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The Aotearoa New Zealand Review of Books publishes long-form reviews of local fiction, nonfiction and poetry.
An accomplished debut novel that is mystery, travelogue and a 'meditation on letting go of the past' - Di Starrenburg reviews THE STARS ARE A MILLION GLITTERING WORLDS by Gina Butson @AllenAndUnwinNZ @tepoumuramura @NZSocAuthors @BooksellersNZ nzreviewofbooks.com/the-stars-are-…
A writer 'at the top of his game' interrogates a case of sex, drugs and (maybe) murder - Philip Matthews reviews POLKINGHORNE: Inside the Trial of the Century by Steve Braunias @AllenAndUnwinNZ @tepoumuramura @NZSocAuthors @SteveBraunias @secondzeit nzreviewofbooks.com/polkinghorne-i…
A superb 'anthology of changes in taste and style' over a century of applied arts - Hamish Coney reviews TOWARDS MODERNISM: The Walter Cook Collection at Te Papa by Justine Olsen. Full review at: nzreviewofbooks.com/towards-modern… @Te_Papa @tepoumuramura @NZSocAuthors @BooksellersNZ
A lyrical novel imagines Marie Curie in Miramar, in an 'age of discovery and marvels' - @pjkmorris reviews WONDERLAND by Tracy Farr @cubapress @hissingswan @tepoumuramura @NZSocAuthors @BooksellersNZ nzreviewofbooks.com/wonderland-by-…
After a catastrophic tsunami, a small community fights to survive and evolve - Rachel O'Connor reviews SEA CHANGE by Jenny Pattrick @BatemanBooks @tepoumuramura @NZSocAuthors @BooksellersNZ nzreviewofbooks.com/sea-change-by-…
A novel where 'no-one is watching the kids' - @KasmaraAng reviews 1985 by Dominic Hoey @PenguinBooks_NZ @tepoumuramura @NZSocAuthors @BooksellersNZ nzreviewofbooks.com/1985-2/
'Will this book change the minds of the crazies?' - Philip Mathews reviews A DIFFERENT KIND OF POWER by Jacinda Ardern @PenguinBooks_NZ @jacindaardern @tepoumuramura @NZSocAuthors @BooksellersNZ nzreviewofbooks.com/a-different-ki…
A 'beautiful, clever and tender book' that maps the 'geographies of memories' - Joanna Cho reviews CLAY EATERS by Gregory Kan @AUPBooks @tepoumuramura @NZSocAuthors @BooksellersNZ nzreviewofbooks.com/clay-eaters-by…
An essay collection exploring Māori culture, literature, personal paradoxes and the 'constant argument about place' - Kelly Ana Morey reviews THIS COMPULSION IN US by Tina Makereti @thwupbooks @tepoumuramura @NZSocAuthors @BooksellersNZ nzreviewofbooks.com/this-compulsio…
The post-war world as a 'truly lonely place' for a POW - @GuySomerset2 reviews THE DARK DAD by Mary Kisler @masseyunipress @tepoumuramura @NZSocAuthors @BooksellersNZ nzreviewofbooks.com/the-dark-dad-b…
An alternate history 'that not only entertains but acts as a warning' - Stephanie Johnson reviews THE BOOK OF GUILT by Catherine Chidgey @thwupbooks @CathChidgey @tepoumuramura @NZSocAuthors @BooksellersNZ nzreviewofbooks.com/the-book-of-gu…
A 'compulsively readable' debut story collection - Di Starrenburg reviews SURPLUS WOMEN by Michelle Duff @thwupbooks @tepoumuramura @NZSocAuthors @BooksellersNZ nzreviewofbooks.com/surplus-women-…
Poetry exploring grief and desire offers a 'deeply sensuous experience' - @sophrosevw reviews THE INTIMACY BUS by Janet Charman. Read the full review at: nzreviewofbooks.com/the-intimacy-b… @OtagoUniPress @tepoumuramura @NZSocAuthors @BooksellersNZ
A 'twisting psychological thriller' about the rich and infamous in a 'ridiculously entertaining' debut - Rebecca Hill reviews SEE HOW THEY FALL by Rachel Paris @HachetteNZ @tepoumuramura @NZSocAuthors @BooksellersNZ nzreviewofbooks.com/see-how-they-f…
The boyhood stories of an artist of 'febrile imagination' - Stephanie Johnson reviews HASTINGS: A BOY'S OWN ADVENTURE by Dick Frizzell @masseyunipress @tepoumuramura @NZSocAuthors @BooksellersNZ nzreviewofbooks.com/hastings-a-boy…
A portrait of 'one of our greatest painters' who 'wanted to find a new visual language for what it meant to live in the Pacific' - Hamish Coney reviews TONY FOMISON: LIFE OF THE ARTIST by Mark Forman @AUPBooks @tepoumuramura @NZSocAuthors @BooksellersNZ nzreviewofbooks.com/tony-fomison-l…
'Precision and provocation' in a debut collection that earns its place in a 'bold Pasifika poetry canon' - Ruby Macomber reviews BLACK SUGARCANE by Nafanua Purcell Kersel @thwupbooks @tepoumuramura @NZSocAuthors @BooksellersNZ nzreviewofbooks.com/black-sugarcan…
