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Māori Boy: a conversation with Witi Ihimaera
Last week, I had the great pleasure of attending an author talk with Witi Ihimaera about his latest book, Māori Boy, held at National Library. Māori Boy: a memoir of childhood is a recollection of the...
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Meet Robin Robilliard, author of Hard Country
This June, Wellington residents will have 3 chances to meet with Robin Robilliard, author of Hard Country, number two best seller for non-fiction books on the Paper Plus book chain list, and 4th on...
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From the Rare Book Collection: Queen Victoria’s signed copy of her published...
Only a few British monarchs have ever written books. As a young king, Henry VIII published an attack on the Protestant reformer Martin Luther many years before his own split with the Catholic church....
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Getting Lost: New biographies and memoirs
It’s a new year and we have new biographies hitting the collection, including: a female politician from Afghanistan, a much-loved novelist, an actor and of course some royals, among others. There’s a...
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The Queen’s Wife: Our Q&A with author Joanne Drayton
A modern love story: whakapapa, archaeology, art and heartbreak We recently sat down to chat with acclaimed author Joanne Drayton, the New Zealand biographer of a slew of bestselling books including...
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Read by the Author: Entertaining Autobiographies in the Author’s Voice
One of the greatest inventions of our time is the audiobook. Being able to listen to a book while you’re doing another task has opened up a world of reading to us in our busy lives. Pop it on during...
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Pushing the boundaries of biographies: Recent graphic novels
Graphic novels come in all genres and topics and a popular genre is the biography, with some all-time great books like Persepolis and Maus. In our recent picks we have a few new biographical graphic...
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