He arotakenga: Sons of a Good Keen Man: Life in the Shadows of Barry Crump me Rugby Head: A Man, a Game, a Shambles… Nā David Hill

August 2022 releases

He arotake: Sylvia and the Birds: How The Bird Lady saved thousands of birds and how you can, too

Nā Alex Eagles i arotake

September 2022 release

Author: Robbie Burton. Reviewer: Alison Ballance.

In his deeply personal memoir Bushline, Robbie Burton reflects on his early life, his adventures in the outdoors and how this interest has been interwoven into his career at the helm of Potton & Burton, one of New Zealand’s largest independent publishers.

September 2022 release

Author: Izzy Lomax-Sawyers. Reviewer: Mollie Chater.

In Vital Signs, Izzy Lomax-Sawyers provides an insight into what it's like to be a first-year junior doctor - the ups and downs, the drama, and how terrifying it is to finally be making decisions.

September 2022 release

Authors: Johanna Emeney and Sarah Laing. Reviewer: Alex Eagles.

Part graphic biography, part practical guide to protecting our bird wildlife, Sylvia and the Birds is based on the life of ‘The Bird Lady’, Sylvia Durrant, who helped more than 140,000 sick, injured and lost birds during her lifetime., It inspires a reverence for the natural world and is a call to action for all young ecologists and environmentalists.

September 2022 release

Author: The Crump Brothers.

Author: Greg Bruce. Reviewer: David Hill.

David Hill considers what two recent releases, Sons of a Good Keen Man and Rugby Head: A man, a game, a life, a shambles reveal about masculinity in Aotearoa New Zealand.

August 2022 releases

Extract from: Keep In A Cool Place: The first winter at Vanda Station, Antarctica by Allen J. Riordan and Simon Cutfield (Canterbury University Press)

‘They say failure is a good teacher; if so I was learning at an astounding rate.’

August 2022 release

Author: Christopher Finlayson. Reviewer: David Herkt.

Yes, Minister is an insider’s account of life in the John Key government and reveals what Key was really like as prime minister: utterly effective and utterly ruthless when needed.

August 2022 release

Interview: Designer Philip Kelly and writer Kate Camp talk about the cover for You Probably Think This Song Is About You (Te Herenga Waka University Press)

July 2022 release

Author: Roger Horrocks. Reviewer: Graham Reid.

Culture in a Small Country, by Roger Horrocks, provides a remarkably wide-ranging but indepth account of the arts in New Zealand.

August 2022 release

Author: Nick Bollinger. Reviewer: Graham Reid.

In 400 engrossing pages, Nick Bollinger pulls art, music, theatre and the street press into this excellent, entertaining and important book.

August 2022 release

“There’s a familiarity, a warmth in these stories that allows women like me to see and be seen. The pages are singing. Our voices, our call. It’s time to ensure the world gets to see us as we truly are,” Jane Lowe on the writing of Moana women.

Authors: Karen Denyer & Monica Peters. Reviewer: David Gadd.

Life in the Shallows is one of those immensely rewarding books where almost every page turns up a fascinating fact.

July 2022 release

Extract from: Should We Fall To Ruin by Harrison Christian (Ultimo Press - a division of Hardie Grant)

New Guinea, 1942: the untold true story of a remote garrison and their battle against extraordinary odds.

August 2022 release

Extract from: Sevens Sisters: How a people-first culture turned silver into gold by Rikki Swannell (Upstart Press)

In Sevens Sisters, veteran sports broadcaster Rikki Swannell goes deep into the Black Ferns Sevens’ team culture, interviewing players, coaches and management to explain how their unique approach has shaped their success.

July 2022 release

Author: Kate Camp. Reviewer: Linda Herrick.

In these true stories, Kate Camp moves back and forth through the smoke-filled rooms of her life: from a nostalgic childhood of the 1970s and 80s, through the boozy pothead years of the 90s, and into the sobering reality of a world in which Hillary Clinton did not win.

July 2022 release

Author: Andrea Vance. Reviewer: Dionne Christian.

Beginning with the shock resignation of John Key, Blue Blood reveals the reasons behind one of the most dramatic falls in popularity in New Zealand's political history and tells the full story of how the National Party went to war with itself.

July 2022 release

Author: Jennifer Ashton. Reviewer: Dionne Christian.

Thief, Convict, Pirate, Wife: The Many Histories of Charlotte Badger is historian Jennifer Ashton’s determined attempt to unravel the true story behind a fantastical myth.

July 2022 release

Extract: Touring Edwardian New Zealand by Paul Moon (Bateman Books Ltd)

In 1902, the travel agency Thomas Cook published a guide for tourists seeking to explore the wilds of Aotearoa. This remarkable volume, New Zealand as a Tourist and Health Resort, provides a rare insight into this country’s Edwardian past, the burgeoning mass-market tourism industry and the exotification of Aotearoa and its original inhabitants, Māori.

June 2022 release

Interview: Designer Ross Murray and historian Paul Moon talk about the cover for Touring Edwardian New Zealand (Bateman Books Ltd)

June 2022 release