Favourite Monsters
JAMES BROWN

A book of many voices, and of subjects ranging from politics to parenthood, art to religion. Full of stories, jokes and stolen lines, it confirms James Brown's position at the forefront of New Zealand poetry.

The Scientific Evidence of Dr Wang

STEPHANIE DE MONTALK

Dr Wang makes narrative sense of the alchemy of everyday life—that puzzling domain of hearsay, fact and opinion—and, in accordance with his status as an expert witness, presents his testimony with clarity and precision. And the evidence is that, as long as the world is as round as an orange, ideas will form, words and stories will follow, and wonderful things will happen.

The Book of the Film of the Story of My Life

WILLIAM BRANDT

Imagine your ex-wife is a filmstar and her face is everywhere you look; your own production company is failing; and at the age of 42 you're living in London on handouts from your parents. But then a surprise invitation to a millionaire's birthday party on a remote Pacific island provides the opportunity to cause some mayhem of your own … In the tradition of Nick Hornby and Tony Parsons, this first novel from the prizewinning author of Alpha Male is both moving and laugh-out-loud funny.

Measurement

TIM CORBALLIS

‘Measurement is a brilliantly measured, controlled work about the impossibility of measuring or controlling the things that really matter—love, guilt, memory, grief. It will stay with the reader long after the last perfect lines have been savoured.’—Catherine Chidgey

Portrait of the Artist's Wife

BARBARA ANDERSON

‘Extraordinary: an engaging narrative on Art v. Love, sweeping across continents and cultures with visionary understanding of emotions and the games people play. It's the story of Sarah Tandy, a New Zealand painter, and her marriage to Jack, a brilliant novelist if hopeless person. From her childhood in the Bay, through wedded bliss, cultural odysseys in Europe and life on the homestead, this novel spans forty years of love and misunderstanding, unhappy families and artistic licence … This is a moving, universal novel, a pleasure to read.’—Time Out

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