Non-Fiction

Leslie Adkin: Farmer Photographer
by Athol McCredie ArtHistoryNonfictionPhotographySociety

Leslie Adkin: Farmer Photographer
by Athol McCredie

A 'discovery and a revelation': a photographic chronicle from an unsung artist.

Hamish ConeyNovember 6, 2024

Lily, Oh Lily: Searching for a Nazi Ghost
by Jeffrey Paparoa Holman EuropeHistoryMemoirNonfiction

Lily, Oh Lily: Searching for a Nazi Ghost
by Jeffrey Paparoa Holman

'Genealogy is dangerous': a 'compulsive and moving hunt' for family secrets.

Rebecca HillOctober 25, 2024

Edith Collier: Early New Zealand Modernist
by Jill Trevelyan, Jennifer Taylor and Greg Donson ArtBiographyNonfiction

Edith Collier: Early New Zealand Modernist
by Jill Trevelyan, Jennifer Taylor and Greg Donson

A portrait of an overlooked artist of 'arresting originality'.

Hamish ConeyOctober 18, 2024

The Mermaid Chronicles
by Megan Dunn MemoirMermaidsNonfiction

The Mermaid Chronicles
by Megan Dunn

On mothers and daughters, and on not writing a book about mermaids.

Guy SomersetSeptember 20, 2024

Urban Aotearoa
ed. David Batchelor and Bill McKay ArchitectureGeographyMāoriNonfictionPasifikaPoliticsSocietyUrban Design

Urban Aotearoa
ed. David Batchelor and Bill McKay

A vision for beyond the 'quarter-acre dream'.

Philip MatthewsSeptember 18, 2024

The Survivors
by Steve Braunias BiographyCrimeNonfictionSociety

The Survivors
by Steve Braunias

The last of a true-crime trilogy by a writer of 'bracing intellectual honesty and unpredictability'.

Guy SomersetSeptember 11, 2024

Sight Lines: Women and Art in Aotearoa
by Kirsty Baker ArtIllustratedLGBTQIA+MāoriNonfictionPasifikaPhotographySociety

Sight Lines: Women and Art in Aotearoa
by Kirsty Baker

An impressive contribution to the 'continuing kōrero about and between female artists' in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Kelly Ana MoreySeptember 6, 2024

Rēwena and Rabbit Stew: the Rural Kitchen in Aotearoa, 1800-1940
by Katie Cooper FoodHistoryIllustratedMāoriNonfictionSociety

Rēwena and Rabbit Stew: the Rural Kitchen in Aotearoa, 1800-1940
by Katie Cooper

A glimpse into 'the kitchen windows of the past' and lives connected to the land around them.

Laura BorrowdaleAugust 23, 2024

Bad Archive
by Flora Feltham EssaysNonfiction

Bad Archive
by Flora Feltham

Evocative essays on 'memory, remembering, and personal history'.

Sara BucherAugust 2, 2024

Te Ata o Tū / The Shadow of Tūmatauenga
by Matiu Baker, Katie Cooper, Michael Fitzgerald and Rebecca Rice ArtHistoryMāoriMilitaryNonfiction

Te Ata o Tū / The Shadow of Tūmatauenga
by Matiu Baker, Katie Cooper, Michael Fitzgerald and Rebecca Rice

Stunning objects from Te Papa that provide 'a much-needed corrective and fact-based lesson in our own history.'

Hamish ConeyJune 12, 2024