In her debut novel The Berry Pickers, Canadian author Amanda Peters tells the gripping stories of Ruthie, a four-year-old ...

Sebaga B Ngoni’s novel, Journey of Uncertainties, is a thought-provoking work that reflects on the unpredictable nature of ...

The Ockham New Zealand Book Awards are the premier literary honours for books written by New Zealanders.

The author's prose is outstanding for its visual impact, often featuring stone or light, leading to speculation on the relation between the physical world and the characters’ inner lives ...

By just about any measure, Damion Searls, an American translator of German, Norwegian, French, and Dutch, is one of the ...

A host of former winners and a healthy injection of first-time writers are in the running for some of the top literary prizes in Aotearoa, with nominations in for the 2025 Ockham NZ Book Awards.

The Japanese author Uketsu, according to his biography, “only ever appears online, wearing a mask and speaking through a ...

The brand new reading challenge for adults launched by Warwickshire County Council’s library service begins this month and ...

We are now all familiar with the power of long-form podcasts to influence public policy and thought. They are now considered responsible ...

Libraries in contemporary Japanese and Korean fiction are evolving into spaces where reading offers solace, connection, and ...

Ecological themes are deftly woven into The Last Wild Cat, which intersects with Maori myth and the ethics of animal rights. In its respectable villain, Professor Smoult, it challenges ideas of ...