‘Cattleman, Fashion Fancier’: Central Otago Couture, reviewedA stunning new book explores the life of high country farmer Eden Hore, and his unrivalled fashion collection.By Jessie Bray Sharpin | 29th March, 2025Guest writer
The Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending March 28Poetry, post-apocalypse, and Panem.By The Spinoff Review of Books | 28th March, 2025
Out of the internet and into the page: books for teenage boysWhat’s the state of teen reading in Aotearoa? And what are the book that might lure our boys out the wilds of the internet and back to the page?By Claire Mabey | 28th March, 2025
‘Maybe a bored kid made it up?’ The mystery of Mairātea Mohi’s favourite childhood book'I can’t find it anywhere. No library, no secondhand shop, no Google search turns it up.'By The Spinoff Review of Books | 26th March, 2025
When Zuck snubbed Key: Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams, reviewedKey moments from the explosive new book from the ex-Meta employee and shark attack survivor.By Julie Hill | 24th March, 2025
What is fairy smut and why is everyone obsessed with it?A beginner's guide to Acotar, romantasy and Mediavalcore.By Claire Mabey | 22nd March, 2025Books editor
The Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending March 21The Cat Operator's Manual you didn't know you needed is finally here.By The Spinoff Review of Books | 21st March, 2025⚖️
‘I keep that little light of hope alive’: Nicola Willis’s love of literatureFinance minister, Nicola Willis, on the value of her English degree and her avid reading life.By The Spinoff Review of Books | 19th March, 2025⚖️
Why I won’t write about swimmingPoet Kate Camp learned to swim late in life. Now it's a defining component of her identity. But why won't she write about it?By Kate Camp | 15th March, 2025Guest writer
The Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending March 14Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is back. By The Spinoff Review of Books | 14th March, 2025⚖️
‘It’s such a gift to read something out loud’: Nafanua Purcell Kersel’s life in booksThe author of new poetry collection Black Sugarcane on the best and worst things she's read, the call of the waiting room coffee table and more.By The Spinoff Review of Books | 12th March, 2025⚖️
Look who’s coming to Auckland Writers Festival 2025Our picks for this year's most unmissable sessions. By Claire Mabey | 12th March, 2025Books editor
The Spinoff Essay: Diary of a writers’ festivalAdelaide Writers' Week was vibrant, resourced and thriving. So why, returning home with a head full of plans, did Claire Mabey feel unexpectedly sad?By Claire Mabey | 8th March, 2025Books editor
‘Are you hungry? Are you starved?’: Inside the biggest night in NZ slam poetryA journey from the 14th annual New Zealand Poetry Slam all the way back to where it began. By Ben Fagan | 8th March, 2025Community manager
The Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending March 7How to make croissants at home, the latest Han Kang, and the requisite cosy fiction.By The Spinoff Review of Books | 7th March, 2025⚖️
‘Sobbed so loud my neighbour came to check on me’: Kiri Lightfoot’s book confessionalThe author of a moving new young adult novel on the book that shattered her into 'teeny tiny pieces'.By The Spinoff Review of Books | 5th March, 2025⚖️
What the judges picked: the 2025 Ockham Book Awards shortlist, revealedThe 16 books still in the running for Aotearoa's biggest literary prizes. By Claire Mabey | 5th March, 2025Books editor
The rise of the ‘healing’ novel and our sad need to cryWhat's behind the soaring popularity of these little books designed to give us big feelings?By Claire Mabey | 1st March, 2025Books editor
The Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending February 28A swath of new local books, the latest Anne Tyler, and a cosy comfort read from Korea.By The Spinoff Review of Books | 28th February, 2025⚖️
How to read a poem: mount street cemetery by Amy MargueriteA close reading of a startling poem about the impact of an intense crush, set in a graveyard and plagued by sparrows.By Claire Mabey | 26th February, 2025Books editor
