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Presenting poems with a remarkable range of themes, this collection runs the gamut from the power of a single word and the horror of violence to the joy of a newborn child. At the heart of the book are three pieces that stand alongside those that have formed the backbone of the authors acclaimed oeuvre: a contemplative poem written beside Lake Geneva; the 'Building Sonnets'; and 'Peace on Earth'.

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In Berlin and the north of Germany around Kiel, nineteenth-century ancestors whisper to him amid the clamour of history and the pleasures of daily life.

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From its arresting central image of standing naked before a life-drawing class, The Lonely Nude reveals a speaker who, even as she travels into the world, feels increasingly disconnected from it. The seven sections in this collection explore paralysis and movement, singularity and connectedness, and what is necessary and what can be stripped away.

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Culled from two decades of nonfiction writing from an original and much-celebrated author, these essays tell the story of important moments and experiences in Elizabeth Knox's life. Displaying the vivid and rich qualities for which Knox is renowned, these works reveal the process through which Knox creates as well as the purpose behind her work.

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An anthology that tracks between the dualities of the rain-washed skies of Donoughmore, County Cork, and the Queensland rainforest and national and personal histories. It is inspired by the poet's experiences near Blarney in Ireland as well as her New Zealand homeland and family.

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The first Mirror of Simple Annihilated Souls caused its author to be burnt at the stake for heresy in 1310. Kate Camp's fourth collection of poems demonstrates a darker turn in the work of this popular poet. Shortlisted for the Kathleen Grattan Poetry Award, it establishes her in the front rank of New Zealand poets.

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An introduction to the prosecution system and process in New Zealand. It is aimed at the lay person wishing to learn more about this critical governmental institution.

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This new collection contains poems that capture the eerie and exhilarating aspects of daily life. All the poems combine a crisp and shapely style with breathtaking openness and urgency in addressing personal material, particularly in the poet's responses to her mothers illness and her thoughts about living in the United States.

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The movie may be slightly different offers a rich harvest of recent poems displaying the wit, intellectual agility and arresting beauty for which Vincent O'Sullivan is renowned.

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John Psathas has said that, of all New Zealand composers, John Cousins has `thrown the spear furthest, meaning he is one of our most original artists, going beyond the edge. Provocative and penetrating and fundamentally true, Cousins remains absorbed and energised in and by creative work.

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Pip Adam's new novel walks the streets of Auckland city now, examining the fashion scene, intergenerational tension and modern life with an unflinching eye. From the the wreckage and waste of the 21st century, new animals must emerge.

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Very few New Zealanders have lives unaffected by the Consumers Price Index (CPI). Some of the contributions to this book document the New Zealand CPI as a history of conflicting machinations between unions, employers, public officials, and lobby groups. Others view it as a mirror of domestic social norms and important international developments. Still others emphasize its technical evolution.

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Telling the story of the first 50 years of New Zealand's National Youth Orchestra, this title gives an account that covers its successful international tours and performances in cities around New Zealand as well as its 2009 concert season. It also includes photographs, posters, and programs drawn from the group's archives.

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Moving between China, Europe, and New Zealand, the young protagonist of this novel learns how music and its artifacts link individuals across time in a chain alternately transcendent and tragic. She also encounters the compromises that talent, fate, and family force upon her.

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A true story detailing the biggest - and most extraordinary - hoax New Zealand has ever seen. Perpetrated by former prison inmate Syd Ross and eventually commandeered by a notable public figure, the 1942 plot took advantage of New Zealanders fears of a Japanese invasion.

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The subtle and sophisticated poems in this collection artfully move across a spectrum of geographic and emotional landscapes. After shunning the physical reality of Antarcticas hazardous beauty in favour of exploring the inner world it inspires, the poet considers the urban nightmare of London after the 2005 bombings that killed her niece.

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Insightful and intelligent, this compelling collection of poems touches on themes of memory, travel, and the unconscious. With images and scenes carrying the burden of disclosure, these pieces create a thoughtful and provocative narrative along with a palpable and engaging outside world.

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In her first collection of stories, Gemma Bowker-Wright leads us into the phases of transition and transformation in people's lives: a dream job, a rare afternoon between son and father, a man losing his wife to Alzheimer's, a first snow.

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Equal parts workplace comedy, home invasion thriller and literary conundrum, The Royal Free is an exuberant, dark, wildly entertaining novel about death and copy editing by the author of the acclaimed A Mistake.

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The 60th birthday of the Royal New Zealand Ballet is a triumph for the vision of Poul Gnatt who, in 1953, led a troupe of dancers travelling the length and breadth of the country. This book, with more than 50 contributors and more than 300 illustrations, is both a rich history and a vibrant celebration of that heroic story.