scott. Publisher: Scholastic NZ.

Finn has a secret he’s trying to keep from his new friends - but someone knows the truth. Blackmail and lies … will Finn ever face the truth? It’s not until disaster befalls one of his friends at an illicit after-ball party that Finn learns what is most important in life.

1 August 2023

Author: Ned Wenlock. Publisher: Earth’s End Publishing.

Told in Ned Wenlock’s unique and beautifully pared down style, Tsunami is a taut page turner, a coming-of-age story, and nuanced examination of teenage alienation and the unpredictable consequences of our actions.

1 August 2023

Author: Jax Calder. Publisher: One TreeHouse.

A contemporary love story written for here and now, one summer changes everything in The Other Brother.

13 July 2023

Author: Genevieve Mora. Publisher: Penguin.

Bite Back is a compassionate guide to navigating eating disorders, for those experiencing them and their loved ones, from someone who has been there.

04 July 2023

Author: Eileen Merriman. Publisher: Penguin.

In Eileen Merriman’s compelling prequel to Catch Me When You Fall, a 15-year-old reaches for stardom as he slides into psychosis.

04 July 2023

Author: A. M .Dixon. OneTree House.

New Dawning is book one in a startling new trilogy by A. M. Dixon.

April 2023

Author: Leonie Agnew. Publisher: Walker Books.

The unpublished manuscript was the winner of the 2022 Tessa Duder Award: now The Impossible Life of Hannah Kemp is a powerful exploration of guilt, forgiveness, choice and personal responsibility.

04 April 2023

Author: Jade Pengelly. Publisher: HarperCollins NZ.

The highs and heartbreak of caring for the animals we love when you never know who or what is going to walk, crawl or slither through the doors of veterinary hospital. Jade Pengelly shares all in Tales of a Vet Nurse.

08 March 2023

Author: Lynda Moore. Publisher: Money Mentalist Publishing.

If you were dating money, what would it say about you? This ground-breaking book from a New Zealand financial psychology expert will help you develop your own relationship with money.

02 March 2023

Author: Lynda Tomalin. Publisher: GlitterInk Press Ltd.

A sweet, swoony YA romance about discovering and celebrating your worth

01 February 2023

Author: Rachel Fenton. Publisher: Cuba Press (Ahoy!).

What if the worst thing that could ever happen to you had already happened, but you didn’t realise? Like your brain couldn’t handle it, so you turned it into a comic. Then closed it. A story of losing and finding yourself when some days it feels like the only friend you have is the pen in your hand.

16 November 2022

Author: James Norcliffe. Publisher: Quentin Wilson Publishing.

For the four teenagers staying near a West Coast lake, what begins as an intriguing puzzle ends with the most terrifying night of their lives, a night that will change them forever… Award-winning author James Norcliffe’s compelling supernatural tale The Crate: A ghost story will delight and thrill all young readers.

26 October 2022

Author: John Evan Harris. Publisher: Roiall Emerald.

Inspired by the notorious Maungatapu Murders of 1866, The Physician’s Gun is an action-packed historical novel - a gripping tale of murder and greed aimed - at young people ages 11+.

25 October 2022

Author: Melinda Webber and Te Kapua O'Connor. Publisher: Auckland University Press.

From peacemakers and strategists to explorers and entrepreneurs, the tupuna of the North are an inspiration to the people of Te Tai Tokerau. This remarkable book by Melinda Webber and Te Kapua O'Connor introduces a new generation to 24 of those tupuna.

13 October 2022

Author: Ruby Tui. Publisher: Allen & Unwin New Zealand.

An open, raw and honest account of Ruby Tui’s journey from a troubled and unstable childhood, searching for a better option in life, to Olympic champion and the world's best rugby sevens player.

05 October 2022