Author: Ben Ngaio. Illustrator: Laya Mutton-Rogers. Publisher: Huia Publishers.

This is a traditional story told in te reo Māori from the perspective of the Kāhui Maunga people about Ngake and Whātaitai. These two taniwha inhabited Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Wellington Harbour, long before the ancestral migrations.

March 2021 release

Author: Patricia Donovan. Publisher: Mary Egan Publishing.

The Remarkable Miss Digby is a hauntingly beautiful story, of a woman determined to escape the confines of her class and gender, and living during a time of religious and cultural upheaval which uncannily mirrors our own.

13 March 2021 release

Author: Diana Morrow. Publisher: Otago University Press.

In 1877, Kate Edger was the first woman to graduate from a New Zealand university. Diana Morrow tells the story of this remarkable woman’s life, providing valuable insights into the role of women social reformers in our history.

30 March 2021 release

Author: Nicky Pellegrino. Publisher: Hachette.

New readers will fall in love with Pellegrino's writing style, while long-time fans will delight when the story shifts gear and travels to Italy - and to deliciously familiar territory. - Australian Women's Weekly

30 March 2021 release

Author/Illustrator: Lynley Dodd. Publisher: Puffin (Penguin).

When mischievous duckling Zachary Quack meets a flicketty-quick dragonfly, he hustles it into the air. But who is really hustling who?

30 March 2021 release

Author: Catherine Robertson. Publisher: Penguin.

The delightful third novel in the bestselling Gabriel’s Bay series.

30 March 2021 release

Author: Eleanor Ozich. Publisher: Penguin.

This stylish cookbook contains 80 recipes that can be made with just 15 minutes of hands-on time to produce a healthy and delicious meal.

30 March 2021 release

Author: Polly Gillespie. Publisher: Penguin.

Reports from the battlefield of a riotous life, from one of NZ's best-known radio personalities.

30 March 2021 release

Author: Wendyl Nissen. Publisher: Allen & Unwin.

Uncovering old family secrets leads Wendyl Nissen to a better understanding of her mother.

30 March 2021 release

Author: Cherie Metcalfe. Publisher: Allen & Unwin.

Created with heart by trained chef Cherie Metcalfe of Pepper & Me and featuring some her most popular recipes, this cookbook will see you step up your cooking game without the hard work.

30 March 2021 release

Author: Philippa Cameron. Publisher: Allen & Unwin.

A High Country memoir of life through the seasons on a large sheep station, with delicious recipes.

30 March 2021 release

Author: Fleur Beale. Publisher: Penguin.

It was the dream of Molly's dying mother that she would become a nun. It isn't, however, the dream of her Methodist father, who wants her to marry. But what is her true calling and how can she follow it?

11 March 2021 release

Author and Publisher: Anthony Phelps.

Over five key years, Anthony Phelps visually documented one of the most exciting eras in Auckland’s rock and roll history, the punk and post-punk years. This book contains 180 images of 40 bands across 50 shoots photographed between 1978 and 1982 - most images previous unseen.

25 March 2021 release

Author: Margaret Jeune. Publisher: HeadworX.

Selected Poems (1968-2020) brings together a representative selection from 52 years of Margaret Jeune’s writing-life. It shows the development of her highly distinctive poetry, from rhyming forms to minimalism to more postmodern forms of recent years.

27 March 2021 release

Editors: Marco Sonzogni and Timothy Smith. Publisher: The Cuba Press.

A diverse line-up of thirty-three Aotearoa poets have been commissioned to respond to Dante’s Purgatory with an original work of their own.

25 March 2021 release

Author: Dante Alighieri. Publisher: Beatnik Publishing.

A curio for the curious, a status symbol for the scholarly - and unforgettable for everyone.

25 March 2021 release

Authors: Tony Williams; John Mckittrick. Publisher: David Bateman Ltd.

Clear, concise and authoritative. Learn how to play or coach rugby to get the most enjoyment out of the game and win!

15 March 2021 release

Author: Philip Temple. Publisher: David Ling Publishing.

The second volume of biography of Maurice Shadbolt: a fascinating but ultimately tragic story about a man who became New Zealand’s most well-known and controversial author.

15 March 2021 release

Author: Matt McIlraith. Publisher: David Bateman Ltd.

The Crusaders are not just another sports team. Out of a modest beginning grew the most formidable professional club entity rugby has ever seen.

15 March 2021 release

Author: Vivienne Bailey. Publisher: The Cuba Press.

Cricket-crazy Tom dreams of making the junior rep cricket squad and playing at the fabled Basin Reserve. Will he make it? (For ages 9-11.)

15 March 2021 release