A carefully exclusionary art history: Sight Lines by Kirsty Baker, reviewedThe first book in almost 40 years on women and art in Aotearoa is hefty, but considered.By Gabi Lardies | 17th August, 2024Staff writer
The Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending August 16New New Zealand releases join some familiar faces. By The Spinoff Review of Books | 16th August, 2024
The Friday Poem: ‘Hello I am your safety’ by Chris PriceA new poem by Chris Price.By Chris Price | 16th August, 2024
Live updates from the 2024 NZ Book Awards for Children and Young AdultsThe book awards for children and young adults live from Pipitea Marae in Wellington.By Claire Mabey | 14th August, 2024
Why so many women get screwed in divorceHow to avoid ‘the motherhood penalty’ and other advice from a new book about breaking up.By The Spinoff Review of Books | 14th August, 2024
The New Zealand allegations at the centre of a Neil Gaiman podcast investigationA report on the facts presented in the podcast that is investigating the allegations against author Neil Gaiman. By Claire Mabey | 14th August, 2024Books editor
Dolphin Princess: an excerpt from Whaea Blue by Talia MarshallA glimpse at one of the most anticipated books of the year.By The Spinoff Review of Books | 13th August, 2024⚖️
What it’s really like to be a romance writer'I’m a pretty capable, intelligent person, but I swear I have not felt so much at sea since sixth form maths. Which I failed.'By Catherine Robertson | 10th August, 2024Guest writer
How to read a poem: Rolling Moon by The ChillsA close read of the late, great Martin Phillipps’ lyrics.By Claire Mabey | 10th August, 2024Books editor
The Friday Poem: ‘Rūaumoko’ by Megan ClaytonA new poem by Megan Clayton.By Megan Clayton | 9th August, 2024Guest writer
The Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending August 9Featuring well-known author Keanu Reeves.By The Spinoff Review of Books | 9th August, 2024⚖️
‘I used to really like reading in trees’: Nell Fisher on her favourite booksThe star of Bookworm on loveable liars, unreliable narrators and other joys of reading. By The Spinoff Review of Books | 7th August, 2024⚖️
The Topp Twins and tears: a report from the Aotearoa Book Industry AwardsA dispatch from The Crowne Plaza, where the country's book professionals gathered to celebrate their wins.By Claire Mabey | 5th August, 2024Books editor
‘Funny, refreshing, and courageous’: Shilo Kino’s All That We Know, reviewedThe new novel from the author of Pōrangi Boy is about what we inherit – both the trauma and the taonga.By Natasha Lampard | 3rd August, 2024Guest writer
Sweet dreams, Sweet Valley High'Jessica and Elizabeth Wakefield are our failed goddesses. The women we never became.'By Megan Dunn | 3rd August, 2024Guest writer
The Friday Poem: ‘Good Days’ by Jonny Mahon-HeapA new poem by Jonny Mahon-Heap.By Jonny Mahon-Heap | 2nd August, 2024Guest writer
The Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending August 2A detective novel by a pair of beloved New Zealand booksellers hoons into the charts to cure us all of the winter blues.By The Spinoff Review of Books | 2nd August, 2024⚖️
‘Photography is alluringly dangerous’: how these subdivision photos are also about lossFor several years Howard Greive photographed the development of a coastal subdivision in Aotearoa. His book sub-division is both a document and response.By Mary Macpherson | 2nd August, 2024Guest writer
The House Within: the new documentary about Dame Fiona Kidman, reviewedA new documentary shines a light on one of our great literary trailblazers.By Claire Mabey | 1st August, 2024Books editor
‘Magic from beginning to end’: The Mires by Tina Makereti, reviewedTina Makereti's latest novel propels us into an all-too-relatable world of catastrophic challenges to both our environment and our social connections.By H-J Kilkelly | 31st July, 2024Guest writer