Features and Interviews

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


Time Out Books: NZ Bestsellers

For the week ending 15 May 2022

16/05/2022

For the week ending 15 May 2022


Time Out Books: NZ Bestsellers

For the week ending 9 May 2022

09/05/2022

For the week ending 9 May 2022


Ockhams Round Table 2022

 ‘A tiny speck in the void’: the finalists for this year’s Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction discuss point of view, bit-parts, politics and plots.

03/05/2022

 ‘A tiny speck in the void’: the finalists for this year’s Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction discuss point of view, bit-parts, politics and plots.


Time Out Books: NZ Bestsellers

For the week ending 1 May 2022

02/05/2022

For the week ending 1 May 2022


Time Out Books: NZ Bestsellers

For the week ending 24 April 2022

26/04/2022

For the week ending 24 April 2022


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