All New Books
Bulimia: Understanding the Voice Inside Her Head
Author: Selina Elison. Publisher: Berlu Books
This lived experience narrative of a mother unpacks the complexities of bulimia and raises awareness about the heavy burden for those who care for someone with a mental illness..
6 February 2024
Marilynn Webb: Folded in the Hills
Authors: Lucy Hammonds, Lauren Gutsell, and Bridget Rewet. Publisher: Dunedin Public Art Gallery.
Marilynn Webb: Folded in the Hills is a substantial bilingual publication to mark the monumental retrospective of Ngāpuhi, Te Roroa and Ngāti Kahu artist Marilynn Webb (NZOM) (1937–2021) at Dunedin Public Art Gallery.
It presents essays by curators Lucy Hammonds, Lauren Gutsell, and Bridget Reweti, extant poems by Cilla McQueen and Hone Tuwhare and two new ekphrastic poems by Essa May Ranapiri and Ruby Solly.
It features over 80 colour plates from Marilynn’s career spanning 1968 to 2005.
Dec 13 2023
Wot Knot You Got? Mophead’s Guide to Life
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
Eden Vegan: Plant-based recipes for every day
Author: Tess Eden. Publisher: Penguin.
A friendly entry point to plant-based cooking, with veganised Kiwi classics, budget-friendly recipes and meals to whip up in a minute from what's in the pantry.
07 November 2023
History 101: A history of Aotearoa New Zealand
Editor: Michael Keith. Publisher: Massey University Press.
Published to mark 150 years since the establishment of the famous Alexander Turnbull Library, one of New Zealand’s great storehouses, this energetic, comprehensive book approaches the history of Aotearoa New Zealand through 101 remarkable objects.
November 2021 release
Pesticides and Health: How New Zealand Fails in Environmental Protection
Author: Neil Pearce. Publisher: Bridget Williams Books.
Pesticides and Health illustrates New Zealand’s historical and ongoing problems with the handling of environmental pollutants.
June 2022 release
Death and Its Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Beautiful Lessons.
Author: Becky Aud-Jennison. Publisher: Motina Books
It's Time to Invite Death Out of the Closet!.
May 2022 release
The Fish + Game Cookbook
Author: Angelo Georgalli
The man behind The Game Chef, an international TV series and cookbook of the same name, the follow up Angelo’s Wild Kitchen continues to share his passion with cooking and the great outdoors.
April 2022 release
The Photo on the Wall: the search for a missing WWII Airman
Author: Wendy St George. Publisher: River Press.
Wendy St George grew up with an awareness that her Taranaki family had lost someone in World War II. Her uncle Ted Saywell was never talked about but his photo was on the wall and she began to get curious about the RNZAF bomber pilot who never came home.
20 APril 2022 release
Simple Wholefoods: 100 effortlessly delicious plant-based recipes for every day
Author: Sophie Steevens. Publisher: Allen & Unwin.
With simplicity, nutritious goodness and bold flavours in mind Sophie Steevens shares 100 new, moreish recipes.
29 March 2022 release
Anzac Nations: The legacy of Gallipoli in New Zealand and Australia, 1965–2015
Author: Rowan Light. Publisher: Otago University Press.
Rowan Light examines the myth-making around Anzac and how commemoration has evolved – from 1965, when many assumed that the tradition of remembering the Anzacs would not survive beyond the death of the last Gallipoli veteran, to the Anzac Centenary in 2015 when the Australian federal government outspent all other countries, and New Zealand’s centenary programme was the largest commemoration in the country’s history.
March 2022 release
Encounters Across Time
Author: Judith Binney. Publisher: Bridget Williams Books.
'Story telling is an art deep within human nature.' A timely collection of writings on history, from one of Aotearoa New Zealand's most distinguished scholars.
7 March 2022 release
Nature’s Alphabet: A New Zealand Nature Trail
Author/Illustrator: Andrew Crowe; Dave Gunson. Publisher: David Bateman Ltd.
A unique combination of junior nature encyclopedia and alphabet book – an entertaining, multi-level approach to reading and learning.
7 March 2022 release
Better Brain For Life: Preventing Dementia and Other Chronic Diseases
Author: Angela Caughey. Publisher: Calico Publishing.
Caughey draws on the latest research to show what can be done to foster a healthy brain, ward off many common chronic diseases, and prevent, or at least slow down, the brain’s decline.
7 March 2022 release
Natural Care
Author: Wendyl Nissen. Publisher: Allen & Unwin.
How to care for others, the land, the water, animals and yourself in ways that are good for our communities and our planet.
March 2022 release
The Bookseller at the End of the World
Author: Ruth Shaw. Publisher: Allen & Unwin.
A funny and heartbreaking memoir of the charming bookseller who runs two tiny bookshops in Fiordland.
March 2022 release
Impossible: Young Readers' Edition
Author: Stan Walker. Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers.
In this young readers' edition of his bestselling autobiography, follow Stan's journey of overcoming impossible odds to achieve his dreams and make peace with his past.
2 March 2022 release
Future You: Be curious. Say yes to change.
Author: Frances Valintine. Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers.
Entrepreneur and educator Frances Valintine has spent her life trying to untangle why some people don't embrace change even when they know their future depends on it.
2 March 2022 release
Dancing with the Machine: Adventures of a Rebel
Author: Jo Morgan. Publisher: Allen & Unwin.
ountaineer, adventurer, avid motorcyclist and constant traveller, Jo Morgan has lived an extraordinary life.
1 March 2022 release
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