Wild Times with Granite
Gail Varga
Adult Fiction
A wobbly, tragicomic narrative through a dystopian landscape with the eccentric Moot, as she builds her granite tower to keep herself safe… but maybe too safe…
Adult Fiction
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Dystopian | Tragicomic
HOT TROPIC : from grey to blue
emili lemon
Adult Fiction
Deep in the sensual, tropical South Pacific, a hot island lover, caressing waters, erotic nature, relentless sun. Ella has truly escaped her grey London life…
What If? What If?
Suzanne B. Miller
Adult Fiction
Jasmine’s mind is ruled by endless ‘what if?’ fears and intrusive thoughts. When a forgotten diary draws her and her friends into a story from decades earlier, they uncover courage, connection and unexpected hope. An uplifting New Zealand novel exploring OCD, anxiety, friendship, resilience and the quiet bravery of keeping going.
A Place by the Sea - An anthology
Anna Rachael Williams
Adult Fiction
A Place by the Sea is a collection of four short stories set at a beach house in the far north of New Zealand.
Another Life
Anna Rachael Williams
Adult Fiction
I was inspired to write ‘Another Life’ after working in the area of early childhood for many years, supporting young mums coping with post-natal depression. Their stories resonated deeply, and I thank them for sharing their thoughts, feelings and emotions with me. Those women were the inspiration for this novel.
What's All This? Poetry from a Quirky Kiwi
Linda Liddicoat
Adult Fiction
A look at the world today from a humorous and yet serious point of view.
Beyond the Rimu Grove
Patricia Fenton
Adult Fiction, Historical Fiction
In the summer of 1966, a young teacher is dispatched to remote Ngarimu Valley School as a Probationary Assistant. Vulnerable and inexperienced, how will she survive – and how will her year in The Valley impact the rest of her life?
Storms
Phoebe Wilby
Adult Fiction
A journey of ten thousand miles begins with a single step, but for Annie Ryan and her siblings, it began with a trampoline. What follows is a funny, sometimes heart-breaking, but always heart-warming story of one young girl’s endeavour to stay ahead of the storms – both physical and emotional.
Remembering the Cosmic
Odette Hoffmann
Adult Fiction, Young Adult, Nonfiction
Remembering the Cosmic, a must-read for every high school senior, young adult and beyond, is a novel/self help book about a young woman called Chloe and her story of healing herself and her relationship through the help of Imogen, a healer. The book can be read as a story, or the reader can use the tools Imogen teaches Chloe to help heal their own lives.
The Retired Assassin's Guide to Country Gardening
Naomi Kuttner
Crime & Thrillers, Adult Fiction
Never kidnap an assassin’s cat…
The Floods of 2030
Patrick Coogan
Adult Fiction
The Floods of 2030 is an exciting dystopian novel set in New Zealand’s Far North. It examines how the advancing flood of technocracy will impact our present freedoms and attempt to imprison us as transhuman components within the global dystopian new world order.
My Sister's Baby
Susan Edmunds
Adult Fiction
How do you find your place in the world when nothing goes to plan?
Breanna and Amy are sisters who are struggling to work out who they are and what they really want, out of lives that refuse to stick with the plan.
Amy is facing infertility and a failing business while Breanna is answering agony aunt questions while battling to keep her family afloat.
All She Ever Wanted
Susan Edmunds
Adult Fiction
Two sisters. One surprise pregnancy. And a whole lot of life not going to plan.
The Foster Mother - A Psychological Thriller
Nicky Webber
Adult Fiction, Crime & Thrillers
There’s a world of difference between a mother and a psychopath. But sometimes, it’s hard to tell them apart…
When a young mother abandons her baby in a crowded park, Nora steps in to take her place.
All About Kate
Josie Laird
Adult Fiction
When you hate your body, how can you love yourself – or anyone else?
Life Size Bites - A collection of short fiction
Terry Carson
Adult Fiction
Life Size Bites is a collection of short stories and flash fiction looking at a wide range of subjects. The first two stories in the collection, comprise the winning entries in the 2025 Te Tauihu Short Story Competition and the 2026 Cambridge Autumn Festival Short Story Competition.
Death and the Dancing Girl
Jenny Harrison
Historical Fiction
After the end of the war in Europe, Tom Blake finds out he has a child lost somewhere in France.
The Disorder
Denise Fitzpatrick
Crime & Thrillers
A family torn apart by secrets. The Disorder is a gripping psychological drama.
The Suicide Farm
Mark Hagan
Adult Fiction
A thought-provoking literary mystery that explores the grey areas of life, death, and the stories that shape us all.
Zoe & Mila
Jodie Shelley
Adult Fiction
In a comical Kiwi adventure, a group of bad-ass women band together to reclaim stolen property, confront societal beauty standards, and navigate the chaos of drugs and gangs they are exposed to by their next-to-useless receptionist.
Finding Sam Healey
Catherine Mede
Adult Fiction
Sam Healey grew up in a loving family, but one with a secret.
The Chasm Between Us
Campbell Anderson
Adult Fiction
A novel about love, loss and redemption.
A Thousand Paper Cups
Jodie Shelley
Adult Fiction
An engaging and amusing Kiwi tale, set against a backdrop of failed parent–teacher interactions and fashion crimes. Hilarious and heartbreaking in turn, A Thousand Paper Cups explores the blight of family harm, homophobia and the misplaced loyalties of children to their imperfect parents.
The Tūi Has Landed
Jodie Shelley
Adult Fiction
A lively adventure of friendship, gambling and dating all the wrong people.
The Mother’s Child
Moira Wairama
Children's Books
A unique and sophisicated picture book written especially for mothers and maybe to share with their children.
Kaleidoscopes in the Dark
Bethany G. Rogers
Adult Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy
Dark short stories in technicolour.
