Review: David Sedaris on Duolingo streaks, pantaloons and pesky fact-checkersNotes from an evening with the beloved raconteur.By Liv Sisson | 4th February, 2025Commercial editor
A Te Tiriti reading (and watching and listening) guideHow well do you understand Te Tiriti o Waitangi? If you're feeling short on the basics, here are some places to start.By The Spinoff Review of Books | 4th February, 2025
A Portrait of My Mother: an excerpt from Bad Archive by Flora FelthamAn essay from The Spinoff readers' favourite nonfiction book of 2024 – now longlisted for this year's Ockham NZ Book Awards.By The Spinoff Review of Books | 1st February, 2025
The Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending January 31New year, new self-help sensation.By The Spinoff Review of Books | 31st January, 2025
It’s here! All the books longlisted for the 2025 Ockham New Zealand Book AwardsFour categories, 43 books, many thoughts and feelings. By The Spinoff Review of Books | 30th January, 2025
‘I threw the book across the room’: Tania Roxborogh’s Hunger Games furyThe award-winning children’s author on why she has a bone to pick with Suzanne Collins, her love of Shakespeare and what she's currently reading.By The Spinoff Review of Books | 29th January, 2025⚖️
The Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending January 24Rebecca Yarros' latest romantasy hit storms the charts. By The Spinoff Review of Books | 24th January, 2025⚖️
Why we’re not ready to extend the parliamentary termA four-year term must be out of the question – at least until accountability mechanisms are strengthened.By Brian Easton | 23rd January, 2025Guest writer
‘Annie has a pretty macabre streak’: Jenny Pattrick’s holiday with ProulxThe author of The Denniston Rose on her life in books, including a memorable week in Centennial, Wyoming.By The Spinoff Review of Books | 22nd January, 2025⚖️
One simple trick to conquer your reading goals: read shorter booksTen brilliant – and brilliantly short – books to kickstart the year.By Clara van Wel | 21st January, 2025Guest writer
Auckland’s secondhand bookshops, ranked and reviewedSeven of the best, most browsable secondhand bookshops Tāmaki Makaurau has to offer.By Shanti Mathias | 9th January, 2025Staff writer
Christchurch’s secondhand bookshops, ranked and reviewedFrom a carefully curated caravan to a sprawling barn of unsorted banana boxes, Ōtautahi has something for every book buyer.By Simon Palenski | 8th January, 2025Guest writer
The house that books builtMy family isn't perfect. But we were all raised as readers, and for that I'm more thankful to my parents than I say.By Lucy Black | 8th January, 2025Guest writer
Wellington’s secondhand bookshops, ranked and reviewedWhich shop is hardest to leave without a pile of hard-to-find paperbacks under your arm?By Claire Mabey | 7th January, 2025Books editor
Dunedin’s secondhand bookshops, ranked and reviewedThe best places in Ōtepoti to pick up everything from medical romance novels to rare first edition hardbacks.By Hera Lindsay Bird | 6th January, 2025Contributing writer
The most miserable and fucked-up children’s authors, ratedYou don’t have to live a haunting life of unparalleled grief and sorrow to be a great children’s author, but it helps.By Hera Lindsay Bird | 5th January, 2025Contributing writer
Page-turning rural gothic: Ash by Louise Wallace, reviewedA strong contender for the best book of 2024. By Claire Mabey | 3rd January, 2025Books editor
The half-a-million-dollar decision that still haunts the book industry Narrative Muse was awarded $500,000 to boost sales of New Zealand books. It has reportedly had little, if any, impact. What went wrong?By Claire Mabey | 2nd January, 2025Books editor
In defence of Sally Rooney’s skinny protagonistsIf you want to read a book that makes you feel good about your body, I beg you to look elsewhere.By Hera Lindsay Bird | 29th December, 2024Contributing writer
The beginning of a bookClaire Mabey’s early brush with evangelical Christianity sparked a life’s fascination with the power of stories – and the fuel to write her own.By Claire Mabey | 28th December, 2024Books editor
