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…
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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…
New Zealand Book Month event with Kate De Goldi, Emily Perkins and Lloyd Jones
Join us to celebrate NZ Book Month as Kate De Goldi, Emily Perkins and Lloyd Jones each discuss two favourite NZ books. All welcome Kate De Goldi: http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/writers/degoldikate.html Emily Perkins:…
Launch Update: Other Animals by Therese Lloyd
Last Thursday we celebrated the launch of Other Animals, an exciting debut poetry collection from Therese Lloyd, a graduate of the International Institute of Modern Letters and winner of…
BOOK LAUNCH: Other Animals by Therese Lloyd
How are we to survive our own lives? Therese Lloyd’s poems create a lyrical pathway through the thorny and singular questions of our time. And there, among so much that…
Sydney Bridge Upside Down by David Ballantyne
‘There’ll always be accidents with you around.’ This sinister wee tale is mostly about the struggle of Harry Baird from Calliope Bay to save his pretty cousin Caroline from the…
‘On First Looking Into Chapman’s Homer’ by Michael Parekowhai
To say that Michael Parekowhai’s artwork explores what it means to be a New Zealander is an exercise in reductionism. His touch – playful, deep, curious and personal – reveals a…
Summer 2012 – Newsletter #47
Welcome, dear reader. Welcome to the Unity Books Summer newsletter. Jam-packed with bibliophile-worthy titles, there’s plenty of choice to ensure you have the most thrilling bookstack this summer. This online…
Copendium: An Expedition into the Rock’n’Roll Underworld by Julian Cope
Copendium: An Expedition into the Rock’n’Roll Underworld Julian Cope, Faber & Faber ($75) Click here to listen to Kiran’s review on 95bFM’s Morning Glory show. This firecracker of a book…
The Auckland University Press Anthology of New Zealand Literature
The Auckland University Press Anthology of New Zealand Literature Edited by Jane Stafford & Mark Williams, Auckland University Press ($75) Click here to listen to Kiran’s review on 95bFM’s Morning…
