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We live in a world of gridded maps, Outlook calendars and balance sheets – making it seem that this is the nature of reality itself. But in New Zealand, our history of reciprocal exchange and complex networks may point to new ways of understanding interactions between peoples today. July 2017 >>

Mothers and daughters, cats and horses, books and bowls are transformed in Elizabeth Smither’s eighteenth poetry collection. June 2017 >>

Michael Corballis answers some of the hardest questions in science – where did language come from and why do we like it so much? – with his usual verve and humour. April 2017 >>

An introduction to New Zealand society, from the foundations of Aotearoa New Zealand to contemporary debates about gender, violence, poverty, ethnicity and more. February 2017 >>

A historic and geographic survey of New Zealand wine and wine-making – well researched, lavishly illustrated and lovingly told. November 2016 >>

An exquisite piece of art publishing that showcases Bohemian artist Gottfried Lindauer’s New Zealand in 75 plates and detailed contextual essays. October 2016 >>

A whip-smart, travelling survey of contemporary New Zealand art and the global world it inhabits, ranging from Berlin to Marfa to Detroit then home to the farthest edge of the Hokianga. September 2016 >>

A searing study of institutionalised children failed by the state, whose ‘good intentions’ for thirty years put vulnerable children on the road to hell. August 2016 >>

The remarkable story of the rise and fall of this ‘Bloomsbury South’ and the arts and artists that made it. July 2016 >>