WW2 specialist reveals another voice
Vincent O'Sullivan reviews A Field Officer's Notebook: Selected Poems, by Dan Davin (ed Robert McLean). Published by Cold Hub Press.
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Insights into wasps’ lives and sting in the tail
Insights into wasps’ lives and sting in the tail
Elspeth McLean reviews The Vulgar Wasp: The Story Of A Ruthless Innvader And Ingenious Predator, by Phil Lester. Published by Victoria University Press.
Children's books roundup
Children's books roundup
Emma Wood reviews recent works of childhood fiction.
Tight debut boils down life’s travails in Singapore
Tight debut boils down life’s travails in Singapore
Rob Kidd reviews Ponti by Sharlene Teo. Published by Macmillan.
Dream, reality of remote life contrasted
Dream, reality of remote life contrasted
David Barnes reviews Out Of The Wild, by Charlie Paterson. Published by Craig Print.
Historical novel inspired by castle visit
Historical novel inspired by castle visit
Cargill's Castle had such an effect on Bernadette Joyce when she attended an event there in 1967, it became the setting for her third historical novel, 51 years later.
State care abuse detailed in Dunedin man's book
State care abuse detailed in Dunedin man's book
Darryl Smith, of Dunedin, is launching his book A Shattered Life in Christchurch tomorrow.
Winners of national mountain book awards announced
Winners of national mountain book awards announced
A caving book has won the New Zealand Mountain Film and Book Festival's grand prize, announced this week.
Comey delivers blockbuster hit to Trump
Comey delivers blockbuster hit to Trump
Matthew James reviews James Comey's A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies and Leadership, published by Macmillan.
More meaning between the lines than in them
More meaning between the lines than in them
Mike Houlahan reviews Brunhilde Pomsel & Thore D. Hansen's The Work I Did: A Memoir of the Secretary to Goebbels, published by Bloomsbury.
Love story shows tragedy of cultural fragmentation
Love story shows tragedy of cultural fragmentation
Peter Stupples reviews Ben Doherty's Nagaland, published by Wild Dingo Press.
Epic behind the scenes too
Epic behind the scenes too
Mike Houlahan reviews Ian Nathan's Anything You Can Imagine: Peter Jackson & the Making of Middle Earth, published by Harper Collins.
A scrupulously honest tale of healing
A scrupulously honest tale of healing
Pat Thwaites reviews Jessie Cole's Staying: A Memoir, published by Text Publishing.
Journey brings poignant realisations
Journey brings poignant realisations
Rob Kidd reviews Jesse Ball's Census, published by Text Publishing.
Insights to complex lives in Middle East
Insights to complex lives in Middle East
Peter Stupples reviews Negar Djavadi's Disoriental, published by New South Books.
Intricate plot deftly handled in time-hopping Belgi-noir
Intricate plot deftly handled in time-hopping Belgi-noir
Cushla McKinney reviews Paul Colize's Back Up, published by Bloomsbury.
Poetry roundup
Poetry roundup
Hamesh Wyatt reviews recent new works of poetry.
Obsessive true crime hunt makes for a gripping read
Obsessive true crime hunt makes for a gripping read
Elspeth McLean reviews Michelle McNamara's I'll be Gone in the Dark and Julia Heaberlin's Paper Ghosts.
Life, death and art in Middle Ages
Life, death and art in Middle Ages from head to foot
Geoff Adams reviews Jack Hartnell's Medieval Bodies, published by Profile Books.
Evocative tale of heritage, hurt and healing
Evocative tale of heritage, hurt and healing
Willie Campbell reviews Holly Ringwald's The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart, published by Fourth Estate/HarperCollins.