MEDIA RELEASE Christchurch Architecture: A Walking Guide JOHN WALSH AND PATRICK REYNOLDS A new book to be published in November shows that the best ways to appreciate the architecture of Christchurch is on foot. The second in a series of urban walking guides written by well-known architecture writer John Walsh …
MEDIA RELEASE Agency of Hope: The story of the Auckland City Mission 1920–2020 PETER LINEHAM “Agency of Hope is for anybody interested in the history of Auckland, social issues or indeed how an organisation can adapt as society changes.” — Chris Farrelly, CEO/Auckland City Missioner The Auckland City Mission has …
MEDIA RELEASE Fridays with Jim: Conversations about our country with Jim Bolger By DAVD COHEN The 2020 general election in New Zealand will be contested on leadership, and former three-term prime minister Jim Bolger has some weathered views on what that means. In the adventurously chatty new book Fridays with …
MEDIA RELEASE A COMPELLING MEMOIR OF ADOPTION, LOSS AND DISCOVERY “At Bethany maternity home, they take the babies right away. Before the single mothers lay eyes on them. Before they understand how love is made flesh. Before they can mount a defence. Or scream down the ward. Although I’m told …
MEDIA RELEASE Will to Win New Zealand netball greats on team culture and leadership LANA MCCARTHY WITH ANDY MARTIN AND GEOFF WATSON The Silver Ferns have often had a bad rap in the court of media opinion, with significant losses to the Australians and surprise defeats at international tournaments over …
AN EPIC SURVEY OF THE WORK OF NEW ZEALAND WOMEN POETS BY POETRY CHAMPION PAULA GREEN ‘In writing this book, I built a house. I moved through the rooms — collecting, building, recouping, revaluing — in order to travel through a broad range of published poetry. The doors and windows …