Extract from: Learning to be French (and failing) by Anna Bibby (Allen & Unwin NZ)

What happens when an art gallery owner from New Zealand buys a dilapidated French house on a whim?

October 2022 release

Extract from: The Other Way by David Trubridge (David Trubridge Press).

The Other Way marries designer David Trubridge's visual response to the details and textures of the land with poetic, descriptive and philosophical writing about the land and his relationship with it.

July 2022 release

Extract from: in memory of travel by Grant Sheehan (Phantom House NZ).

In memory of travel takes the reader on a series of journeys, from the Central American coast of Nicaragua, the Okavango Delta in Botswana, and the frozen world of Antarctica to many places in between. Grant Sheehan recounts not only the trials, tribulations, and adventures of travelling the world as a working photographer but also explores the place travel occupies in our memory, and how it can and does change the way we view ourselves and the world around us.

August 2022 release

Writer: Sarah Jane Barnett.

After Sarah Jane Barnett had a hysterectomy in her 40s, a comment by her doctor that she wouldn’t be “less of a woman” prompted her to investigate what the concept of womanhood meant to her. Part memoir, part feminist manifesto, part coming-of-middle-age story, Notes on Womanhood is the result.

June 2022 release

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

Author: Frances Edmond. Reviewer: Siobhan Harvey.

Always Going Home is the compelling personal story of Frances Edmond’s relationship with her ‘beloved, complicated, difficult’ mother, the award-winning poet Lauris Edmond (1924–2000).

December 2022 release

Author: David Riley & Ant Sang. Reviewer: Milo Morrison (12).

The inspiring story of mixed-martial arts world champion Israel Adesanya

September 2022 release

Author: Gaylene Preston. Reviewer: Carole Beu.

There’s nothing like Dame - and this Dame is exceptional! What a delight to discover Gaylene Preston can tell stories on paper just as effectively as on film.

November 2022 release

Author: Simon Gault (with Kim Knight). Reviewer: André Taber.

Simon Gault: No half measures is an unflinching look at success, failure - and fixing things fast.

October 2022 release

Author: Kevin Ireland. Reviewer: Graham Reid.

In A Month at the Back of my Brain, Kevin Ireland's understated, easy familiarity is at the heart of his measured and very engaging memoir as he gently reminds us lives are not necessarily made up of grand events or consequential situations.

November 2022 release

Extract from: Blood and Bone: Revelations of an Orthopaedic Surgeon by Russell Tregonning (Atuanui Press)

This memoir takes the reader through his journey from medical student to orthopaedic surgeon – from introducing pioneering techniques in reconstructive surgery, to personal struggles with depression, medical mishaps, run-ins with senior surgeons, and sexism in the workplace. It is a fascinating look behind the façade of one of the most respected of professions.

October 2022 release

Author: Willy de Wit with David Downs. Reviewer: Ruth Spencer.

Drink, Smoke, Snort, Stroke has unintentionally been 60 years in the making. It’s not a self-help book, nor is it ‘touchy feely’… it’s simply an honest, occasionally hilarious, real, reflective look at comedian Willy De Wit. Warts and all.

October 2022 release

Author: Ross Taylor with Paul Thomas. Reviewer: Michael Burgess.

Black and White does justice to Ross Taylor’s remarkable career in an entertaining and engaging way. It will enthrall cricket aficionados but has the depth and richness for a much broader appeal among general sports fans.

August 2022 release

Cover story: Under a Big Sky: Facing the Elements on a New Zealand Farm by Tim Saunders (Allen & Unwin)

Tim Saunders writes about his life and work on the farm that's been in his family for five generations. There's drought, farming during lockdown, illness, financial pressure and the drive to become more environmentally friendly - and it’s all reflected in an idealised cover image which charms and enchants.

August 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

Author: David Riley & Ant Sang. Reviewer: Milo Morrison (12).

The inspiring story of mixed-martial arts world champion Israel Adesanya

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

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: 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