A tale of values, a clash of cultures, with life-or-death consequences.
In 1840's Aotearoa/New Zealand, this is the story of two yearnings: a Pakeha's hunger for land and a Maori chief's need to ..
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ALI SMITH
Katherine Mansfield's clear, sparkling and perceptive short stories revolutionized the genre, and this collection represents the whole range of her writing. Movi..
Havana, 1950. As the beautiful daughter of one of the wealthiest families in Cuba, Esmeralda knows the importance of marrying well. But when her father takes her on a business trip to London, she fall..
Gideon the Ninth meets Black Sun in this queer, Maori-inspired debut fantasy about a police officer who is murdered, brought back to life with a mysterious new power, and tasked with protecting her ci..
A novel about telling stories in a time of change.
What is the point of inventing stories when reality eclipses imagination?
A little way off in the future, during a time of plague and p..
A woman who braved public disgrace to expose a brutal marriage.
1838, England: When eighteen-year-old heiress Frances Dickinson impulsively marries Lieutenant John Geils, she soon discovers there..
Populist political parties are increasing their influence across the world. It couldn't happen in New Zealand, could it?
Journalist Grace Marks is investigating two unrelated stories - New Zealan..
Nothing in Stan Andino's unremarkable life could prepare him for the day he discovers his wife in the living room, naked except for a black apron, bleaching out a stain in the carpet that only she can..
'Eleven years have passed since that winter of 1986 when I put down my pen on the story of the woman who wore pearls in her hair, my grandmother the matriarch, Riripeti Mahana nee Pere, whom some call..
The Falcons have become the empire's enemy in THE DROWNING SEA, the unmissable sequel to THE BURNING LANDS
Romara Challys and her Falcons are Vestal Knights, who have shed blood to uphold t..
Toby Withers, a young man with epilepsy, leaves New Zealand after the death of his mother. While on board a ship to England, he meets Zoe, a middle-aged woman looking for a life of meaning and Pat, an..
The wild secrets of boyhood is where Lloyd Jones sets off in his first book of poetry; intoxicated with images, and invoking dream spaces where language is forever in play.
Lloyd Jones was seven ..
Another powerful, innovative and unique novel from the extraordinary author of the Man-Booker shortlisted Mr Pip.
Then she lifts the Fish up from the bassinet and holds him out to me.
'Go on..
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LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2013
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'Perkins is an extraordinary writer ... The Forrests is a novel to be savoured' - Daisy Goodwin, Sunday ..
Remi Victoire is the golden child among all the theatre orphans; he dreams of a life on a Paris stage. But when this future is stolen from him, Remi and his faithful friend Pascal turn their backs on ..
London 1838: The cast-out child of an aristocratic mother, Hannah 'Birdie' Bird is a laundry maid with a hidden past and a suspicion that the wealthy family she serves is hers.
Longing for beauty..
A page-turning, emotional story inspired by little known true events in WWII, this No. 1 bestselling novel is perfect for fans of Kelly Rimmer, Kristin Hannah, Kate Quinn and Natasha Lester.
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In this collection of thirty-three previously uncollected and mostly unpublished poems Peter Olds reflects frankly on some of his characteristic preoccupations: the imperfections of life and art; his ..
A moving story of isolation and mankind's connection with nature, perfect for fans of Emily St. John Mandel and Jon McGregor.
Sarah wakes up one morning feeling that something big, somethin..
1914, the waters of Whakaraupo ripple with tension of soldiers leaving for war…
Jean Fraser, a nurse at the Lyttelton Casualty Ward, and Kaito Nimura, an idealistic navy Lieutenant, meet by chance. ..
A land ballot was the means by which Fleur Adcock's grandparents, immigrants from Manchester during World War I, were able to bid for a piece of native bush on the slopes of Mount Pirongia in the Nort..
WHEN HER SECRET SURFACES, CAN HER FAMILY SURVIVE IT?
The tender, immersive and beautifully observed international bestseller, perfect for fans of Liane Moriarty, Marian Keyes and Carley F..
Kartik Popat breezes through his teenage years despite having no friends. He has no time
for his fellow Indians or immigrants. He wants to earn money, without doing any work. He
dreams of being a ..
'There was this large world of rolling time and shifting spaces, and that small, stilled world of horror and unease - they fit inside each other, a sphere within a sphere.' It is 1866, and Walter Mood..
Fleur Adcock began writing the poems in this book when she was 82. The two chief settings are New Zealand, with its multi-coloured seas, and Britain, seen in various decades. There are foreign travels..
The Mess We Made is an addictive will-they-won't-they debut love story about whether there can ever be a second chance for your first love.
Quin and Henry meet as kids and quickly become in..
Water will come and you think it will be soft. You think it will be smooth and find its way around your things: your houses and cars and furniture; your gardens and windows and hope. But water can be ..
In an age driven by desire, what happens when you want two different things?
Set in the pristine, precarious world of MoMA, The Modern is a brilliantly wry and insightful debut about art, sexu..
The WHO has identified a serious outbreak of Alta Stultitia, or, Deep Stupidity that may become a Pandemic. Coincidentally, Dimple Potts wins the seat of Peapod in Auckland, New Zealand. The PM hopes ..
Four thousand years ago - a group of bronze-age refugees flee the salt-mines of Hallstatt in Austria, escaping persecution and probable death. They make their way across Europe and Asia, surviving hun..
WINNER of the Ngaio Marsh Award for Best First Novel
'Funny, dark and above all, heart-warming, The Nancys is a celebration of what's important in life - which is family, friendship and also: ..
Carla, Sharon and Duey have worked in fashion for longer than they care to remember, for them, there's nothing new under the sun. They're Generation X: tired, cynical and sick of being used. Tommy, Ca..
A chilling new novel of psychological suspense from one of New Zealand's most multi-talented writers.
'When I last saw Ashleigh, she was lying in a pool of blood . . . Her eyes were open, staring..
A new enemies-to-lovers historical fantasy novel from the international bestselling author of the Dangerous Damsels series . . .
When a sighting of the presumed-extinct caladrius bird sends dozen..
James Garrett was
critically injured when he was shot following his parents' execution, and no
one expected him to waken from a deep, traumatic coma. When he does, nine years
later, Detective In..
Paris, 1939: Gazing out at the glittering skyline, Evelina clutches the letter from her love in shaking hands. "I know I do not deserve you, my darling, but I pray that you will change your mind. You ..
A milestone collection to celebrate a milestone event - 50 years publishing in NZ!
To celebrate 50 years of publishing in Aotearoa New Zealand, this anthology brings together 50 enthralling stori..
Past. Present. Future. In 1959 a schoolgirl is caught in the rivalry between two male teachers. In 1982 a New Zealander in her thirties is introduced to a snake in San Diego. In 2075 a government off..
In Emma Neale's first collection of short fiction, the tales range from the surreal to the real; from the true to the tall. This collection includes some of her internationally recognised flash fictio..
Prince of spin and life of the party, Baz King, is missing. Nine years ago, at an innocent summer barbecue in Melbourne, everything imploded. For the Kings and the four other young families there that..
Funny and moving, this novel subverts notions of 'man vs. wild' while showcasing women's strength and purpose, and the power of friendship and laughter. Loretta is a school librarian, who embarks on c..
And how could she go on living between two worlds, one she knew and understood but could no longer be in, and another that she was in but was not permitted to know? Pregnant after rape, seventeen-year..
A high-school sex scandal jolts a group of teenage girls into a new awareness of their own potency and power. The sudden and total publicity seems to turn every act into a performance, and every platf..
"I wrote most of what you read here in a blur, in a few months, on my phone. I wrote these poems while walking around town, and on a trip to Auckland. I wrote these poems in Hawke’s Bay too. I wrote t..