Books Archive
The Unity children’s bestseller chart for the month of June
What’s the best way to get adults reading? Get them reading when they’re children – and there’s no better place to start than the Unity Children’s Bestseller Chart.
Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending July 5
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.
The Friday Poem: The riderless horses by Tim Upperton
A new prose poem by Palmerston North poet Tim Upperton.
Shayne Carter’s rock’n’roll memoir, and stories from someone who was there
Before Rachael King was an author and organiser of literary festivals, she was a schoolgirl rock bassist, playing in sweaty clubs, wearing PJ pants to work and shooting the shit with Shayne Carter.
The day the books stopped working
This month Microsoft’s ebook store closes for good, and with it goes any book purchased through a Microsoft account. Don Rowe reports.
Jock Phillips: history builder
Branded a dangerous, trendy lefty by Muldoon, Phillips forged a career that shines crucial light on New Zealand's past.
Rejoice! The best book in the world is being republished today
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.
Some real men do wear black
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.
Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending June 28
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.
The Friday Poem: 1:52 by Joanna Cho
New poetry by Auckland writer Joanna Cho.
Real Men Wear Black, revisited
Trevor McKewen’s 1992 book celebrated a stoic, machismo national character. Recently his daughter asked: would you want your grandsons to read that?
‘She knits her books of her bones and her blood.’ An appreciation of Marian Keyes
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.
The uncomfortable history of religion in New Zealand cartooning
A new book about the depiction of religion in New Zealand editorial cartoons reveals some disturbing truths.
Working out how things tick: early NZ street photography by John Daley
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.
Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending June 21
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.
Friday Poem: ‘The bigger the burn the tougher you are’ by Hana Pera Aoake
New poetry by Lisbon-based writer Hana Pera Aoake.
After Eat, Pray, Love: a flamboyant new novel by Elizabeth Gilbert
City of Girls is not a cautionary tale, but rather a celebration of what happens when women cease to be cautious.
Before the White House: Four stunning new images of Barack, Michelle & co
Today, longtime Time photographer Callie Shell releases a book of intimate images taken over more than a decade she spent photographing the Obamas.
Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending June 14
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.
The Friday Poem: ‘Massacre’ by Tusiata Avia
A new poem by acclaimed poet and performer Tusiata Avia.
Black exodus and white supremacy: a rediscovered 1962 novel, reviewed
Tom Augustine on the mythic satire of William Melvin Kelley’s A Different Drummer, written nearly 60 years ago and still too relevant.
How do you juggle writing and the day job? Surprising answers from NZ writers
A fledgling writer asks five of the best how they are striking a balance between work – as in, for proper money – and writing.
‘This year I’ll bank over $200k’: a NZ writer on actually making money
Last year prolific – and profitable – author Steff Green quit her day job to write full-time. She says it's time for the old school literati to drop the scorn and learn from those nailing self-publishing.
The Unity children’s bestseller chart for the month of May
What's the best way to get adults reading? Get them reading when they're children – and there's no better place to start than the Unity Children's Bestseller Chart.
