Booksellers hail ‘rolling Super Thursday’ as publishers spread out big autumn releases
A “rolling Super Thursday” is how booksellers have described the industry’s heaviest publication day for 2025, with key…
Escaped bull rams Napier home with mum and kids inside, inspires children’s book
They heard a peculiar noise outside and thought it must have been one of their cows, as they…
‘Bookshelf wealth’ is a TikTok trend, Dua Lipa’s reading Helen Garner. But books have signified taste for centuries
Books and bookshelves as interior decoration are a new trend, according to recent reports. An expert at Etsy,…
Super-spry seniors help launch book on ageing better – The Devonport Flagstaff
29 September, 2025 Super-spry seniors help launch book on ageing better Inspirational… author Leigh Elder (82) with former…
‘State-driven censorship’: new wave of book bans hits Florida school districts | US book bans
A new wave of book bans has hit Florida school districts, with hundreds of titles being pulled from…
‘Katabasis’ review: R.F. Kuang’s dark academia thriller is set in hell
Book Review Katabasis By R.F. KuangHarper Voyager: 360 pages, $32If you buy books linked on our site, The…
Stella Day Out Aireys Inlet program revealed
Monday, 29 September 2025 Â Books+Publishing @booksandpublishing Literary organisation Stella has announced the evening program for its Stella…
Arundhati Roy’s Mother Mary Comes to Me is a rollicking memoir of a life without guardrails
Open this photo in gallery: Arundhati Roy’s memoir is about the mother who broke the author and made…
Bakers Lane Books acquires Drum’s YA novel
Monday, 29 September 2025  Books+Publishing @booksandpublishing Bakers Lane Books has acquired world rights to Don’t Forget to…
Adult Book Club: The Village Library Demon-Hunting Society
Gather with fellow readers at the Adult Book Club: The Village Library Demon-Hunting Society from 5:30 p.m. to…
18 of the best books of the year so far
Universality by Natasha Brown Natasha Brown’s celebrated 2021 debut, Assembly, was a short, precise novel and a dissection…
Otoniya J. Okot Bitek – The Giller Prize
Otoniya J. Okot Bitek’s novel, We, The Kindling has been longlisted for the 2025 Giller Prize. Otoniya writes poetry…