“I love the escapism of a good fantasy novel, and After the Forest by Kell Woods had me utterly bewitched. It’s a real page-turner with unexpected twists and clever storytelling of what happened to Hans and Greta in adulthood, years after escaping the witch in the forest.
Sunday 10th October marked World Mental Health Day, an international day for global mental health education, awareness and advocacy against social stigma. In uncertain times like these it is all the more important to continue to speak up, talk with others and change our culture
Catherine Robertson (left) and Jane Arthur (right) are at the helm of Good Books, a new indie bookshop in Wellington. Good Books is a fitting name for Wellington’s newest indie bookstore. The women-owned bookstore promotes New Zealand publishing and local books and has just run its
As fashionable books go, Dressed couldn’t be better dressed. It features a tactile pillow front and back cover as well as a bookmark ribbon, indulging author Claire Regnault’s love of haberdashery. Produced by Te Papa Press, it is an exquisite tome that will delight both historians and
Words Nikki Addison When the Covid-19 pandemic struck in 2020 plunging New Zealand into nationwide lockdown, many of us abruptly found ourselves with a lot more time on our hands. To stay busy, we engaged in a myriad of activities. We baked, we knitted, we streamed,
