He pānui, he angitu | News and Opportunities
From the Pearl River Delta to Otago’s fields of gold...
Ribbons of Grace by Maxine Alterio (Penguin New Zealand, 2008)
Posted: Wednesday Aug 26, 2026
True love and dark shadows in the South Pacific
Skylark by Ruthie Morgan (Lucky Arbuckle, 2014) and Borrowed Wings by Ruthie Morgan (Lucky Arbuckle, 2016)
Posted: Thursday Aug 06, 2026
Books, books books and more books...
The Book Collector: Reading and Living with Literature by Tony Eyre (Mary Egan Publishing, 2023)
Posted: Tuesday Jul 14, 2026
The ants are on the move, the vavanati is coming...
Black Earth White Bones by Chris Else (Vintage/Random House NZ, 2007)
Posted: Friday Jun 12, 2026
Marco in extremis
Party Boy by Breton Dukes (Te Herenga Waka University Press, 2026)
Posted: Friday May 15, 2026
That big house up on the hill...
Olveston: Portrait of a Home by Jane Ussher and John Welsh (Massey University Press, 2025)
Posted: Tuesday Apr 14, 2026
Shipwrecks, pirates and brothels, oh my! Melodrama in early Dunedin
Wild Latitudes by Barbara Else (Vintage, 2007)
Posted: Friday Mar 06, 2026
Murder in Mataura! Clever, exciting and very local crime fiction
Overkill by Vanda Symon (Orenda Books, London, 2018)
Posted: Friday Feb 20, 2026