The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
The Perks of Being a Wallflower Stephen Chbosky, Pocket Books ($28) Stephen Chbosky’s Perks of Being a Wallflower is a book as startling as it is affecting. It‘s the story…
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I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen
I Want My Hat Back Jon Klassen, Walker Books, $19 Sometimes when I really love a book, I like to read the negative reviews on Amazon, which usually only serve…
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
When You Reach Me Rebecca Stead, Text Publishing, $21 When You Reach Me (recent winner of the Newberry Medal) is a cross genre children’s book set in New York in…
The Book of Everything by Guus Kuijer
The Book of Everything Guus Kuijer, Allen & Unwin $22 The Book of Everything is the story of Thomas growing up in post-war Amsterdam in a strict religious household. This…
Wake Of Forgiveness by Bruce Machart
Wake Of Forgiveness Bruce Machart, Houghton Mifflin $30 On a moonless Texas night in 1895, an ambitious young landowner suffers the loss of “the only woman he’s ever been fond…
Are You My Mother? by Alison Bechdel
Are You My Mother? Alison Bechdel, Jonathan Cape ($40) I reviewed this book at the Rainbow Wellington Book Review evening late last year, and since then I have spoken with…
The Invisible Rider by Kirsten McDougall
The Invisible Rider Kirsten McDougall, Victoria University Press ($30) The Invisible Rider is a novel about a lawyer, father and husband residing docilely in his local community who begins to…
Washday at the Pa by Ans Westra & Mark Amery
Washday at the Pa Ans Westra & Mark Amery, Suite Publishing ($25) Washday at the Pa is a central text of New Zealand photographic history and one whose reputation has…
Mad On Radium: New Zealand in the Atomic Age by Rebecca Priestley
Mad On Radium: New Zealand in the Atomic Age Rebecca Priestley, Auckland University Press ($45) Recorded history has a peculiar inertia. Its status as a record often makes it seem…
Field Punishment No. 1: Archibald Baxter, Mark Briggs & New Zealand’s Anti-Militarist Tradition by David Grant & Bob Kerr
Field Punishment No. 1: Archibald Baxter, Mark Briggs & New Zealand’s Anti-Militarist Tradition David Grant & Bob Kerr, Steele Roberts ($35) Sometimes the stories we hear most often are those…
