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New Books Bulletin - August 2019
We are delighted to bring you the latest edition of our monthly New Books Bulletin, showcasing NZSA members published writing in the month of their release. This Bulletin is sent out to NZSA members, book industry stakeholders, library suppliers and Booksellers NZ (who send on to all book shops and outlets on their database).
Are you an NZSA member and Interested in having your latest release included in the New Books Bulletin? Deadline for the next issue is 30 August. New Books Bulletin Submission Form
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Telesā:
I am Daniel Tahi
Lani Wendt Young
When Leila moves to Samoa, all she wants is a family, a place to belong. Instead she discovers the local ancient myths of the Telesa spirit women are more than just scary stories. And she meets Daniel Tahi. This is his story.
Available: All good bookshops or online. ISBN: 97809951067-6-5. RRP: $20.
Author Bio: Lani Wendt Young is a Samoan/Maori author. In 2018, she was named the ACP Pacific Laureate and in 2019 was awarded NZSA Waitangi Honours. She is in NZ in August giving the prestigious NZ Book Council annual lecture.
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Whenua Hou: A New Land
The story of Codfish Island
Neville Peat
Whenua Hou/Codfish Island in Foveaux Strait, best known as a kākāpō sanctuary, has a greater claim to fame – the foothold of bicultural Aotearoa New Zealand. From the early 1800s, European sealers and Maori women were raising families here. Read about first contact, colonisation, sealing, farming, nature conservation and archaeology.
Available: by email or phone 03 234 8192. ISBN: 978-1-98-851490-1. RRP: $25 + P&P.
Author Bio: Neville Peat has written extensively about New Zealand geography, history and the natural environment. In 2018, he became a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to conservation.
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The Clockill and the Thief
Gareth Ward
Sin is dying, poisoned. His troubles deepen when the traitor who poisoned him escapes from custody. Sin, his friend Zonda and their frenemy Velvet set off in pursuit of the traitor. Taking to the air they must battle the terrifying Clockill to complete their mission. But with his condition worsening, can Sin survive long enough to save his friends?
Available: All good bookshops. Book Depository. ISBN: 978 17606 51206. RRP: $19.99
Author Bio: Gareth Ward (aka The Great Wardini) is a magician, hypnotist, storyteller and bookseller.
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I Had a Brother
Diana Menefy
An unsentimental, honest, recount of the experience of losing a newborn baby, told poignantly from the child’s point of view. A unique addition to the small group of books that deal with death and grief. Endorsement by grief.org.nz. Illustrated by Malene Laugesen Picture book 32pp HB
Available: All good bookshops and online. ISBN: 978-0-473-42183-0. RRP: $30.
Author Bio: Diana Menefy now lives in Whangarei but she spent the bulk of her working life nursing, teaching creative writing and farming.
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The Shearers
New Zealand Legends
Ruth Entwistle Low
The Shearers is a colourful account of the men and women, past and present, who have committed their lives to shearing. Their voices - in their own words, often brutally honest reflections on what it is to be a shearer - are at the heart of this book: their training, their tools, their camaraderie, and the gruelling, itinerant nature of the job.
Available: All good bookstores and online retailers. ISBN: 978 014 377 1166. RRP: $45
Author Bio: Ruth Entwistle Low is a freelance oral historian and writer living in Timaru. Her first book, the bestseller, 'On the hoof. The untold story of drovers in New Zealand' was published by Penguin in 2014.
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Meltwater
Suzanne Ashmore
Meltwater is an autobiographic novel of childhood abuse and the Dissociative Identity Disorder that followed. A woman’s journey to find her ‘self,’ complicated by the fact that Elizabeth has thirteen ‘selves,’ created to suppress traumatic memories. With the first step, Elizabeth’s story begins to surface. Will she survive it’s dangerous terrain?
Available: at all good bookshops, Mary Egan publishing, and from the author. ISBN: 978-0-473-47231-3. RRP: $30.
Author Bio: Suzanne Ashmore is an Auckland artist and writer. Her next project after ‘Meltwater,’ will be finishing an historical novel for young adults, and beginning a series of illustrated books for children.
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'Bottoms!'
Nikki Slade Robinson
‘Bottoms there, bottoms here
lots of bottoms everywhere!
So let’s hurrah for bottoms, all
in any colour, big or small.’
A riotous celebration of all things bottomly in this new picture book. A giggle is good for the soul, and even better when shared! Bottoms are also extremely useful...
'how could you sit on a chair,
if you had no bottom there?'
Available: through all good bookshops and online. Pub Duck Creek Press. ISBN: 978-1-927305-57-7. RRP: $19.99.
Author Bio: Nikki has written and illustrated many titles including 'The little Kiwi's Matariki' (Winner NZ Book Awards for Chidlren and young adults), the 'Muddle & Mo' series and many others.
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Ringlet and the Day the Oceans Stopped
Felicity Williams
An eleven-year-old mergirl has better things to do than save the oceans from deadly stagnation. Except there's no one else. And worse still, something monstrous is hellbent on stopping her. It's Ringlet against time and tides and there's not much left of either.
Available: From Amazon, Book Depository, Kobo, Fishpond, and Barnes&Noble as ebook or paperback. ISBN: 978-0-9951197-0-3. RRP: $24.99.
Author Bio: Felicity Williams kickstarted her career with a QE2 Arts Council grant. Currently she is the owner of Canvas Bag Drama School in Christchurch and the rest of the time she writes. This is her first novel.
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Ghost Stories
Jack Ross
David Foster Wallace once wrote that 'every love story is a ghost story.' Not all of the stories in Jack Ross’s new collection are about love, but all of them concern ghosts – imaginary, real, or entirely absent. As it turns out, there are even stranger things in the world: from haunted hotel rooms in Beijing to drunken poetry readings in Auckland.
Available: Book Depository, Publisher website. ISBN: 978-0-9951165-4-2. RRP: $ 25.00.
Author Bio: Jack Ross has published 12 books of poetry and fiction to date, and has edited a great many more; he works as a senior lecturer in creative writing at Massey University.
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The Blacksmith
Barbara Howe
Duncan Archer didn’t need magic to work at the forge, but Frankland’s magic needed him. And now, subject of the biggest manhunt in the country’s history, he needs to understand an old, obscure riddle: How is the king like a blacksmith? His life may depend on the answer.
Available: From Amazon, Book Depository, Kobo, Fishpond, and Barnes&Noble as ebook or paperback. ISBN: 978-1-925759-96-9. RRP: $34.95.
Author Bio: Barbara Howe lives in Wellington, New Zealand, in a house overflowing with books, games, and jigsaw puzzles, and works as a software developer in the film industry.
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25 To Life
Justine Orme
In a desperate story filled with hope, follow one woman's journey from being a victim of child exploitation to a survivor and overcomer.
Inspired by true events, this heart-wrenching book will shed light in dark places with its compelling, and life-changing message of truth.
Available: from libraries, books stores, Amazon, Ingram Spark and online. ISBN: 9780473480097. RRP: $24.95.
Author Bio: Justine lives in Warkworth with her husband. She loves her garden but loves coffee more. The author of I AM BERYL series, 25 TO LIFE, she is also working on A CITY OF REFUGE about the plight of Indian women.
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A Good Joke
The Life and Crimes of Notorious New Zealand Art Forger Karl Sim
Ian Dougherty
A Good Joke tells the story of New Zealand's only convicted art forger, Karl Fedor Sim (Carl Fedor Goldie) and his associates; and provides an insight into the shady side of art dealing and the incompetent side of art expertise in New Zealand over the past five decades. The 228-page book includes more than 200 colour and back & white illustrations.
Available: All good bookshops; and directly from the publisher: Saddle Hill Press, PO Box 90, Dunedin 9054, Email for $45 post free. ISBN: 978-0-473-48092-9. RRP: $45.
Author Bio: Ian Dougherty is a Dunedin-based journalist and historian. He is the author of 27 non-fiction books on New Zealand history, biography, culture and society.
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Shadow of Doubt
SL Beaumont
How well do you know those closest to you?
A post-Brexit referendum terrorist bombing and the unexplained death of her father leads London banker Jessica McDonald to uncover secrets and lies that will upend her life—and put her in grave danger. Can she piece together a terrifying conspiracy that has global implications before it's too late?
Available: from Amazon, Fishpond, the Book Depository and selected independent bookstores. ISBN: 978-0-473-48370-8. RRP: Ebook $4.99 Paperback $29.99.
Author Bio: SL Beaumont writes mystery, suspense and crime novels, most notably the Amazon best-selling series, The Carlswick Mysteries.
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Bumblebees have Smelly Feet
Rachel Weston
This interactive non-fiction children’s book contains fascinating information on why bumblebees have smelly feet, how their bodies work, their super power eyesight, family life cycle, and how you can help this integral insect survive. Including experiments, photographs and charming illustrations that will excite and delight young readers.
Available: Author website and all good book shops. ISBN: 9780473482961. RRP: $18.99.
Author Bio: First time author, Rachel Weston, combined her love as an educator and love for writing, resulting in Bumblebees have Smelly Feet. She could not wait to share with children how incredibly cool bumblebees are!
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The Claim
David Briggs
Set in New Zealand's Southern Alps, this is a novel about love and trust, about what matters in life and what doesn't, and about the elusive nature of truth.
The novel was long-listed for the Michael Gifkins Prize in 2018.
Available: From the publisher, RedDoor Press; from Amazon and Kindle world-wide; from Waterstones bookshops in the UK. ISBN: 978-1910453735. RRP: £9.99 (UK price).
Author Bio: David lives in Mapua with his wife and two dogs, and after a career in academia now writes novels and poetry. This is his second published novel.
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ngā whakamatuatanga/interludes
Vaughan Rapatahana
This is Rapatahana's sixth collection of poetry. Published in India, via Cyberwit (Allahabad) it showcases his writing both in te reo Māori and in English. Brutally honest and brave, this collection continues the poet's especially visceral approach to writing poetry and willingness to confront all manner of demons..
Available: Via publisher website, Cyberwit. Amazon. ISBN: 9789389074413. RRP: US$15.
Author Bio: Vaughan Rapatahana commutes between Hong Kong, Philippines and Aotearoa New Zealand. He is widely published across several genre. As a poet, he has had seven collections published in seven nations.
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How the Brain Thinks
Dr Graham J Desborough
As a practicing GP in Auckland for many years, I have long been interested in how we think and why we all do things differently. This is the result. In it I describe how the functions of the frontal cortex, attention, consciousness, emotion, memory and perception all combine to produce the mish-mash that is human thought and behaviour.
Available: Author's website, Amazon, Fishpond, Barnes and Noble, Mondadori, Angus and Robertson. ISBN: appr $NZ7 e-book, $NZ25 p-book. RRP: appr $NZ7 e-book, $NZ25 p-book
Author Bio: I am an Auckland University Medical School graduate and practising GP in Auckland. I did a Masters dissertation on the Cognitive approaches to JDM research in the 1990's and went on from there.
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Scattered Stones
Michelle Kelly
Scattered Stones continues the story of Mary Healey and her family during the gold rush in Central Otago, New Zealand. Jim, Mary’s husband, has returned, and together they are trying to build a future that will become a legacy.However Mary feels her hold on her children is slipping, and life is becoming as uncontrollable as the river in flood.
Available: Amazon, Goodreads, Fishpond, and author's website. ISBN: 9780 4734 49124. RRP: $29.99.
Author Bio: Michelle Kelly lives in Auckland,in a cute little cottage she calls 'The Writery.' A finalist in the 2009 NZ Post Awards junior fiction category, she is now concentrating on writing NZ Historical Fiction.
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The Tim Worth Chronicles
Rayner Ramsay
Unknowingly trapped within a world created by an alien race, Timothy Worth will have to go up against great odds to survive. With a looming threat on the way, Tim is given powers to help combat it, but does he have what it takes? Taking on deadly enemies, powerful characters, and a world created virtually, Tim Worth must fight to survive.
Available: Amazon. ISBN: B017N0E2FI. RRP: $3
Author Bio: Rayner Ramsay is a small-time writer. He is a hard worker, fulltime dad, and a passionate writer.
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Do you have a new book coming out?
A current member of the New Zealand Society of Authors and want your latest work included in the next issue?
- We have streamlined and updated our format for New Books. Submission guidelines and form here.
- One book per issue of the NZSA New Books Bulletin. Multiple books from one author will go in separate monthly issues.
- Deadline for next issue: 30 August
Questions? Contact Claire Hill.
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