New crime novels by Mark Brandi and Jennifer Trevelyan are enthralling dramas about the loss of innocence and the possibility of redemption.
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We asked more than 20 New Zealand literary experts, including Catherine Chidgey, Tina Makereti and Whiti Hereaka, to share their favourite NZ books published since 2000. What did they choose?
Emily Perkins’ ‘intoxicating’ new novel unfolds in the wake of a husband’s corruption scandal – which threatens his wife’s carefully curated lifestyle brand and forces her to question everything.
Birnam Wood is a novel of depth and complexity, but its depiction of an unscrupulous billionaire is also refreshingly unsubtle.
The Fish is a novel about a writer’s growth to maturity, but it is also a strange story about family breakdown, difference and shame.
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PhD Creative Writing, School of Humanities, Adelaide University
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Senior Lecturer, Writing, Department of Media and Communication, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor, English, Drama, Writing Studies, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Associate Professor, International Institute of Modern Letters, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Associate Professor, Creative Writing, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Professor of English and Drama, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Lecturer, Creative Writing, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Director, International Institute of Modern Letters, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Lecturer in English, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Adjunct Professor, English, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Lecturer, English, University of Canterbury
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Senior Lecturer in Literature, University of Waikato
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Senior Lecturer, International Institute of Modern Letters, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University