We spoke to Wellington author Rhydian Thomas about critiquing New Zealand politics and fetishising cows in his first book.

Jun 20, 2017 ... Karen Healey is the author of four books, most recently the futuristic adventures, When We Wake and When We Run. Rhydian Thomas is a ...

Jun 4, 2016 ... Kim Hill talks to a Wellington lawyer and writer, whose fourth novel is A Briefcase, Two Pies and a Penthouse.

It’s a common grievance in 2016 New Zealand that, even with cack-handed dunderheadry in the ascendent and stupidity neck-and-neck with malice in a race to the bottom, nobody’s bothering to satirise this outrageous shit.

Jul 15, 2016 ... Brannavan Gnanalingam's latest novel also inhabits a Wellington adjacent to our own, where a ... Follow the Listener on Twitter or Facebook.

The Global Financial Crisis gets local and personal in a new novel by Brannavan Gnanalingam called Credit In The Straight World. Set in the fictional Canterbury town of Manchester, it plots the peaks and troughs of brothers George and Frank Tolland, particularly their finance company.

Feb 14, 2016 ... 2.49 Publisher Murdoch Stephens Anthology: Still Got All Our Fingers And Toes. Anthology cover. Anthology: Still Got All Our Fingers And Toes ...

It seems like many, many years since New Zealand was the land of milk and honey. And while there are those who are creaming it, and the hives are still buzzing, many of us are living lives of lack. There are not enough jobs, and the ones that we do have are precarious.

An essay by Welsh writer Rhydian Thomas on getting the bash, again and again, since moving to New Zealand. The moral of the story: fuck Hamilton. The truck pulls over at the end of the Tauranga harbour bridge and the driver’s out before any of us can say a word, engine still running.

On May Day, 2015 (1 May, for those lacking in historical consciousness) Lawrence & Gibson publishing released Brannavan Gnanalingam's third book, and the twentieth for the collective. Rousing chants of 'more' and 'toast the editorial board' spontaneously erupted throughout the evening. Gin and tonic were applied liberally to the Friday evening wounds of the week....

This book is available in bookstores now. This is the story of Kyla Crane, mourning the death of her mother, a famous musician. Shortly after, her life becomes a reality television show - in which people turn up that claim to play an important role in her life, despite her never having met them before,...

Riffing on sex, love and Martin Heidegger, The Homeland of Pure Joy is an astute and enjoyable observation of first loves, true loves and...

In Ad Lib, first time novelist Thomasin Sleigh offers us the story of a young woman who inherits a Reality TV show from her famous mother.

Paris Syndrome is where visitors to the city are emotionally crushed by the disappointment of finding it doesn't live up to the hype. Wel...

On the conditions and possibilities of Helen Clark taking me as her young lover is a satirical book, published in 2005 with a new edition...

I'm going to admit straight away that I'm still not sure what to make of this book. If that sounds like an irresponsible prevarication fr...

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Ulrich Haarburste's Novel of Roy Orbison in Clingfilm by Michael Kelly (Serapion Books, £7) Ulrich Haarburste has many ways of describing...

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A.D. Jameson has been everywhere lately and has released two books this as well. I felt it was time to ask him a few questions about his ...

Thoughts from the man who famously propositioned Helen Clark.

Beggars and Choosers: The Complete Written Correspondence Between Richard Meros and Creative New Zealand - Volume One by Richard Meros Re...

Last Thursday at Unity Books Wellington an eclectic mix of customers welcomed three new exciting publications by Lawrence & Gibson. It wa...

Press Release, 2 November 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wellington publisher undaunted by industry challenges With three new books being rel...