Rich and rare: Bad Archive by Flora Feltham, reviewedThere's not a single dud in this dazzling collection of essays, which touches on everything from weaving to seagulls to Meccano enthusiasts.By Maddie Ballard | 27th July, 2024Guest writer
The Friday Poem: ‘The clothes of the dead’ by Fiona KidmanA new poem by Fiona Kidman.By Fiona Kidman | 26th July, 2024
The Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending July 26A spicy new romance series heats up the charts. By The Spinoff Review of Books | 26th July, 2024
‘You can revoke my citizenship now’: the classic NZ novel Sue Copsey didn’t finishThe prolific author and editor on a criminally underrated book by a NZ writer, the dream cast for a film adaptation of her novel and more.By The Spinoff Review of Books | 24th July, 2024
Christchurch’s secondhand bookshops, ranked and reviewedFrom a carefully curated caravan to a sprawling barn of unsorted banana boxes – Ōtautahi has something for every secondhand book buying appetite.By Simon Palenski | 20th July, 2024
How to read a poem: Faith has made me whole by Vincent O’SullivanA poem about witches from the late, great Aotearoa writer. By Claire Mabey | 20th July, 2024Books editor
The Friday Poem: ‘Hine Moana cuts her bangs at 3am’ by Jessica HinerangiA new poem by artist and poet Jessica Hinerangi.By Jessica Hinerangi Thompson-Carr | 19th July, 2024Guest writer
The Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending July 19Great books from far and wide to get you through the winter fog.By The Spinoff Review of Books | 19th July, 2024⚖️
Five sexy books that inspired The Good Sex Project podcast The reading pile behind the podcast, from pleasure to porn to Perel.By Melody Thomas | 19th July, 2024Guest writer
Incident at Ōroua River: The story behind Mike Joy’s ‘freshwater radicalisation’When Mike Joy discovered the hard way that all of Feilding's sewage pours into the river, his fight for freshwater began. By The Spinoff Review of Books | 17th July, 2024⚖️
A provocative new book about public health and Covid-19, reviewed by Ashley BloomfieldThe director of New Zealand's Covid response reviews a book about how US public health was politicised by the pandemic. By Dr Ashley Bloomfield | 17th July, 2024Guest writer
The Unity Books children’s book review roundup for winterUnity booksellers review a stack of children's books for winter reading.By The Spinoff Review of Books | 16th July, 2024⚖️
‘Powerfully atmospheric’: The Raven’s Eye Runaways, reviewed'Freedom, cake and revenge is a pretty good approximation of what young readers want. This book has all three in abundance.'By Hera Lindsay Bird | 13th July, 2024Contributing writer
The Friday Poem: ‘Individualistic Societies’ by Erik KennedyA new poem by Erik Kennedy.By Erik Kennedy | 12th July, 2024Guest writer
The Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending July 12Which classic Aotearoa novel from 1987 is back at number ten in Auckland? By The Spinoff Review of Books | 12th July, 2024⚖️
Dazzlehands goes ballet: ‘It’s super hard to dance with a pig snout and a mohawk’How does a ballet dancer prepare for a role as a flamboyant farmyard pig?By Claire Mabey | 11th July, 2024Books editor
Help Me Hera: How do I raise my kid to be a reader?Is it selfish to want your children to love the same things as you?By Hera Lindsay Bird | 11th July, 2024Contributing writer
‘The pillar of every 2000s childhood’: Zak Ātea’s favourite booksThe illustrator of The Dream Factory / Te Wheketere Moemoeā on her early reading memories, from the magical to the traumatic.By The Spinoff Review of Books | 10th July, 2024⚖️
Fighting for the dignity of the working poor: Power to Win by Lyndy McIntyre, reviewedA new book details how the living wage movement won the battle for workers in Aotearoa. By Oliver Clifton | 9th July, 2024Guest writer
‘Children can change the world’: Aotearoa children’s writers on why they write for kidsIt’s a bumper year for local children’s novels. Ten authors tell us why they write for kids, and what their books offer grown-ups, too.By The Spinoff Review of Books | 6th July, 2024⚖️