New Zealand

A story of two brothers, born and raised in the shadow of Taranaki Maunga, from major new literary talent and No. 1 bestselling author Airana Ngarewa.Kauri and Black's mum has been gone six months now. Their dad is...

This book will be for, and about, her. This book will be for mums and stepmums and mums with mental illnesses and mums without mums. This book will be for me. Everyone told Sinead that having a newborn...

A sweeping, captivating WWII story of enduring love and extraordinary bravery from the No. 1 bestselling author of The Girl from London. In 1942, a group of young women arrive in Cairo, Egypt. The Tuis, named after the beautiful...

Thea, a young woman crushed by guilt, flees to Central America to escape her life in New Zealand.In Guatemala, she meets the charismatic Chris and his partner, Sarah, and the three of them form a tight bond. While...

A hand-stitched seascape of words and images from an award-winning writer. I lay strips of pale peach cotton and cloud-printed cloth side by side.Each becomes a strange, asymmetric quilt block.Each block like a sentence, each sentence an island,...

A no-holds-barred account of what it was really like to cover some of the most dangerous and extraordinary moments in recent history 'If being a war correspondent can be addictive, this book might just leave you hooked. From...

Short, short stories, sometimes known as flash fiction or microfictions, are one of the trickiest forms to write. Create a resonant world in fewer than 300 words? Not so easy! In this collection of 100 stories, a range...

In the past we had always spent our summer holidays in remote places. That had always been my mother's preference. This year was different ...As the summer holiday stretches ahead, with her older sister more interested in boys,...

Two murders. Two decades apart.One chance to get justice.Hana Westerman has left Auckland and her career as a detective behind her. Settled in a quiet coastal town, all she wants is a fresh start.The discovery of a skeleton...

For almost 80 years, Landfall has been a dedicated space for writers, artists and reviewers in Aotearoa New Zealand. Published twice a year, each volume showcases two full-colour art portfolios and brims with vital new fiction, poetry, cultural commentary, reviews...

From #1 Best selling and award-winning author and illustrator of the Kuwi the Kiwi™ series, Kat Merewether. Following on from the hugely popular ‘Kuwi’s First Egg’, ‘Kuwi’s Huhu Hunt’ and ‘Kuwi’s Very Shiny Bum’ books. Kuwi’s Kitchen -...

In a sinisterly skewed version of England in 1979, thirteen-year-old triplets Vincent, Lawrence and William are the last remaining residents of a New Forest home, part of the government's Sycamore Scheme. Gradually surrendering its dark secrets, The Book...

It's not beautiful, not at all, when it's there in front of you, but writing transforms.Makereti stands at the foot of her mounga and pays careful attention to tohu. With her tupuna at her elbow she casts around...

The second captivating novel featuring intrepid heroine Tatty Crowe and the fascinating world of Sydney's Victorian funeral business, from bestselling historical fiction author Deborah Challinor. Sydney, 1871. Twenty-five-year-old widow Tatty Crowe is the owner of busy undertaking firm...

Tenacious Maori investigator Hana Westerman returns in this stunning new thriller from the award-winning author of Better the Blood.In the depths of the bleak New Zealand winter comes the rising of Matariki - a sacred constellation in Maori culture,...

Another case to solve for the number-one bestselling Bookshop Detectives. When we opened Sherlock Tomes people warned us that we'd made a terrible mistake. The one thing they didn't warn us about was the murders . . ....

The New Zealand Wars of 1845-72 were a series of bitter and bloody conflicts between Maori and Pakeha that extended from Wairau to the Bay of Islands, and from Taranaki to the East Cape. They are as important...

Certainly, there was an uneasiness to the place Certainly, I felt like we didn't belong there Clay Eaters traverses a network of fault lines diverging and converging at unexpected angles: a mysterious jungle island, military reconnaissance training, the...

Poetry by New Zealanders whose lives have been affected by neurological conditions Poetry can be brainy, and the brain is certainly very poetic.The Poetical Lobe Project is the first of its kind: a community poetry anthology bringing together...

Sue Michell grew up on an apple orchard in Nelson, New Zealand. After her first volunteering experience as a school-leaver in East Malaysia with VSA, she completed a secondary teacher’s degree, and later became an early childhood teacher...

When Marg and her husband, Norm, moved from their farm in Southland to run a menswear shop in central Queenstown, they found the two to be vastly different experiences. After all, the needs of customers were very different...

What would you do if your friend sank a coal ship in the interests of saving the planet? Are extreme actions acceptable in desperate times? Set in 2030 Christchurch, New Zealand, 'Threads of Connection' is a story about...

Maori Soldiers signing up for the First World War representing a formidable fighting force - Te Hokiwhitu a Tu, or the Seventy twice-told warriors of the war god, Tumatauenga. Prejudice kept the Maori Pioneer Battalion well back from...

Rt Hon Sir Geoffrey Palmer KC has had a rich and multifarious career in law and politics. A law professor before entering New Zealand politics as the MP for Christchurch Central in 1979, in Parliament he held the...