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This week’s bestselling books – April 19
The latest Nielsen BookScan New Zealand bestseller list, with occasional pithy remarks
Posted: Thursday April 18, 2024
New Book: A Different Light First Photographs of Aotearoa
Edited by Catherine Hammond and Shaun Higgins
Posted: Thursday April 11, 2024
Happy publication day to ASH, the much-anticipated first novel by Louise Wallace
This little gem of a book hits bookshops across NZ today!
Posted: Wednesday April 10, 2024
An incident in Millers Flat
Kyle Mewburn tells the story behind the house she bought after conducting the land transfer in Gore
Posted: Thursday March 21, 2024
10 Questions with the editors of Katūīvei
Contemporary Pasifika Poetry from Aotearoa New Zealand
Posted: Wednesday March 20, 2024
Book Launch Invitation
You are invited to the book launch of In the shape of his hand lay a river, Iona Winter
Posted: Sunday March 17, 2024
2024 Robert Burns Fellow, Mikaela Nyman's poetry collection nominated for the Nordic Council Literature Prize
Congratulations to 2024 Robert Burns Fellow, Mikaela Nyman whose poetry collection is nominated for the Nordic Council L...
Posted: Monday February 26, 2024
'I Held Hands with the Frightened, the Newly Born, the Bereft, the Dying and the Sick'
Michael O’Leary reviews:
Posted: Sunday February 11, 2024
Book Launched: Praha v me krvi, Jindra Tichá (Echo, 2023)
In her fresh memoirs, Jindra Tichá returns to the Czechoslovak reality of the 1950s and 1960s, her journey to exile in E...
Posted: Thursday February 8, 2024
Read NZ Author Q&A: Ella West
Ella West, author of six YA novels (including the NZ Book Award shortlisted Thieves), chats writing for young adults, le...
Posted: Tuesday January 23, 2024
Whimsical ‘click-a-path’ adventure story out now for summer
The ManyEnding Story is a coming-of-age tale with a difference. Written by Robert Burns Fellow Kathryn van Beek, the fre...
Posted: Monday January 22, 2024
Extract: ‘The Tiriti Translator’ and ‘Aloneness’ winners of the 2023 Caselberg Trust International Poetry Prize
‘The Tiriti Translator’ by Jilly O’Brien and ‘Aloneness’ by Tim Saunders were announced the dual winners of The 2023 Cas...
Posted: Monday January 22, 2024
Local author Swapna Haddow leads popular Festival events for tamariki
The 2023 Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival curated a selection of literary experiences based on the central theme Te Pū...
Posted: Friday January 19, 2024
School’s out for summer!
Here’s a great activity to entertain children and help them with their reo. Take a look at this gorgeous colouring page ...
Posted: Monday January 15, 2024
Xmas: the best poetry books of 2023
Erena Shingade selects the 10 best poetry collections of 2023
Posted: Sunday December 17, 2023
Adventures in bookland: From paperbacks to first editions
Dunedin collector Tony Eyre looks back on a life with literature
Posted: Monday December 11, 2023