There, with her mother, half-sister, and other family and friends, she remembers the damage of her past. A call that Rosemary’s grandmother is dying puts her on the bus from Te Whanganui-a-Tara back to Kirikiriroa. She’s surprising, and surprised by herself. She’s super smart but flawed, polyamorous but timid, promiscuous but inexperienced. Here’s a slice of the publisher’s blurb: “Rosemary, a trans girl, has many conflicting qualities. I’ve been hearing rumours of this debut novel’s greatness all year. Kitten by Olive Nuttall (Te Herenga Waka University Press) I fucking love this book and weep with gratitude and excitement every time I remember it’s in the world.” Sign me up. Of this debut poetry collection, Pip Adam says: “Exploding in Queer joy, this beautiful, visceral experience of a book is precise and magnificent in its craft, expansive and affecting in its content, somehow intimate and communal in the same breath, wild and compassionate. Killer Rack by Sylvan Spring (Te Herenga Waka University Press) Evans is a lovely writer and this book shows off her skill in long-form. It’s an expansive journey of discovery that takes us all over the world. I have a sneaky reading copy and can say that this book delivers so much more than a quaint tale of one country’s random obsession with an oval green fruit. The book that every feijoa lover has been waiting for. There is an uncanny sense of living between worlds in this memoir: Davidson’s thinking traverses the wonders of art, history and magic as well as the realities of solo parenting, ex-partners, and dealing with the family welfare system.įeijoa: A story of obsession and belonging by Kate Evans (Moa Press) It sings with a poetic sensibility, and flies between the past and present, between Aotearoa and Scotland. I’ve been lucky enough to have already read this magnificent memoir. But when a kererū flies into the dream factory, and a feather floats into a cog, everything goes terribly wrong.”ĭo You Still Have Time for Chaos? by Lynn Davidson (Te Herenga Waka University Press) And the next day, the people make those dreams come true. Flying cars, flower cakes and talking tigers fill people’s dreams. Here’s the blurb: “An amazing building rises on the edge of town – it’s the dream factory. ![]() This picture book sounds beautifully fantastical (refreshing) and the early imagery I’ve seen is utterly gorgeous. Steph Matuku is the writer behind the brilliant The Eight Gifts of Te Wheke, Flight of the Fantail, and the two Whetū Toa books so far. The Dream Factory | Te Wheketere Moemoeā by Steph Matuku and illustrated by Zac Komene (HUIA) Later, Grace’s own childhood vividly shapes the world of the young character Mereana and a widower’s hilariously human struggle to parent his seven daughters is told with trademark wit and crackling dialogue.” In another, the formidable goddess Mahuika, Keeper of Fire, becomes a doting mother and friend. ![]() Bird Child and Other Stories promises to “plunge you deep into Te Kore, an ancient time before time. This is legendary Patricia Grace’s first collection of short stories in 17 years (Small Holes in the Silence was published in 2006). This one is a publishing event in and of itself. Januaryīird Child and Other Stories by Patricia Grace (Penguin NZ) More books will be announced in the new year, including a list from our incredible indie publishers such as The Cuba Press, Dead Bird Books, Quentin Wilson Publishing, One Tree House, Upstart Press and more. A note that this is by no means all that is coming. Here’s a selection of books (for both adults and children) coming out in the first half of next year, featuring exciting new voices and the return of some beloved favourites. If you thought 2023 was a ripper of a year for books ( it was) then get a load of what 2024 has tucked up its futuristic sounding sleeve. ![]() Books editor Claire Mabey has scoured the local publishing landscape to find what’s coming in the first half of next year.
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