a - wake - (e)nd by Audrey Brown-Pereira
Category: Best Poetry Books
What does it mean to be a good Pacific woman? Audrey doesn’t care. In her third collection a - wake - (e)nd, acclaimed poet Audrey Brown-Pereira turns a lens to her own life, transforming a mid-life crisis into opportunity. Set against an unkind pandemic, a Pacific evolving revolving, and a deteriorati ...Show more
Āria by Jessica Hinerangi
Category: Best Poetry Books
Where is my tongue? On display, a trophy of war. Where is my tikanga? Kept in the basement. Where is my mana? Locked in the museum. And where are my whanau? Scattered like dandelion seeds, from the grating city, to the harnessed horizon. Drawing moko kauae on Barbies. Reading Ranginui Walker in rahui. S ...Show more
Ithaca by Alie Benge
Category: Best Non Fiction
From returning to Ethiopia to find it wasn’t as her memory had left it, to the Australian Army and Bible school, and culminating in an 800-kilometre trek through the Camino, Alie Benge writes of searching and longing for a sense of place – whatever that may be. 'If home is love, can you have a home and ...Show more
The Day the Costumes Stuck by Toby Morris
Category: Picture Books
A delightfully quirky tale that will stimulate the imagination, and will leave a fun and lasting impression on children. Filled with striking and colourful illustrations by Toby Morris, this book will bring a smile to adults and children alike. The moral of the story that 'everyone has a role to play' i ...Show more
Commune: Chasing a utopian dream in Aotearoa by Olive Jones
Category: Best Non Fiction
In 1979, teenager Olive Jones was one of a group of hippies, idealists, and subsistence farmers that set up an alternative community on a farm in the Motueka Valley near Nelson. Influenced by the countercultural movement sweeping the country during the 1970s and 80s, they were part of a widespread inter ...Show more
The South Island of New Zealand from the Road by Robin Morrison (Photographer)
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In 1979 the photographer Robin Morrison and his family spent seven months onthe road in the South Island, where Morrison photographed people and places. Theresulting book was published in 1981 by Alister Taylor and became an overnightsuccess. Alas, conflict between Taylor and the printer, and the later ...Show more