‘The spaceship of our ancestors’
Gina Cole on writing Pasifikafuturism and discovering a ‘galaxy of islands’
01/06/2023
Gina Cole on writing Pasifikafuturism and discovering a ‘galaxy of islands’
Features and Interviews
Second-Best Sellers
Catherine Robertson on commercial fiction.
25/05/2023
Catherine Robertson on commercial fiction.
Ockham NZ Book Awards 2023: Spreading the Wealth
Tom Moody on the winners, surprises and new waves.
19/05/2023
Tom Moody on the winners, surprises and new waves.
Ockham New Zealand Book Awards: Fiction Round Table 2023
‘What good is this story?’
04/05/2023
‘What good is this story?’
C.K. Stead on the attempted murder of D’Arcy Cresswell
‘I heard a lot about this story from Frank Sargeson’
20/04/2023
‘I heard a lot about this story from Frank Sargeson’
The dark art of reviewing books: new voices and a new site.
Paula Morris asks the writing mentors of the new Aotearoa NZ Review of Books what they really, really want.
22/03/2023
Paula Morris asks the writing mentors of the new Aotearoa NZ Review of Books what they really, really want.
‘The courage to say it out loud’: Pasifika in the spotlight
Tusiata Avia and the Pasifika Festival take centre stage.
17/03/2023
Tusiata Avia and the Pasifika Festival take centre stage.
The 2023 Ockhams Finalists
Who's in - and how you can read extracts
16/03/2023
Who’s in – and how you can read extracts
International Women’s Day:
Writers Celebrate Writers
07/03/2023
Writers Celebrate Writers
Writers’ Round Table on Japan
‘Outside Person’: Four writers navigate Japan
01/03/2023
‘Outside Person’: Four writers navigate Japan
Best First Books
‘Validation is a funny beast’: writers on their first books – and first awards.
23/02/2023
‘Validation is a funny beast’: writers on their first books – and first awards.
The Interview: Fiona Farrell
'I’m not really interested in trying to re-create the past.'
17/02/2023
‘I’m not really interested in trying to re-create the past.’
‘The Award Changes Everything’
Stephanie Johnson and James Norcliffe on this year’s Prime Minister Literary Awards.
23/12/2022
Stephanie Johnson and James Norcliffe on this year’s Prime Minister Literary Awards.
Reading Dangerously
David Eggleton on the books he read in 2022
21/12/2022
David Eggleton on the books he read in 2022
Messages from God
Philip Temple on the books he read in 2022
15/12/2022
Philip Temple on the books he read in 2022
The idiocy of the powerful
Brannavan Gnanalingam on the books he read in 2022
13/12/2022
Brannavan Gnanalingam on the books he read in 2022
Crazy, Sexy, Cool
Maggie Rainey-Smith on the books she read in 2022
12/12/2022
Maggie Rainey-Smith on the books she read in 2022
Baring our fangs
Bryan Walpert on the books he read in 2022
09/12/2022
Bryan Walpert on the books he read in 2022
The stories they brought us
Fiona Kidman on the books she read in 2022
01/12/2022
Fiona Kidman on the books she read in 2022
Time Out Books: NZ Bestsellers
For the month of July 2022
03/08/2022
For the month of July 2022
Time Out Books: NZ Bestsellers
For the month of June 2022
04/07/2022
For the month of June 2022
Time Out Books: NZ Bestsellers
For the week ending 5 June 2022
07/06/2022
For the week ending 5 June 2022
Time Out Books: NZ Bestsellers
For the week ending 29 May 2022
30/05/2022
For the week ending 29 May 2022
Time Out Books: NZ Bestsellers
For the week ending 22 May 2022
23/05/2022
For the week ending 22 May 2022
'I felt energised by the freedom of 'making things up’' - Maxine Alterio