Fiction

A stunning new edition with deluxe cover treatments, ribbon markers, luxury endpapers and gilded edges. The unabridged text is accompanied by a Glo...

Strange lands in fiction stretch from deep below the earth, to the outer reaches of space. This incredible new collection combines the talents of a...

The varied myths and folktales of the countless North American native tribes, from the Iroquois to the Cherokee, share a reverence for Nature, tric...

Modern Japanese Literature is Donald Keene's critically acclaimed companion volume to his landmark work Anthology of Japanese Literature: From the ...

Horror: A Literary History is the book horror readers and students need. It will hold you in its grip, leaving you replete with invaluable informat...

Assignment 1: Find party responsible for murders by space virus.Assignment 2: Investigate 'accidental' deaths on orbital solar shield.Assignment 3:...

'The Chianti Flask' opens at a moment of courtroom drama. A quiet, enigmatic young woman called Laura Dousland is on trial for murder, accused of p...

The Polynesian triangle covers Easter Island, Hawaii, New Zealand and the many isles in between. The legends of the region are based on the creatio...

This latest addition to this successful series offers a new selection of myths, featuring Arthur's knights of the round table, his love for Queen G...

No matter where we are in the world, when nature calls, there's only one place to go . . . What started as a curious hobby for author Kris Mikkelso...

A wonderful collection of stories and memoir from childhood. Childhood is at times joyful, at times traumatic. In this anthology twenty-six disting...

Kara lives in Victory Park council flats with her young son, just making a living by minding other people's kids - her nightly smoke on the fire es...

A dying Hitler dictates his memoirs to a personal aide whilst his top commanders plot against each other to see who will become the next Fuhrer. Me...

She's six feet tall and handles a motorbike like a professional, but Kate has insecurities that match her height and she ignores her past by pushin...

"I am two people now. I have split. One of us will be seeing Caroline's fiance later this evening. The other is smiling politely. He is a square of...

Christel is at shattering point. She's got two small children, her job in reality television is super high stress, she's an activist with Women Aga...

The Izu Dancer, Yasunari Kawabata's first work to bring him recognition as a writer, is a novella about six Izu Peninsula travellers. As the six tr...

Making people laugh is what Summer does best. It's how she fits in. And is it any wonder with a family like hers? Top of the list of crazies is Pop...

Tail of the Taniwha is a collection of short stories by writer, poet and playwright Courtney Sina Meredith that builds on the themes and ideas of h...

A colleaction of poetry by Maris O'Rourke.

A huge selection of Shadbolt's best stories written over a forty-year period, including his three Mansfield Short Story Award winners. AUTHOR: Maur...

It was old Ben Shadbolt, who burgled a Hertfordshire drapery in 1845, who started it. By way of a terrible prison term in Australia he rose to be ...

In New Sea Land, Tim Jones tells the intimate story of the land and the sea. Awarded the New Zealand Society of Authors' Janet Frame Memorial Award...

This showcase of five lively, smart, thoughtful writers promises to be a valuable and very readable contribution to New Zealand's cultural, social ...