A frank discussion between Rona and the moon.
There are things you can learn from the wild. The messages get clearer, delivered uninterrupted down the wires of birdsong and through the currents of rivers.
A new poem from Auckland poet Fardowsa Mohamed.
The only published and available best-selling indie book chart in New Zealand.
Young adult novel These Violent Delights was released in the US three weeks ago and is already a massive hit. Its author is a university student from New Zealand.
He's one of our best-known comics. Why didn't he write a better book?
The brilliant, bloviating Christian Karlson Stead.
Knock knock, who's there – it's the best-loved kids' books in the country this week.
A new poem by Oscar Upperton from a sequence about Dr James Barry, a 19th century surgeon whose gender has been the subject of much debate. Code name Young Barry begins the …
Inside: a peek at what you'll be reading on Boxing Day, probably.
It's not exactly blue-sky thinking – but it is candid, and completely fascinating.
A simple, powerful way to make a difference.
Zina Swanson's paintings are inspired by old, outlandish books about botany.
Obama's memoir enters the chart with a landslide.
A new poem by poet, designer, artist, and musician Whina Pomana.
Two writers teamed up to open the book store of their dreams – and that means no bigots allowed.
Last summer a group of young people in a Christchurch youth justice facility wrote a book. This is their story, as told by their teacher, poet Ben Brown.
Magic is always just around the corner in this collection of local sci-fi and fantasy.
What it is to build a home far from your children, and their children.
What you read when you weren't doomscrolling this week.
A new poem from Auckland poet Andrea Malcolm.
No Filter, a superb new book chronicling Instagram’s rise, reveals more about the pathology of Mark Zuckerberg than anything else.
This cookbook is a gift to every young chef in Aotearoa.
A tectonically moving piece of writing about dementia, and what remains.