"The Nightmare Sequence is a searing response to the atrocities in Gaza and beyond since October 2023. Heartbreaking and humane, it is a necessary portrait of the violence committed by Israel and its Western allies. Through poetry and visual art, Omar Sakr and...

"Two breakout plays by an Iranian-American playwright that examine the human costs of migration, both for those who leave their home country and for those who stay. Sanaz Toossi's English is a comic and empathetic play about a group of Iranian students taking...

"Favourite poems from some of the most popular poets in the English language mingle with those that may be lesser known but are no less compelling. Women Romantic poets take their rightful place in the line-up. 'All good poetry is the spontaneous poetry of...

"From the organizers of the Palestine Festival of Literature, this anthology of essays connects Palestinian resistance with global freedom struggles against settler colonialism and calls on us to think more concretely about the practice of solidarity. The...

"One of New Zealand's most acclaimed and widely read contemporary poets, Brian Turner was a proud southerner, and the landscapes and skyscapes of the central South Island are among the strongest characteristics of his work. His themes range widely and make ...

"In these engaging and erudite essays, critically acclaimed writer Julian Barnes explores what is involved when we change our minds: about words, about politics, about books, about memories, about age and time"--Publisher's description.

"The Companion to Volcanology is not a field guide to volcanoes. But tectonic shifts are present in Brent Kininmont’s second book of poetry, and so are companions. The child, for instance, carried up a mountain in the titular opening poem, and companions alive...

"John McGahern is consistently hailed as one of the finest Irish writers since James Joyce and Samuel Beckett. Those with whom McGahern corresponded include family, friends and literary luminaries such as Seamus Heaney, Colm Tóibín, Paul Muldoon, Ian Hamilton...

"This beautifully illustrated book charts the life of one of the world's most beloved authors through the letters, objects, and manuscripts that shaped her life. Published in partnership with the curators of Jane Austen's House, the enchanting Hampshire...

"For acclaimed writer and environmental activist Rick Bass, it can be wearying to dwell relentlessly upon the broken, the fragmented, the dead and dying and doomed to extinction. Activism is a necessary part of the environmental movement, but so is the...

"Gareth L. Powell would be the first to tell you that he doesn't know everything about being a writer, or about getting published, or about life when your work is on a bookshelf. But his field-guide to publishing, About Writing, is absolutely here to help...

"Fanny Price, in Mansfield Park, tells her persistent suitor that 'we have all a better guide in ourselves...than any other person can be'. Sometimes, however, we crave external guidance: and when this happens we could do worse than seek it in Jane Austen's...

"See Dickens as never before in this creative biography, which delves into his novels, journalistic essays and letters to reveal his strange, hilarious but obsessive personal character and the audacity of a mind that set out, as he said, to rearrange the...

In Mad Diva, poet Cadence Chung takes us wheeling and diving through a scintillating whirl of ideas, experiences and imagery. Operatic in scale, by turns lush and spare, Mad Diva is a high-wire performance from an extraordinary emerging talent. This...

"A fascinating insight into the life of one of Jane Austen through the biographies of objects that crossed her path in life and afterward. Among objects described in this book are a teenage notebook, a muslin shawl, a wallpaper fragment, a tea caddy, the...

""Imparting some piece of yourself--any part--is arduous and warrants some kind of commendation," writes guest editor Wesley Morris in his introduction. Both personal and personable, the essayists in this volume use their own vulnerability to guide readers on...

"The settings are simple - a kitchen, a bedroom, a party - but the relationships between the husbands and wives are more complicated. Fraught relationships are exposed with humour, bathos and a sharp understanding of human nature.."--www.Amazon.com.

A debut NZ poetry collection from newly published ipad poet, Paula Allen. Succinct, stylish writing conjures rural NZ, the joy of gardening and life's celebrations. There is quiet acceptance of life's ultimate finality, of sorrow and a ready self deprecation. ...

"A slim volume of verse, like a bicycle, offers us fresh and joyful and sometimes troubling ways of seeing the world"--Back cover.

"David Gregory writes about the shifting, mutable, post-truth world, where an opinion is more valid than a demonstrable fact, where our recollections – seemingly as clear as photographs – may be just redacted and damaged files. But there is a place where the...

"Covering subjects from gangs and government to bunkers and cannibalism, 'A Short History of the Apocalypse' is a journey into our impending and doomed future. Guided by Alonso Lamp, a traveller in time, who has returned from the late 21st century to impart to...

"When Brian Doyle passed away at the age of sixty after a bout with brain cancer, he left behind a cult-like following of devoted readers who regard his writing as one of the best-kept secrets of the twenty-first century. Doyle writes with a delightful sense...

"Homer's two epics of the ancient world, The Iliad and The Odyssey, tell stories as riveting today as when they were written between the eighth and ninth century B.C. This edition employs Samuel Butler's classic translations of both texts. The Iliad, which...

Poems In Retrospect / A Selection, 'presents a diverse range of philosophic, contemplative, and metaphysical work published over a span of five decades. Here are poems of heightened imagery, perceptual depth, and assured technical proficiency by 'a master of...

"TikTok sensation Katie Kennedy, aka @TheHistoryGossip, serves up a delicious blend of fascinating, witty and salacious history tea for every day of the year. With infectious wit and historical insight, The History Gossip brings you the mad, bad and dangerous...

"The life and times of Dante's soaring poetic allegory of the soul's redemptive journey toward God. Written during his exile from Florence in the early 1300s, Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy describes the poet's travels through hell, purgatory, and paradise,...

"A legendary editor's survey of the twentieth-century novel and how it shaped the fiction of the future. For more than two decades, Edwin Frank has introduced readers to forgotten or overlooked texts as director of the acclaimed publisher New York Review...

"An autobiographical standalone poetry collection that follows a woman who—through heartbreak, bottles of rosé, & the general messiness of life—felt like she completely lost who she was. each bitesize poem shines a light on where she’s been & how she’s managed...

"This anthology is bsed on the 12 Ezines (electronic magazines) produced during 2022 and 2023 - a time when the effects of COVID19 still continued and cyclones and flooding brought destruction and misery. The poems in this anthology reflect how poets reacted....

"Kate Camp’s poetry has been described by readers as fearless, affable and ‘containing a surprising radicalism and power’. In her new collection, she is ever alert to the stories unfolding all around us and inside our own bodies. As she is striding away from...

"Perhaps the good things that come to those who wait are the leftovers of those who have already waited. In her debut collection, Amy Marguerite explores the peculiar loveliness and specific loneliness of the human condition. Writing from experiences with...

"Clay Eaters traverses a network of fault lines diverging and converging at unexpected angles: a mysterious jungle island, military reconnaissance training, the spirits in the trees and abandoned temples, old family homes, the echoes across rooms, the dining...

"The sixth book in the remarkable korero series, edited by Lloyd Jones, features Jan Medlicott Acorn Fiction Prize winner Whiti Hereaka and the acclaimed artist Peata Larkin, cousins who share the same whakapapa, in a collaboration based on the Fibonacci...

"In his highly anticipated second collection, Chen Chen continues his investigation of family, both blood and chosen, examining what one inherits and what one invents, as a queer Asian American living through an era of Trump, mass shootings, and the COVID-19...

"A collection of writings by Indigenous wahine is a powerful anthology of writing by Maori and Pacific women, offering a fresh, raw, and deeply personal tribute to Papatuanuku, the Earth Mother. Through these stories, poems, and reflections, the contributors...

"n The Intimacy Bus, award-winning poet Janet Charman reckons with some of life’s heaviest traffic: bereavement, grief, ageing, loneliness, gender, sexual identity, power and inequality. Along the way, the collection gathers up encounters with friends and...

"This book presents a range of perspectives on the way language, diversity, and identity are reflected in New Zealand children's literature, based on the published research of Nicola Daly, an associate professor in the Division of Education of the University...

"Symphony of Queer Errands is a delightfully irreverent long-form narrative poem / concept album / queer masterwork from acclaimed artist, writer and filmmaker Rachel O'Neill. Following a charming but awkward composer as they strive to create the titular...

"Political and personal, satirical and farcial, true and fantastic, this hilarious new Allan Coren collection provides exactly the sort of commentary our lunatic times deserve. And need: for if we cannot make sense of the escalating insanity that daily leaves...

"Six years after Michael, I Thought You Were Dead, Michael Fitzsimons continues to be surprised by being alive and the way ordinary of things are extraordinary because he's still here to see them. There's the intimate world of his hillside home with Rose...

"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 these poems and heard the music that had inspired many of...

In the pages of Halfway to Everywhere the giant's wife gets a voice at last, the apple in the garden of Eden is reduced to a distraction and the wolf paints Red Riding Hood's nails with Coral Fantasy. These are legends on repeat, fairy tales in revision and...

"Peter Rawnsley writes of movement even as his own world becomes increasingly still. He is acutely aware of the natural world around him - its softness and light as well as its brutality - from Karehana Bay to Castlepoint to Tijuana, and of his own place in...

Ko taku reo, ko taku ohooho, ko taku reo mapihi mauria. My language, my awakening, my language is the window to my soul. This sparkling new collection brings more than 40 languages together, story by story, highlighting the beautifully complex realities of...

Peel is vibrant and honest exploration of love, loss and identity formation in your twenties. Georgie's words offer a peaceful solace to those seeking connection with tender hearts and fruitful appetites.

From our hands to yours is a selection of poems from five years of poetry workshops with students in English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) classes at Mana College in Porirua. The students write about subjects, from grandparents, to wishes, to how they...

August Blues is a collection of poetry written over a three-month period following the author's hysterectomy. It explores her four-year battle with Endometriosis, chronic pain, depression, and hysterectomy at a young age, and, eventually, hope.It is raw...

"Poems to celebrate autumn. A companion volume to the successful winter and spring titles, this anthology of poems is as sweet as pumpkin spice and warming as a roaring log fire. With one poem for every autumn evening, it's the perfect literary companion as...

"Discover the art of making people laugh with The Elements of Humor, where bestselling author and acclaimed comedy writer Scott Dikkers serves up a masterclass in funny for anyone looking to sprinkle their writing, conversations, speeches, and presentations...

"Exploring the range of experiences AAPI people endure in a world shaped by colonization and white supremacy, the poems in this collection confront American militarism, reimagine lineage, celebrate queer/trans life, and reclaim indigeneity, refugeehood, and...

"Last Words by Phillip Adams is a captivating collection of essays from a masterful storyteller and cultural commentator. While Adams humorously questions whether these are his "last words," this anthology showcases Adams' wit, insight, and humour as he...

"Black Sugarcane is a landmark debut collection by Nafanua Purcell Kersel. Restless in form and address, these engaging and generous poems ricochet from light to dark, quiet to loud, calm to violence. We meet a loved twin sister as she dives towards the Sacred...

"From Nobel Prize-winning writers to debut novelists, Britain's most prestigious literary magazine brings you the best in new writing, photography and art from around the world. No nation boasts more manufacturing capacity than the People's Republic of China,...

"Internationally renowned as one of the twentieth century's foremost public intellectuals, Hannah Arendt was also intensely private. Though she often acknowledged that the language of poetry -- especially that of Dickinson, Rilke, and Lowell -- informed her...

"In this book Rhodri Lewis argues that Shakespeare's tragedies are a series of experiments that attempt to tell the truth about the world as Shakespeare sees it, and to discover how far he can stretch tragic affirmation to accommodate the darker aspects of...

"What would it be like to have Emily Dickinson as your babysitter? In this astonishing memoir, out of print for almost a century, Martha 'Matty' Dickinson describes the childhood she spent next door to--and often in the care of--her Aunt Emily. We see Matty as...

"Boldly lyrical and fiercely honest, Mahogany L. Browne's Chrome Valley offers an intricate portrait of Black womanhood in America. "We praise their names / & the hands that write / Praise the mouth that speaks," she writes in tribute to those who came before...

"Mojave Ghost initiates an unusually tender bond with the reader as it chronicles an intimate relationship with arresting honesty and vividness. Moving through grief and loss towards a renewal that never sidesteps the wholeness of experience, Gander's new...

"Letters from Life is Becky Hemsley's newest collection of words to help us recognise, understand and love ourselves. Becky writes for all aspects of life; to help us see that amongst the challenges we face, there is joy to be found in the simple things. And...

"With lyric and tonal dexterity, these poems spin backwards and forwards in time--from Korean comfort women during World War II, to the precipice of climate crisis, to children wandering a museum in the future. These poems explore narrative distances and queer...

"This unique exploration of Russian prose fiction about the Soviet labour camp system since the Stalin era compares representations of identity, ethics and memory across the corpus. The Soviet labour camp system, or Gulag, was a highly complex network of...

"Bringing together interviews with the most highly esteemed verse novelists writing for young adults and children, DiVerse develops illuminates how the genre exemplifies inclusive storytelling. Getting into the nuts and bolts of process, inspiration, technique...

"A dreamy collection of poems to read before you turn off the light, or to guide you gently back to sleep when you wake in the small hours. This soothing anthology contains 100 nighttime poems specially selected to calm the mind, introduce positive thoughts,...

"There is always a link. This is the magic of Taylor Swift... She has trained her fans to follow her threads. An anthology of 113 brand new poems. Responding to 113 songs by Taylor Swift. Can you match every poem to the song that inspired it? Including brand...

"Paradise Lost might be the most influential poem written in English. For three and half centuries, readers across the world - especially those seeking revolutions in their own time - have found inspiration in its visions of freedom. In return, they have given...

"This collection of works showcases established and emerging writers aged from 6 to 90, working in short fiction, poetry and essays.The theme of this collection is the Hauraki Gulf (Tikapa Moana), a defining feature of Auckland Tamaki Makaurau and a source of...

An up-to-date guide for people embarking on their first journey into recording Aotearoa New Zealand's past. In these pages, writers will find simple, practical advice on all aspects of researching, writing and publishing local histories, memoirs, family...

"Woodblock prints and poems (in English and te reo Māori) by Palmerston North poet and artist of twenty sites of battles in the New Zealand Wars"--Publisher's website.

"In these intimate and frank conversations with some of our best-loved writers, Hattie Crisell uncovers the mysteries of the creative process, asking: Where do ideas come from? How do stories find their shape? What happens when confidence falters or the work...

"David Whyte's Consolations use everyday words to present us with a prism through which to better understand ourselves and the lives we walk through. At the request of readers globally, Whyte returns with fifty-two short, elegant meditations on a single word...

"Writing at a time of great social and intellectual turmoil, William Hazlitt (1778-1830) was uncompromising in his defence of truth, liberty and justice, and in his championship of the inarticulate and exploited he added a potent voice to the tradition of...

"The key is Courage. Discover 10 Second ways of transforming your fears and anxieties, turning them into confident and empowering experiences. With smart, quick, and easy tips and principles- 10 Seconds of Courage trains you to be mindful, prepared, brave and...

"Richly exploited comic situations, effervescent wit, and intricate plots combine to make Sheridan's work among the best of all English comedy. This edition includes his most famous plays, The Rivals, The School for Scandal, and The Critic, as well as two...

"This volume of Euripides' plays offers new translations of the three great war plays Trojan Women, Hecuba, and Andromache, in which the sufferings of Troy's survivors are harrowingly depicted. With unparalleled intensity, Euripides--whom Aristotle called the...

"Exploring naming and its power, the remarkable second collection from the award-winning poet and former Young People's Laureate for London. In Yoruba culture, newborn babies are welcomed into the world, and ushered into the social fabric, through naming...

"From the Booker Prize-winning author of Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, two plays set in the north Dublin suburb of Barrytown. From novelist and screenwriter Roddy Doyle come these two colorful plays. both set in the North Dublin suburb of Barrytown. In Brownbread,...

""The book against death" is a collection of Elias Canetti's writings on death. He alternates between despair and fury, examining the inevitability and universality of death for all living beings, while also condemning the deaths caused by war and despotism,...

"Books of Mana celebrates the rich tradition of Maori authorship in Aotearoa New Zealand. It reveals the central place of over 200 years of print literacy within te ao Maori and vividly conveys how books are understood as taonga tuku iho - treasured items...

Molly Laurence is a rangatahi writer from Otautahi. Parallel Lines is a collection of currents interacting, dividing and running parallel through school days, turangawaewae, and the hum of bread baking. It is her first solo collection, and was found in a...