Healthy indulgences
Being able to truly thrive from the inside out is the aim of Kiwi mum Sophie Steevens.
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Relating to words and writing
Relating to words and writing
NZ's Young Writers Festival begins in Dunedin next week with workshops and events to inspire young writers. Rebecca Fox talks to poet and national slam champion Jordan Hamel.
Cross-dressing killer in J.K. Rowling book fuels ire
Cross-dressing killer in J.K. Rowling book fuels ire
Best-selling Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has stoked anger in the transgender community by including a cross-dressing serial killer in her latest novel.
New chapter for bookstore: ‘It’s really been fun here’
New chapter for bookstore: ‘It’s really been fun here’
It is with mixed feelings Adventure Books owner Bill Nye is moving on to a new chapter for his business.
Tank Attack at Monte Cassino
Tank Attack at Monte Cassino
War is a jigsaw and in recent times many of the pieces are being examined in detail, so much so that just a small element of a battle like Monte Cassino can justify an entire volume.
The Wine O'Clock Myth
The Wine O'Clock Myth
Lotta Dann’s third book is a timely and well-rounded look at women and alcohol from a NZ perspective.
Humankind: A Hopeful History
Humankind: A Hopeful History
Not all will agree with European historian Rutger Bregman’s assertion that it is radical to believe ‘‘most people, deep down, are pretty decent’’.
Poetry round-up
Poetry round-up
Hamish Wyatt reviews the latest in poetry works.
Memory Stick
Memory Stick
In Memory Stick, Anne Manchester navigates her life and its challenges with insight and empathy, writes Willie Campbell.
The Lost Future of Pepperharrow
The Lost Future of Pepperharrow
Natasha Pulley’s follow-up to her debut novel The Watchmaker of Filigree Street takes us further into her steampunk fantasy world.
How to Argue With a Racist
How to Argue With a Racist
How To Argue With A Racist helps us understand we are all more closely related to one another than we think, writes Ted Fox.
Amnesia Road
Amnesia Road
With its focus on the legacy of trauma, invasion and massacre in two historical eras, Amnesia Road is a harrowing read.
The Air That We Breathe
The Air That We Breathe
Dunedin-born writer Kara Douglas examines the forgotten history of Wittenoom Gorge, home to one of the world's largest blue asbestos mines.
A Bookshop in Algiers
A Bookshop in Algiers
This is a sensitive tribute to a quietly influential figure of the literary and cultural world.
Notes from an Apocalypse
Notes from an Apocalypse
Talk of terraforming Mars when we cannot even terraform our own planet is beyond the wildest hallucination, writes reviewer Clive Trottman.
The Mountains Sing
The Mountains Sing
After the Vietnam War, the Communist government rigidly controlled a country wasted by years of war and took its revenge on those it regarded as class enemies.Nguyen Phan Que Mai’s novel covers these momentous years.
The Intoxicating Mr Lavelle
The Intoxicating Mr Lavelle
This novel is an essay in the cruelties of class and gender politics, but also about the complexities of love.
The Ratline
The Ratline
‘‘My father was a real, great figure, not just an SS man, running around shooting, killing people,’’ insists Otto von Waechter's son and stalwart apologist.
The Musuem of Forgotten Memories
The Musuem of Forgotten Memories
The secrets hidden in once grand houses of titled and privileged English folk are a fertile field for novelists.
The Night of All Souls
The Night of All Souls
Edith Wharton: American writer, member of the upper class New York aristocracy, first female winner of the Pulitzer Prize.