Book Releases

This is Ottolenghi, unplugged. The Ottolenghi Test Kitchen team takes you on a journey through your kitchen cupboards, creating inspired recipes using humble ingredients. Subjects covered – Home economics and cookery. Relaxed, flexible cooking from Yotam Ottolenghi and his superteam. Whether they’re conjuring up new recipes or cooking for themselves

Rakiura Stewart Island is one of Aotearoa’s most beautiful places to visit. This time, Ella and her cousin Tai take a visit to their Uncle and Auntie’s place on the island, where they go on adventures to see beaches, bush and birds. They search and search for a kiwi, and

Trains are always great fun, and in this book Ella and Tai go on a train trip with their grandparents to Picton. They climb aboard the Coastal Pacific at the Christchurch railway station, and soon they are on their way to the Kaikōura coast. Grandma has brought a word game

When Mary – a scientist struggling to make her mark in 1850s London – discovers journals belonging to her great-uncle, Victor Frankenstein, she embarks on what might be the greatest adventure of all…. A gothic adventure story, a classic tale with a feminist twist, a story of ambition and obsession,

Dogs have played a central role in the lives of New Zealanders, from working farm dogs, to police dogs, loyal companions, mascots, little heroes and fictional dogs that have become part of our culture. In this book we look at the dogs that have been memorialised in public statues that

  Companion to the groundbreaking NETFLIX original documentary series narrated by Sir David Attenborough, OUR PLANET presents a new view of the world, using stunning photographic images and graphics to reveal animal behaviour and environmental change that we’ve never seen before. THIS IS THE OFFICAL COMPANION TO THE GROUNDBREAKING NEW

The astounding fourth novel from Gregg Hurwitz featuring Evan Smoak – Orphan X aka The Nowhere Man. As a boy, Evan Smoak was taken from the orphanage he called home and inducted into a top secret Cold War programme. Trained as a lethal weapon, he and his fellow recruits were

Just how much trouble can come about when a time machine falls into the claws of a scavenging swamp hen? Find out in the first book of this brilliant comic series rampaging all over New Zealand’s timeline… A pūkeko and a tuatara cause time-travelling chaos in this hilarious graphic novel

How to raise your neurodivergent kids to be their authentic, awesome selves Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about parenting (and celebrating!) your neurodivergent child from parenting expert, social worker and mother of five Sarah Hayden. ‘This is the book l wish l’d had when my daughter Chloé was diagnosed

International bestselling author Jeff Kinney serves up heaps of laughs in Partypooper, the 20th book in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. You’re Invited—RSVP for Fun! It’s Greg’s birthday—and you’re invited to the chaos. In Partypooper, the 20th book in Jeff Kinney’s global smash-hit Diary of a Wimpy Kid

The new Jack Reacher super-seller for 2018: the most hotly anticipated thriller to be published this year! From number one bestseller Lee Child, the thrilling new blockbuster featuring hero Jack Reacher. Reacher, the eternal drifter, happens by chance on the small New Hampshire town he remembers his father was supposed

The powerful and moving memoir of a fearless political opposition leader who paid the ultimate price for his beliefs. ‘Part memoir, part diary, a political manifesto, a darkly funny adieu’ BEN MACINTYRE ‘Patriot will be seen as a historic text’ ECONOMIST Patriot is the exhilarating life story of one of

The true story of one fluffy cat’s wild, windy week. A tale of chaos and courage, ruin and rescue, as Pearl’s home – like so many others – was ravaged by Cyclone Gabrielle. Pearl loved doing all her favourite things: swatting the dog, slurping tap water, hiding in bags, and

Comeuppance comes from unexpected directions. This entertaining and insightful novel both skewers and celebrates small-town New Zealand. Pat `Pearly’ Gates has achieved a lot in his life and evinces considerable satisfaction in his achievements. He has a reputation as a former Otago rugby player and believes he would have been

Penguins Don’t Send Postcards is a hand-illustrated picture book loved by children of all ages. It is particularly relevant for reluctant readers as Jeanette has drawn the pictures to tell a slightly different and deeper story. It is a tale of adaption and survival, made possible with a little help

The sixth book in a bestselling junior fiction series inspired by true stories from the Wilson Sisters’ childhoods. It’s a whole new world . . . rescuing an injured stallion! In the sixth Showtym Adventure, Vicki will stop at nothing to save a crippled beach-racing stallion. When Vicki and her

It’s Christmas Jumper Day at playgroup but Peppa and George’s Christmas jumpers from last year don’t fit! Will Daddy Pig be able to save the day? When Peppa tells Daddy Pig that it’s Christmas Jumper Day at playgroup tomorrow, they all rush to the loft to find the Christmas box

From the eminent philosopher, an answer to the big question: how should I live my life? How should I live my life? What values shall I live by? What sort of person should I be? What shall I aim for? In this summation of a lifetime thinking and writing about

A beautiful story in te reo Maori about how a new baby needs time to hatch and grow, for all young brothers- and sisters-in-waiting. Ahea RAWA pao ai te hua? This Maori-language story is for all children eagerly awaiting a new sibling. ‘Kia oho a Pipi, ka pekepeke ia?’ ‘E

Someone is stealing sheep from the sleepy town of Dargaville! When Pippa’s woolly best friend Lulabelle gets snatched, she goes on an extraordinary adventure to get her friend back with the help of ex-professional-weightlifting policeman Mike Te Hira. There will be tickle fights, angry phone calls to the mayor and

Nature Craft Projects for Tamariki Inside this book, you will discover heaps of craft projects you can make using materials you can find outside. Turn twigs into crowns, make a tiny garden, weave bubble wands out of vines, sail a miniature harakeke waka, create a magical ice lantern for Matariki

A POWERFUL NEW NOVEL FROM THE PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING AND BOOKER-SHORTLISTED AUTHOR OF THE OVER-STORY AND BEWILDERMENT. Rafi and Todd are two polar opposites at an elite high school where they bond over a three-thousand-year-old board game. It sets them up for life: Rafi will get lost in literature, while Todd’s

A darkly comic, gritty, punch-in-the-guts new novel that captures life on the poverty line in Aotearoa now, from the author of 1986, Iceland and I Thought We’d Be Famous. Monday Woolridge is a fighter with a face like a broken dinner plate. Fifteen years ago, her kid brother Eddy disappeared

Witi Ihimaera’s first published book — Pounamu Pounamu — translated into te reo Māori. Published in collaboration with Kotahi Rau Pukapuka. Pounamu Pounamu is classic Ihimaera and also classic New Zealand literature. First published in 1972, it was his first book, which as he says in his new introduction ‘fulfilled

200 delicious snacks to keep you healthy, happy and full of energy The healthy snack bible for powering you every day, from major Australian health and fitness expert and TXO creator Tiffiny Hall. Don’t hate on snacks! This is your one-stop guide to smart snacking. If you’re wanting to tone

The thrilling new novel from the no.1 bestseller Robert Harris Summer 1914. A world on the brink of catastrophe. In London, 26-year-old Venetia Stanley – aristocratic, clever, bored, reckless – is having a love affair with the Prime Minister, H. H. Asquith, a man more than twice her age. He

Brilliantly warm, strangely wise, and absolutely laugh-out-loud funny, prepare to meet Haylah Swinton – a girl you’ll never forget! Does anyone ever really want to ‘fall’ in love? Knowing me I’ll just trip over it and graze my knee on the gravel of humiliation. Haylah Swinton is fairly confident she’s

‘The more we find out about the world around us, the more we can work out other, more complicated things, such as how the universe began or how life got started on Earth.’ The brand-new series for readers aged 7 and upwards from the globally bestselling science educator, Lucy Hawking.

A royal scandal puts Jack Morgan under pressure in the new novel in the bestselling Private series. When the head of the world’s foremost investigation agency is invited to meet Princess Caroline, third in line to the British throne, he boards his Gulfstream jet and flies straight to London. The

Daring, surprising and superbly plotted, this is a fresh, thrilling page-turner from a dynamic new duo in genre fiction YOUR HAPPIEST MEMORY IS THEIR DEADLIEST WEAPON. This is Prophet. It knows when you were happiest. It gives life to your fondest memories and uses them to destroy you. But who

Puffin is an architect who always exceeds her clients’ expectations, that is, until she takes on the toughest clients ever – her own pufflings! Puffin takes her tricky new clients on an inspirational tour of her builds. Together they visit all kinds of cleverly designed spaces – Otter’s floating home,

 As seen on TV Eight weeks to train your pup and create a lifelong bond. World-renowned dog behaviourist and psychologist Mark Vette shows you how to train your new puppy for a trouble-free life and harmonious bond between puppy and owner. A comprehensive guide to puppy training by Mark Vette,

Short Stories & Anthologies / Society & Culture Ranginui, Papatuanuku, Maui, Tawhaki . . . our enduring stories retold. A lively, stimulating and engaging retelling of purakau – Maori myths – by contemporary Maori writers. Ka mua, ka muri . . . Ancient Maori creation myths, portrayals of larger-than-life heroes

A spin-off, cosy James Bond series focusing on the character Q from the much-loved author of the Inspector Chopra series Filled with wit and verve, Vaseem Khan brings his vibrant and dynamic style to this spin-off cosy crime series set in the world of James Bond. Charming, drily humorous, and

Quark’s Academy is a junior fiction adventure complete with humorous dialogue, mad plotting and peculiar characters for readers aged eight to twelve. Junior science geniuses Augustine, Celeste and Oscar can’t believe their luck when they’re accepted into an elite and mysterious science academy summer camp run by the elusive Inventor

Imagine what would happen if Roald Dahl and David Walliams had a baby and Lewis Carroll came to babysit sometimes? There’s a growing noise on the children’s chapter book scene and it’s all coming from the direction of Queen of Muck – the exciting and hilarious debut release from Auckland-based

Beginning at a love hotel by Japan’s Inland Sea and ending by a river in Tasmania, Question 7 is about the choices we make about love and the chain reaction that follows. By way of H. G. Wells and Rebecca West’s affair through 1930s nuclear physics to Flanagan’s father working

The epic new novel from the Booker Prize-winning, internationally bestselling author Salman Rushdie – a playful inversion of Don Quixote set in contemporary America. ***SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2019*** In a tour-de-force that is both an homage to an immortal work of literature and a modern masterpiece about the quest for

Educationalist and author Frances Adlam has vast experience in guiding parents to raise a child who thrives at reading and writing. Her approach is based on the simple, achievable concept that your child’s aptitude for learning to read and write at school is hugely shaped by the extent to which

Discover the Whispering Giants: A Journey Through Aotearoa’s Native Trees UP CLOSE TO THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF OUR NATIVE TREES This beautifully illustrated and handsomely packaged guide to the evolution, habitats and variety of the rākau (trees) and ngahere (forests) of Aotearoa for young readers is written and illustrated in