Reviews

What sort of future do we want? George Bryant, one of New Zealand’s foremost writers on people in society, looks to the future in his new book NZ 2050 and explores what the world might look like and how we might live as a society in another 30 years’ time. Thanks …

Grow: Wāhine Finding Connection Through Food, by Sophie Merkens, takes the reader on a journey across Aotearoa meeting 37 inspiring women who find meaning and connection through food – from mothers, gardeners and hunters to chefs and hobbyists. One of the women profiled is Kay Baxter, co-founder of the Koanga …

Having read Michael McIntyre’s first book Life & Laughing years ago, I jumped at the chance to read and review his new book A Funny Life. I really enjoyed the new book which contained lots of funny stories and an insight into how comedy and panel shows in the UK …

When the new Stephanie Alexander book came into the office my squeals of delight could be heard around the building.

I have been sleeping on the pillow for the past 3 months and love it. The pillow isn’t the magic fix for my lifetime of bad sleeping but I am sleeping much better as a result of using it. I no longer wake up with a stiff neck or dead arms from sleeping with them under my pillow.

Our Production Officer, Summer McCambridge, recently read Yours Cheerfully, the new novel by Sunday Times Bestselling author AJ Pearce - read her review below and win yourself a copy!

In his new book Brutal: The 100-year fight for world rugby supremacy, historian and rugby writer Ron Palenski puts this this see-sawing rivalry under the spotlight.

Directed by Harry Lawrence  Written and devised by the cast and crew  It would be fair to open this review by saying that as much as I love traditional stage craft ‘experimental’ theatre always has me feeling a little out of my depth and sometimes a bit “emperor’s new clothes-y”. …

The French Film Festival Aotearoa – which runs between 9 June and 14 July in cinemas around the country – is hoping to do the next best thing: virtually transporting us to Paris and the South of France.

I’d recommend it if you want to take your mum or dad out – but be quick – this week is the final week.