MĀNAWATIA A MATARIKI 

We hope your first weeks of te tau hau Māori has been full of whānau, food and of course, books. We've been nestling down with stories of reflection, rebirth and cosmic wisdom, hiding away from those tempestuous winter winds. 

 

Jenna recently attended Australia's BookPeople conference in Brisbane. Here she is below on the ‘Hypothetical’ panel and with fellow booksellers Megan (Brunswick Bound, Melbourne), Renee (Booksellers NZ, Timaru Bookshop), Mandy (Bookety Book Books) and Martene (Unity Auckland). We are looking forward to seeing more NZ Booksellers & industry friends at our July conference in a few weeks.

Wendy is about to host her family visiting from Dubai, George is fresh off the plane from his European summer (his favourite act at Primavera being Charli XCX & Troye Sivan), Ava has just turned 18 (!) and our students are finishing their exams. 

 

We'd love you to join us this Friday 3rd July - Suri will be in conversation with Dominic Hoey about his new novel, 1985. We've sold over 200 copies of this book since its May release. Scroll down for event details.

 

We've all been reading as much as humanly possible - see a curation of recent releases, our latest picks & reviews below. 

 

Love,

The Time Out team x

New & RECENT HIGHLIGHTS

sTAFF pICKS 

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Radio Reviews

1. Jenna reviewed the French ‘true novel’ Gabriele by Anne Berest and Claire Berest on RNZ's Nine to Noon.

2. Jenna reviewed Danish author Solvej Balle's On the Calculation of Volume I & II on 95bFM Breakfast with Milly & Tuva'a.

3. Suri reviewed There are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak on 95bFM Breakfast.

4. Jenna reviewed We Do Not Part by Nobel Prize winning writer, Han Kang.

5. Jenna put together a collection of favourite reads from 2025 so far for RNZ. 

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