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In 1976 Shaun Davison joined a thriving community of over 100 at Mount St Mary’s Seminary, Hawkes Bay, most of whom were training to be Catholic priests. Just twelve years later the seminary closed…

Gorgeous, full-colour coffee-table book depicting scenes from Bishop Pompallier’s ministry in New Zealand (1838–1868).

“The tensions of betrayal fuel Dean Parker’s new play all the way, as a fascinating contrast to the relaxed sociable world of the New Zealand Legation in post-war Moscow, 1947.” – Linds…

A play about trying to find love, about hopes and dreams and disappointments, the twists of fate, coming to terms with life, old-age stuff … but as well, in the background, the drama of those…

Angie Farrow Short plays full of intensity and drama.

Angie Farrow Epic, disturbing and at times unnervingly funny, Despatch — a play for theatre — examines the relationship between responsibility and issues of global importance, forcing us to confront our complicity in events that seem beyond our control.

Angie Farrow Angie’s plays provide an inspiring model for communities to use performing arts for exploration and healing.

Ian Rockel With an Introduction by Ian Mune and artwork by Robyn Gibson, Ian Rockel ’s third collection of poems meditates on family and other intimate relationships. Early reviewers have commented that it contains what may come to be acknowledged as Ian’s finest work.

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A series of still lifes composed by writer Margaret Egan and photographer Bridgit Anderson to create a portrait of Margaret’s grandfather Cecil Wallace, a Kaikoura dentist, and his wife Stella. The…

Ian Rockel Introducing this new collection, renowned actor Ian Mune describes it as a journey through a dreamworld, fragile under threat of dissolution. But our journey becomes one of discovery, he says, leaving behind an old and dying home: “It may seem grim, but is actually a journey toward hope...

John Davidson John Davidson’s poems chart the journey of a lifetime, from early days in Lower Hutt to Karori and far beyond. 

Tom Weston A beautiful new collection of poetry from Tom Weston.

Dominic Hoey In an unflinching début novel, Dominic Hoey lays bare the reality of a generation trying to find their place in a city being reshaped beneath their feet.“… a compelling read … an important book by a talented writer with an important voice…"– Alex Behan, New Zealand ListenerAlso available as an eBook (ePub and Kindle formats).

The story of Te Rauparaha and his times continues to intrigue, provoke and inspire Māori and Pākehā alike.

Edited by Helen Viggers, Keriata Stuart and Philippa Howden-Chapman Small-scale distributed energy systems such as solar and batteries could reshape electricity use, and this book examines their promise, the barriers they face, real-world case studies, and what is needed to create a fair, resilient, future-proof energy system.

Geoff Bertram, Brett Christophers, Brian Easton, Max Harris, Jane Kelsey, Bill Mitchell, Jacqueline Paul, John Quiggin, Max Rashbrooke, Bill Rosenberg, Guy Standing, Chris and Richard Werry

Awake beneath the skyscape of the crumpled blue bedspread, I reach for your hand. Curled up in the o of now, we shake between before and after …

Nicholas Reid’s stunning second poetry collection. “Reid … is the opposite of a hard-bitten poet, for all his Larkinian disillusionment with the world and its ways. Scratch him and you’ll fin…

A substantial and rewarding collection, drawn from Leonard’s extensive body of work.

Peter Shadbolt Artefact (n): an object made by a human being, typically one of cultural or historical interest.Ventifact (n): a stone shaped by the erosive action of wind-blown sand. 

Belinda Diepenheim “Almanac, history, lament, proclamation. Poems that wear their green uniforms the way we did at school. Tuned to everything underneath them. Elegant as Chanel suits. Tough as." — Janet Charman

John Davidson’s second volume of poetry, influenced by his lifelong study of the history and culture of Greece.

Ruminative and acerbically direct poems from Dunstan Ward.