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The Book of Guilt
The Book of Guilt by Catherine Chidgey. THWUP (2025). RRP: $38. PB, 400pp. ISBN: 9781776922246. Reviewed by Erica Stretton. Catherine Chidgey’s ninth novel, The Book of Guilt, was released in May and has already received strong reviews both in Aotearoa and abroad. Adding to the discourse around one of our most acclaimed authors—twice winner of…
Slowing the Sun
Slowing the Sun by Nadine Hura. Bridget Williams Books (2025). RRP: $40. PB, 240 pp. ISBN: 978199130169. Reviewed by Māia Te Whetū. Nadine Hura’s Slowing the Sun is the kind of book you have to put down for a few days once you realise you’re nearing its end, when the pinch of pages between the…
Overseas Experience
Overseas Experience by Nicola Andrews. Āporo Press (2025). RRP: $30. PB, 92 pp. ISBN: 9780473745677. Reviewed by Melissa Oliver. It can sometimes be hard, when a work of art holds a light up to your deep insecurities, to look at it objectively. But in Overseas Experience, Nicola Andrews takes your hand and doesn’t let go…
Oceans Between Us: Pacific Peoples and Racism in Aotearoa
Oceans Between Us: Pacific Peoples and Racism in Aotearoa edited by Sereana Naepi. AUP (2025). RRP: $40. PB, 272pp. ISBN 9781776711253. Reviewed by Tracey Sharp. We know the statistics. Pacific peoples in Aotearoa consistently rank lower than non-Pacific populations across nearly every measure—health, wealth, home ownership, longevity, educational attainment, and wellbeing—and higher in incarceration rates.…
Joss: A History
Joss: A History by Grace Yee. Giramondo Publishing (2025). RRP: $33. PB, 96pp. ISBN: 9781923106314. Reviewed by Cybonn Ang. Following the success of her multi award-winning debut, Chinese Fish—a novel-in-verse exploring the struggles of a Chinese immigrant family in Aotearoa New Zealand—author Grace Yee once again dips her pen into the marvelous well of antipodean…