Granta 148 by Sigrid Rausing

$28.00 NZD

Category: Literary Criticism & Essays & Journalism | Series: The\Magazine of New Writing Ser.

New fiction from Andrew O'Hagan, Elif Shafak, Adam Foulds, David Means, Jem Day Calder, Magododi OuMphela Makhene, Caroline Albertine Minor, Thomas Pierce, Adam O'Fallon Price, Amor Towles. And Tom Bamforth on the refugee camp in Bangladesh known as 'Cox's Bazaar'. Published in book form four times a y ear, Granta is respected around the world for its mix of outstanding new fiction, poetry, reportage, memoir, photography and art. ...Show more

Weed - A New Zealand Love Story by James Borrowdale

$35.00 NZD

Category: NZ - History

'I just closed my eyes and drifted away. I drifted away to the music but I don't think I'd ever experienced anything quite so soothing and magical. It was like I was in a magical space. It was beautiful.' - Jim Mahoney, reformed drug addict Pot, Mary Jane, dope, skunk, grass, hash, green, hooch, herb, g anja, reefer. New Zealand loves weed. It's the most popular illegal drug in our country and third most popular drug overall, behind alcohol and tobacco, yet it also represents a troubled relationship. In Weed, award-winning journalist James Borrowdale dives in deep to understand why, meeting a fascinating cross-section of New Zealand along the way - a nineteenth-century nun who allegedly grew pot, a bystander to the Mr Asia syndicate, a convicted heroin dealer turned criminologist, people both using and offering the drug for medicinal relief, politicians and law-makers old and new. What's revealed is an engrossing, heady and sometimes surprising account of New Zealand and weed. Fusing insightful, personal stories with analysis and historical research, Weed lays out the facts as they are - about an issue that can no longer be ignored. ...Show more

On Freedom (On Series) by Tory Shepherd

$20.00 NZD

Category: Literary Criticism & Essays & Journalism | Series: On Ser.

They're labelled as selfish, as 'deliberately barren', and sometimes as crazy old cat ladies, but increasingly women are choosing to be childfree. Over the next few decades couples without children are set to outnumber those who have them. Tory Shepherd looks at how women's freedom to choose motherhood is reshaping their own lives as well as society. ...Show more

On Obsession (on series) by Malcolm Knox

$20.00 NZD

Category: Literary Criticism & Essays & Journalism | Series: On Ser.

Part of a series that pairs leading Australian thinkers and cultural figures with important themes in life, this essay contemplates obsession. Discussing topics such as love, Marcel Proust, soul mates in fiction, numerical palindromes, and bloodlines, among other fixations, this personal examination exp lores the fine line that divides enthusiasm from obsession and wonders if obsessions lead to a retreat from life. ...Show more

On Artists (On Series) by Ashleigh Wilson

$20.00 NZD

Category: Literary Criticism & Essays & Journalism | Series: On Ser.

The #MeToo movement is overturning a clich� that has forgiven bad behaviour for years: to be creative is to be prone to eccentricity, madness, addiction and excess. No longer can artists be excused from the standards of conduct that apply to us all. But if we denounce the artist, then what becomes of th e work that remains? ...Show more

Why Do We Say It? - The Stories Behind the Words, Expressions, and Cliches We Use by Chartwell Books Staff

$17.00 NZD

Category: Literary Criticism & Essays & Journalism

Why Do We Say It? uncovers the roots of the English language and connects them to their intriguing origins. From idioms to cliches, this comprehensive book shows you the way around the English language. The intriguing origins of hundreds of unusual words and expressions are here for your perusal, handil y organised in an alphabetical format. Useful for reference or just for browsing, Why Do We Say It? is also a great way to expand your vocabulary and have fun while doing it. This edition makes a wonderful gift for readers, writers, scholars, and students. Uncover the mysteries of the modern English language and share the facts and trivia with your family and friends. ...Show more

You have a Lot to Lose - A Memoir, 1956 - 1986 by C. K. Stead

$50.00 NZD

Category: NZ - Biography | Series: C. K. Stead Memoirs Ser.

New Zealand's most extraordinary literary everyman - poet, novelist, critic, activist - C. K. Stead told the story of his first twenty-three years in South-West of Eden. In this second volume of his memoirs, Stead takes us from the moment he left New Zealand for a job in rural Australia, through study a broad, writing and a university career, until he left the University of Auckland to write full time aged fifty-three. It is a tumultuous tale of literary friends and foes (Curnow and Baxter, A. S. Byatt and Barry Humphries and many more) and of navigating a personal and political life through the social change of the 1960s and 70s. And, at its heart, it is an account of a remarkable life among books - of writing and reading, critics and authors, students and professors. From Booloominbah to Menton, The New Poetic to All Visitors Ashore, from Vietnam to the Springbok Tour, C. K. Stead's You Have a Lot to Lose takes readers on a remarkable voyage through New Zealand's intellectual and cultural history. ...Show more

Under the Covers: Secrets of a Magazine Editor by Jenny Lynch

$38.00 NZD

Category: Biography / Memoir

Former editor Jenny Lynch takes the wraps off the unreported side of life in print, explodes myths, unearths secrets and shows that even on seemingly conservative publications such as the New Zealand Woman's Weekly things were seldom exactly as they seemed. Her memoir, aptly titled "Under the Covers", i s a revealing account of what went on behind the closed doors of various editorial offices and newsrooms during one of the most colourful periods in magazine and newspaper history. Lynch's 30-year path to her top job was full of drama and off-beat activities. But nothing she had experienced before she became editor of the Weekly prepared her for the challenges that lay ahead. Indeed, the magazine's battle for dominance in what became known as The Magazine Wars was fought against a backdrop of management turbulence and ownership changes. Peppered with the names of those who have touched the author's life, including the famous and the fleeting, "Under the Covers" will appeal to everyone who enjoys reading about the ever-changing world of print media. ...Show more

James K Baxter: Complete Prose (HB 4 Volume Slipcase) by James K Baxter, ed. John Weir

$199.99 NZD

Category: Literary Criticism & Essays & Journalism

James K. Baxter was a great twentieth-century poet. He once declared, ‘In contradiction . . . I was born.’Sometimes at odds with God, often at odds with conventional society, he was at the same time a profoundly religious man and a fearless social critic who insisted that love and compassion were the only cure for society’s ills. His Complete Prose chronicles his life and times, his preferences and prejudices, his crises and turbulentoccasions. Its contents are remarkable for their range, coherence and passionate integrity.This four-volume set contains over a million words, in the form of reviews, essays, lectures, journal articles,drafts and rough notes, meditations, fables, stories, a short novel, interviews, letters to the editor, correspondence with friends and critics, and diary entries, covering Baxter’s entire career, from his first draft of ‘Before Sunrise’ as a teenager in 1942 to his ‘Confession to the Lord Christ’ shortly before his death in 1972. Edited with scrupulous care by John Weir, Baxter’s friend and the foremost scholar of his work, it also includes an extensive introduction, notes and references, a glossary of Māori words and phrases, biographies of key people, an index and a bibliography. The Complete Prose is a testament to Baxter’s huge contribution to New Zealand literature, culture and society.4 hardback volumes with cloth spines presented in a box. Original paintings on box by Nigel Brown.Volume format: 152 x 232mmVol. 1 – 776ppVol. 2 – 712ppVol. 3 – 584ppVol. 4 – 592pp ...Show more

On Sleep (On Series) by Fleur Anderson

$20.00 NZD

Category: Literary Criticism & Essays & Journalism | Series: On Ser.

On Sleep is the story of our love-hate relationship with slumber. Part-time insomniac Fleur Anderson ponders the big questions: Why can't I sleep? Do politicians and other high-fliers ever admit they too are exhausted? Do they get enough sleep to make sensible decisions? Where is society heading, and wh y did I have that glass of cab sav? ...Show more

On Resilience (On Series) by Elisabeth Wynhausen

$20.00 NZD

Category: Literary Criticism & Essays & Journalism | Series: On Ser.

Elizabeth Wynhausen tells the story of an extraordinary inspirational character and reflects on the mysterious quality that is resilience. A humorous, irreverent essay that arrives at contentment and joy....

On Secrets (On Series) by Annika Smethurst

$20.00 NZD

Category: Literary Criticism & Essays & Journalism | Series: On Ser.