Sam Brooks, lifelong gamer, lost himself on a virtual battlefield in the days after his mother’s death. He reviews a book by a kindred spirit.
This month Microsoft’s ebook store closes for good, and with it goes any book purchased through a Microsoft account. Don Rowe reports.
Branded a dangerous, trendy lefty by Muldoon, Phillips forged a career that shines crucial light on New Zealand's past.
New Zealand writer Sherryl Jordan's elated, transcendent novel for young adults, Winter of Fire, was first released in 1992. A quarter-century later fans' pestering has paid off and it's back in bookstores. This makes Catherine Woulfe very happy.
This week Trevor McKewen wrote of his epiphany about Real Men Wear Black, the bestseller he wrote in 1992. It didn't sound like the book I read.
The only published and available best-selling indie book chart in New Zealand is the top 10 sales list recorded every week at Unity Books’ stores in High St, Auckland, and Willis St, Wellington.
New poetry by Auckland writer Joanna Cho.
Trevor McKewen’s 1992 book celebrated a stoic, machismo national character. Recently his daughter asked: would you want your grandsons to read that?
Novelist Marian Keyes is a stone-cold legend who deserves all the prizes. In lieu of that, here's a heartfelt piece by Scarlett Cayford, who grew up steeped in Keyes' stories and sensibilities.
A new book about the depiction of religion in New Zealand editorial cartoons reveals some disturbing truths.
Lo, another beautiful book from Te Papa Press! The New Photography traces the memories and modus operandi of eight New Zealand photographers who, in the 1960s and 70s, pushed our photography into the realm of art.
The only published and available best-selling indie book chart in New Zealand is the top 10 sales list recorded every week at Unity Books’ stores in High St, Auckland, and Willis St, Wellington.
New poetry by Lisbon-based writer Hana Pera Aoake.
City of Girls is not a cautionary tale, but rather a celebration of what happens when women cease to be cautious.
Today, longtime Time photographer Callie Shell releases a book of intimate images taken over more than a decade she spent photographing the Obamas.
The only published and available best-selling indie book chart in New Zealand is the top 10 sales list recorded every week at Unity Books’ stores in High St, Auckland, and Willis St, Wellington.
A new poem by acclaimed poet and performer Tusiata Avia.
