Review

Books editor Catherine Woulfe reviews Grand, a story of mothers and daughters and shame. 

A game as delightfully assured and well-rounded as this deserves to be a massive hit.

The climax of the series happens at a launch for fake tan.

Junior binge-watcher Hazel gives her verdict on some of Aotearoa's newest shows for kids.

We review Dressed, a book about gorgeous gowns and purses that's also, really, about people.

New Zealand's Got Talent? We do, but this show isn't that. It's so much more.

We review a book of short, resonant stories by Cook Islands New Zealander Maria Samuela.

For Afghan-New Zealander Abbas Nazari, the new Pax Assadi comedy stirs memories of his own family life in the early 2000s.

Sony’s new exclusive makes an early play for game of the year.

We're fascinated by men who murder, especially the wildly narcissistic ones. This book says: refuse to be dazzled.

Bonus content: a very good poem about a house that Jack built.

Kurangaituku, the bird-woman, shows essa may ranapiri a new way to stand tall.

Quite possibly the last essay by Stephen Stratford, the author, editor and critic who died in November.

A new book fleshes out a high-stakes secret military operation.

New Zealand women – and doctors – are told enragingly little about menopause. Two new books are out to change that.