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Short story winner of the $65K Ockham fiction prize

Elizabeth Knox & the closely noticed husband

Emily Perkins on Elizabeth Knox

What we’re reading: The Black Monk, and Ice Breaker!

THE BLACK MONK, RRP $38. Acclaimed New Zealand author Charlotte Grimshaw’s latest work of fiction centres on a woman haunted by family denial, secrets and a shadowy figure. While A...

Three calamities inspired NZ writer Elizabeth Knox

Her older sister had a psychotic break, her brother-in-law was struck and killed by a vehicle in Rarotonga and her mother was diagnosed with motor neurone disease.

‘Stunned and shocked’: Ingrid Horrocks wins top prize at New Zealand’s Ockham awards for her fiction debut

All Her Lives is only the fifth short story collection to win the prestigious NZ$65,000 prize in 58 yearsFirst-time fiction writer Ingrid Horrocks has won New Zealand’s richest lit...

Short story collection wins New Zealand's biggest book prize

Wellington essayist Ingrid Horrocks has won the major prize at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards.

‘Mind-bending, impressionistic, genius’: The Black Monk by Charlotte Grimshaw, reviewed

Rachael King reviews Charlotte Grimshaw’s latest novel. There’s a video currently going around the internet where a guy called Baron Ryan takes on the role of both an interviewer a...

Mother’s Day short story, by Jane Cherry

‘Tears (mine) every time!’ Elizabeth Cox’s love/hate relationship with children’s books

Welcome to The Spinoff Books Confessional, in which we get to know the reading habits of Aotearoa writers, and guests. This week: Elizabeth Cox, author of Mr Ward’s Map, which won...

What we’re reading: The best of new releases

THE BOOK OF GUILT, RRP $28. This new novel from Catherine Chidgey, one of New Zealand’s most talented writers, is set in England in 1979, where 13-year-old triplets Vincent, Lawren...

Ardern ecstasies at Auckland Writers Festival

Ockhams: Ardern vs Chidgey (& Chidgey’s tea cosy)

Ex-PM and the sage of Cambridge contest the People's Choice book award The post Ockhams: Ardern vs Chidgey (& Chidgey’s tea cos...

Winner of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize

Holly Ann Miller of Kerike...

Ardern inches ahead as people’s choice author

Elizabeth Knox & the film that laid an egg

In an extraordinary new memoir, one of our greatest novelists remembers the Vinter's Luck film flop The post Elizabeth Knox & the film that laid an egg appeared first on Newsro...

Grace Millane-inspired play to tour NZ schools

Watching the play, says the British playwright, is like being in a boxing match. It's turbulent and uncomfortable, dealing a sucker punch while you laugh.

‘Calamities and care’: Elizabeth Knox’s profoundly moving memoir, reviewed

Claire Mabey reviews Night, Ma, the astonishingly honest new memoir from one of New Zealand’s most evocative and insightful writers. “In 2015 I set out to write a memoir of a three...

‘Creativity was incredible’: Former Silver Fern and Canterbury netball legend dies

"She was a real character. What I loved about her was that she was authentically Frances Granger. Just a real good soul.''

‘Gloomy Sunday’ made no difference: It was love at first sight

Like a sentinel: This striking 1900s house is a landmark on a bend in Maida Vale Rd, Roseneath.

Ardern wins People’s Choice book award

‘Graphic novels deserve a lot more love’: Rachel Smythe’s books confessional

Welcome to The Spinoff Books Confessional, in which we get to know the reading habits of Aotearoa writers, and guests. This week: Rachel Smythe, author of Lore Olympus and guest at...

The bestselling books at Easter

The case of the missing Prime Minister

From The Detail: The biggest night in the book trade will celebrate 'the best of the best' in Auckland next week, but one notable finalist will now be a no-show at the Ockham Award...