Livestream and live updates from the 2025 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults
You can follow the award's livestream on Youtube as well as Lyric's liveblog, underneath.
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- The Spinoff
The Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending August 15
The top 10 sales lists recorded every week at Unity Books' stores in High St, Auckland, and Willis St, Wellington. AUCKLAND 1 The Unlikely Doctor by Dr Timoti Te Moke (Allen & Unwin, $38) Dr Te Moke became a doctor at the age of 56. An extraordinary story that'll may just make you want to try harder. 2 Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison (Penguin, $24) A classic from 1947 is having a comeback in these dystopian times. 3 Goliath's Curse by Luke Kemp (Penguin Random House, $40) Brace yourself for this blurb: 'A radical retelling of human history through collapse – from the dawn of our species to the urgent existential threats of the twentieth-first century and beyond – based on the latest research and a database of more than 440 societal lifespans over the last 5,000 years. Why do civilisations collapse? Is human progress possible? Are we approaching our endgame?' 4 Fulvia by Kaarina Parker (E C H O, $37) A highly recommended classical retelling (for fans of Madeline Miller, Pat Parker and Natalie Haynes). 5 Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins (Hay House, $38) What a TLDR version? Then see Josh Drummond's thoughtful article about self help right here on The Spinoff. 6 Passengers on the Hankyu Line by Hiro Arikawa (Doubleday UK, $38) Travelling cats! Cosy! 7 Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton (Canongate, $28) Glorious memoir for fans of H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald. 8 The Book of Guilt by Catherine Chidgey (Te Herenga Waka University Press, $38) Gripping, chewy, atmospheric. Predicting it will be on next year's Ockhams lists for sure. 9 Butter by Asako Yuzuki (4th Estate, $35) Welcome back old friend! 10 Heart Lamp Selected Stories by Banu Mushtaq (Scribe, $37) Shortlisted for the 2025 International Booker Prize. 'In the twelve stories of Heart Lamp, Banu Mushtaq exquisitely captures the everyday lives of women and girls in Muslim communities in southern India. Published originally in the Kannada language between 1990 and 2023, praised for their dry and gentle humour, these portraits of family and community tensions testify to Mushtaq's years as a journalist and lawyer, in which she tirelessly championed women's rights and protested all forms of caste and religious oppression.' WELLINGTON 1 The Safe Keep by Yael van der Wouden (Penguin, $26) Stop what you're doing and go and buy this book like the good people of Wellington are doing. Gorgeous writing and also some hot sex. 2 A Different Kind of Power by Jacinda Ardern (Penguin, $60) Potentially boosted by the doco out now via the NZ International Film Fest. 3 Orbital by Samantha Harvey (Vintage, $26) Last year's slim Booker Prize winner is still winning! 4 Aotearoa Light by Peter Laurenson (Bateman Books, $70) A beautiful new book of photography with a timely angle: 'Concerned about the challenges our warming planet brings, photographer, tramper and occasional climber Peter Laurenson presents stunning images of Aotearoa New Zealand that convey the benefits of our wilderness; reminders of what we must protect and nourish if humanity is to thrive.' 5 The Book of Guilt by Catherine Chidgey (Te Herenga Waka University Press, $38) 6 Carthage by Eve Macdonald (Ebury Publishing, $40) What, who and when was Carthage? This book will answer all those questions and more. 7 Mātauranga Māori by Hirini Moko Mead (HUIA, $45) An essential for all home libraries, schools and offices. 8 James by Percival Everett (Picador, $27) A brilliantly funny, powerful, superb retelling. 9 Amma by Saraid de Silva (Moa Press, $38) Welcome back most popular novel of 2024 (according to Spinoff readers!). 10 Names by Florence Knapp (Phoenix, $38) This novel is everywhere right now. Here's a snippet of the blurb: 'Tomorrow – if morning comes, if the storm stops raging – Cora will register the name of her son. Or perhaps, and this is her real concern, she'll formalise who he will become. It is 1987 and in the aftermath of a great storm, Cora sets out with her nine-year-old daughter to register the birth of her son. Her husband has ordered her to follow a long-standing family tradition and call the child after him but when faced with the decision, Cora hesitates. Should her child share his name with generations of fearful men, or should he be given a chance to break the mould? Her choice in this moment will shape the course of their lives.' The Spinoff Books section is proudly brought to you by Unity Books and Creative New Zealand. Visit Unity Books online today.
The Spinoff
3 days ago
- The Spinoff
Livestream and live updates from the 2025 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults
Live updates from this year's awards by Lyric Waiwiri-Smith. You can follow the award's livestream on Youtube as well as Lyric's liveblog, underneath. The Spinoff Books section is proudly brought to you by Unity Books and Creative New Zealand. Visit Unity Books online today.
NZ Herald
3 days ago
- NZ Herald
Steve Braunias: Why Jacinda Ardern is ruining my life
Polkinghorne, the book, is looking like a bestseller and quacking like a bestseller. It's been No 1 at Unity Books, No 1 at Time Out bookstore, but only as far as No 2 to date in the NielsenIQ BookScan national nonfiction charts. Damn Dame Jacinda Ardern and her memoir A for hogging the No 1 spot week after week.
