Coffin Confessor’s book: Proof the final word can really be a grave matter
Bill Edgar bares all, outlining his work ambushing funerals on behalf of the departed.
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Take me to the river: Water scientist Mike Joy’s compelling memoir
Renowned environmental activist's life laid out in smartly written memoir.
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Debut Kiwi novel touches on complicated relationships, mental health and healing
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NZ’s women artists - notable, obscure and on fringes - celebrated in new essay collection.
J.P Pomare’s thriller echoes some of NZ’s most infamous crimes
A murder case explores biases and blind spots in the justice system.
Money and misfortune in darkly funny, finely woven Long Island Compromise
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Contemplative history of fascination with numbers isn’t just for math nerds
You don’t need to be good with numbers to enjoy this engrossing dip into counting.
Memory’s dark trickery in The Last Trace blurs reality and truth
Aussie environment and people to the fore in “Strine” thriller about darkness of memory.
US author Kirsten Miller: ‘Every banned book is a freedom denied’
Book takes: Information isn't just power, it's freedom too.
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Three engrossing thrillers offer action, provocative stories and evil deeds aplenty.
Flora Feltham walked tenderly among the dead to craft debut essay collection
Compassionate essay collection seeks to build meaning from astute observations.
Film-maker and actor Jordan Prosser delivers a sharply written first novel
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NZ author J.P. Pomare: ‘There are some absolute ghouls in the true crime podcast space’
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Have we got LSD all wrong?
Spirited new history of the psychedelic age suggests benefits have been overlooked.
Why did James Cook make his fateful and final voyage to the Pacific?
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The Bigger Picture: Tolkien classic marks major anniversary
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Jenny Erpenbeck's Kairos is a masterful mix of personal and political drama
Love before and after the fall of the Berlin Wall backdrops powerful novel.
Secrets and suspense in US writer Liz Moore’s new novel
A child goes missing years after her siblings in this rollercoaster thriller.
The fascinating story of how lines on the map came to be where they are today
You could call this a travel book, but it travels through time as well as place.
French author’s tough epic exposes the brutality of intergenerational violence
Jean-Baptiste Del Amo casts a powerful spell in The Son of Man.
Award-winning YA writer Shilo Kino explores Māori activism in first adult novel
Shilo Kino’s uncompromising protagonist is balanced by delightful secondary characters.
Colour me wild: Picture books for our youngest readers
Ann Packer checks out the latest reads for children.