Lessons from decades of aid work in the Middle East, Indonesia and the Pacific are wrapped up in Chris Stuart's debut crime novel.
Within: A Donald Trump origin story, rats, the New Conservatives, and some absolutely stinging takedowns.
A novel about the ripples of rape culture, and how willing we are to do nothing.
Kathy Errington introduces a conversation with Anjum Rahman on online harm, an extract from the upcoming BWB text Shouting Zeroes and Ones.
A chat with departing Friday Poem editor Ashleigh Young and incoming Friday Poem editor Chris Tse.
A big week for anti-racism, Judith Collins, and Donald Trump.
Mark O'Connell confronts his climate change anxieties and goes deep on prepper culture, even flying to Aotearoa to eyeball Peter Thiel's supposed bolthole in Queenstown.
The oldest independent literary festival in Aotearoa is putting its massive back-catalogue online. Going West’s producer James Littlewood explains why – and what's next.
Dismantling racism continues to dominate your to-read piles this week.
A new poem by Chris Tse.
An extract from the new book Weed: A New Zealand Story, by James Borrowdale.
I had a damned good time, says the satirist formerly known as Richard Meros.
The books that kept you warm through this cruelly cold week.
A new poem by Jordan Hamel.
During its larval stage, the putzi fly likes to snuggle in under your skin and send up a little breathing snorkel.
Lil O’Brien’s memoir Not That I’d Kiss A Girl is valuable, but unclear, story of the author’s struggle with her own acceptance, writes Sam Brooks.
A poem by Michaela Keeble.
