Wanaka women take bold step into new life as booksellers
Covid-19 was not the end of the story for three bookish Wanaka entrepreneurs, who have turned the pages on their careers and written a new chapter in their lives.
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Time and space to grow voice
Time and space to grow voice
This year’s Robert Burns Fellow, Becky Manawatu, has followed tradition and fallen in love with Dunedin. The writer tells Rebecca Fox about moving on from her award-winning debut novel Aue.
Harry writing memoir
Harry writing memoir
Britain's Prince Harry is writing a memoir about his life that will be published in late 2022, publisher Penguin Random House has announced.
Hopes of nation on 15 men
Hopes of nation on 15 men
Dunedin author Ron Palenski's new book Brutal: The 100-year fight for world rugby supremacy, charts the history of tests between the All Blacks and the Springboks. In this extract, he paints a picture of the test at Carisbrook during the great 1956 tour.
Save money and eat well
Save money and eat well
Helping people make better food choices without breaking the bank is the aim of chef Michael Van de Elzen and restaurateur Ganesh Raj’s latest book.
Lydia’s life: Oamaru link to 1900s sex trafficking
Lydia’s life: Oamaru link to 1900s sex trafficking
Oamaru teenager Lydia Harvey disappeared in early 1910, only to turn up months later as a key witness in a high-profile London sex-trafficking case. More than a century later, her life has much to...
Riding the second wave
Riding the second wave
Sue Kedgley has been involved in activism both in NZ and overseas for half a century. Her work has spanned research, reporting, and presenting for TVNZ; almost a decade in New York involved with the UN and a return to NZ and a new role as a councillor and then Green Party MP. A consistent focus has been advancing the cause of feminism.
Authors find empathy aplenty for hagiography
Authors find empathy aplenty for hagiography
The PR campaign for this, the third biography of the New Zealand Prime Minister in recent months, did not get off to a great start — its subject effectively disowning it.
Author to discuss story of family life
Author to discuss story of family life
The author behind what is shaping up to be the country’s most controversial book of the year is heading to Dunedin to discuss it.
Poetry roundup: Eggleton work worth the wait
Poetry roundup: Eggleton work worth the wait
A roundup of the latest in works of poetry including David Eggleton's latest, The Wilder Years.
Churchill & Son
Churchill & Son
Every few years a new author comes along and fossicks through the Churchill family dirty linen to see what tawdry details remain. Josh Ireland's the latest historian on the conveyor belt, and has found scandal aplenty to fill Churchill & Son.
Transgressing Tikanga
Transgressing Tikanga
Trevor Bentley, the go-to historian of Pakeha captured by or simply living with Maori in the early 19th century, estimates that several thousand such examples exist of which he so far has 841 on his data base. For Transgressing Tikanga, he has chosen 20 first-hand accounts.
The Ripping Tree
The Ripping Tree
A book so atmospheric it felt cinematic, writes reviewer Caroline Hunter.
Rita Angus: An Artist's Life
Rita Angus: An Artist's Life
This is a revised and expanded edition of Jill Trevelyan’s biography, first published in 2008 to coincide with the exhibition Rita Angus: Life and Vision at Te Papa.
People of Abandoned Character
People of Abandoned Character
This Gothic noir thriller benefits hugely from having such a compelling protagonist.
The Remarkable Miss Digby
The Remarkable Miss Digby
The year is 1853. Syria will be a new beginning for Jane Digby, the former Lady Ellenborough.
Raft of Stars
Raft of Stars
A coming-of-age story, Raft of Stars combines family saga with a quest to escape this same small-town environment.
Poetry roundup
Poetry roundup
A selection of recent poetry works reviewed by Hamesh Wyatt.
Half Life
Half Life
The compromises and challenges faced by Half Life's female characters are all too familiar today.
Black Buck
Black Buck
What happens when you teach a black man how to sell?