The best books you didn’t read in 2022
These overlooked titles from the past 12 months deserve to be on your summer reading list.
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The many names of Franz Josef Glacier
Lynley Hargreaves on the story behind Franz Josef Glacier
How the wild survived: a human history of Rakiura
Edited extract from Rakiura, the wild landscapes of Stewart Island, by Rob Brown
Beach study gives a journey back into social memory
David Herkt reviews New Zealand at the Beach
Extract: Needles and Plastic: Flying Nun Records, 1981–1988 by Matthew Goody
Flying Nun record label and the beginning of Hamish Kilgour and Bailter Space
Six must read books: the best summer reads for 2022
We've rounded up a few of the 2022 new releases that fit the summer mood.
“We’re here to help people change their lives”
HomeGround: the story of a building that changes lives
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Reviews of new books and a conversation with author/illustrator Jean Donaldson
Tā Toby Curtis leaves a legacy for his people
Tā Toby Curtis penned a powerful memoir: Unfinished Business: Ki Hea Āpōpō.
New book reveals Queen’s final months
Biography details how Queen handled Philip's death and Andrew's title stripping.
"It was party time in London because this new freedom had arrived. I just never stopped"
At 80, Linn Lorkin has just published her "musical memoir", The Redhead Gets the Gig.
Local Focus: Nici and Nicky talk about love, Italy and cooking for one
A perfect day with all the right ingredients in Anzac Hall, Featherston.
Taonga inspires story about art to help us find a way through the darkness
The story of five totara panels
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An extract from Selling Britishness, new books to discover and two reviews
Harry Potter is now available as a Māori audiobook
The Philosopher’s Stone can now be heard in te reo.
Michelle Obama: 'Our hurts become our fears. Our fears become our limits'
In The Light We Carry, Michelle Obama provides tools and inspiration for uncertainty
Netflix’s The Wonder: The strange, true story of the girls who stopped eating
Times: The ‘fasting girls’ were a disturbing historical phenomenon.
Fans snap up Black Fern star Ruby Tui’s book
Black Fern's winger's autobiography tipped to be highest seller of the year for publisher.
'I'm not entirely sure NZ knows what is about to hit them': The next big sporting event coming our way
Maia Jackman and Dr Michele Cox are celebrating middle age - and women's sport!
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Jane Harper's new page-turner, discover the mysteries of wetlands, new cook books
Michelle Obama shares personal stories of coping in new book
Former US first lady struggled with "crushing sense of hopelessness” after 2020 election.
I searched for my birth parents - and unearthed a notorious crime
Times: The job of telling Donna Freed where she came from fell to a nervous social worker.
Geena Davis: How Thelma and Louise changed my life
Geena Davis' memoir on Hollywood and her path to empowerment
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Conversations with sci-fi writer Adam Christopher, Ruby Jones and a book to check out
I talk to my dead wife all the time: Advertising titan Maurice Saatchi on grief
Times: They were an '80s power couple. Then his life fell apart when she died.
Prince Harry asked old friends to break vow of silence for memoir
The book will describe his “raw, unflinching” version of his life so far.
Watch: Prince Harry announces memoir 'Spare'
Prince Harry’s memoir is coming out Jan. 10. The book will be called “Spare” and is being billed by Penguin Random House, as an account told with “raw, unflinching honesty." Video / AP
Opinion: Harry couldn’t spend life ‘trying to make his family happy’
Duke of Sussex's memoir "Spare" described as a tale of family idiosyncrasies.
'Greedy brat’: Fury at Harry’s book title bombshell
The title of Harry’s upcoming memoir has sparked a mix of confusion and excitement.
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John Boyne revisits the Holocaust, Always Italicise: How to Write While Colonised reviewed
Book extract: A History of 100 Objects - the contraceptive pill
The history behind Margaret Sparrow's collection of contraceptive pills.
'Raw, unflinching honesty': Bitter title of Prince Harry's memoir revealed
'For Harry, this is his story at last.'
Prince Harry’s memoir is due in January. How explosive will it be?
New York Times: Harry is nervous about the book’s contents, publishing insiders say.