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ReviewAuthor: Nick Ascroft. Reviewer: Erica Stretton.Nick Ascroft’s fifth collection may be his most personal yet, with a sweetness that stings us repeatedly. The Stupefying is not to...
Reviewed by Erica Stretton
2 October 2022
ReviewAuthor: 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 dow...
Reviewed by Mollie Chater
29 September 2022
ReviewThe inspiring story of mixed-martial arts world champion Israel Adesanya
Reviewed by Milo Morrison (12)
21 September 2022
ReviewAn epic historical adventure which tells the story of pre-colonial Aotearoa New Zealand like it’s never been told before.
Reviewed by Dan Rabarts
21 September 2022
ReviewEileen Merriman knows that if you are a teenager and you are given rules to follow by your parents, you’re going to break them.
Reviewed by Sarah Forster
20 September 2022
ReviewNā Tamati Waaka (Ngāti Pūkeko, Te Whānau ā Apanui, Tūhoe) i whakamāori
Reviewed by Angelique Kasmara
10 September 2022
Reviewnā Ruth Smith i whakamāori
Reviewed by David Eggleton
10 September 2022
Reviewnā Ruth Smith (Ngāti Kōhuru, Te Aitanga-ā-Mahaki) i whakamaori
Reviewed by Elizabeth Heritage
10 September 2022
ReviewNā Tamati Waaka (Ngāti Pūkeko, Te Whānau ā Apanui, Tūhoe) i whakamāori
Reviewed by David Gadd
8 September 2022
ReviewAuthor: Tom Baragwanath. Reviewer: Greg Fleming.An acutely observed portrait of a community, Paper Cage is the prize-winning debut from young New Zealand novelist Tom Baragwanat...
Reviewed by Greg Fleming
7 September 2022
ReviewAuthor: 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 minis...
Reviewed by primoz2500
5 September 2022
ReviewA Message for Nasty is a gripping novel, based on a true story, and a chilling portrait of wartime conditions in the British colony that Winston Churchill was happy to abandon to ...
Reviewed by Hannah Tunnicliffe
31 August 2022
ReviewAstute, raw and deliciously dark, Arms & Legs is a compelling insight into a marriage that has stagnated.
Reviewed by primoz2500
29 August 2022
ReviewAuthor: Frankie McMillan. Reviewer: Erica Stretton. In the small stories of The Wandering Nature of Us Girls, Frankie McMillan balances transgression and wit, showing a cast of ...
Reviewed by primoz2500
28 August 2022
ReviewCulture in a Small Country, by Roger Horrocks, provides a remarkably wide-ranging but indepth account of the arts in New Zealand.
Reviewed by Graham Reid
24 August 2022
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ReviewAuthor: Nick Bollinger. Reviewer: Graham Reid. In 400 engrossing pages, Nick Bollinger pulls art, music, theatre and the street press into this excellent, entertaining and import...
Reviewed by Graham Reid
24 August 2022
ReviewPoor People With Money is a breathless, desperate sort of ride with brutality and grit but also deep undercurrents of beauty.
Reviewed by Ruth Spencer
22 August 2022
ReviewReturn to Harikoa Bay features 33 stories in around 300 pages, each with an intricacy that makes it hard to believe they’re standalone works.
Reviewed by Sam Finnemore
22 August 2022
ReviewIn his third poetry collection, award-winning poet Tim Upperton takes us to the end of the driveway, over the Manawatū – twisting like an eel – and on to Topeka and Paris.
Reviewed by Erica Stretton
21 August 2022
ReviewLife in the Shallows is one of those immensely rewarding books where almost every page turns up a fascinating fact.
Reviewed by David Gadd
17 August 2022
ReviewA riveting thriller, grounded in our national disputes, but one that will echo with readers the world over.
Reviewed by Greg Fleming
15 August 2022