Department Books

The varied myths and folktales of the countless North American native tribes, from the Iroquois to the Cherokee, share a reverence for Nature, tric...

Modern Japanese Literature is Donald Keene's critically acclaimed companion volume to his landmark work Anthology of Japanese Literature: From the ...

Why is it so hard to say "I made a mistake"-and really believe it? When we make mistakes, cling to outdated attitudes, or mistreat other people, we...

Horror: A Literary History is the book horror readers and students need. It will hold you in its grip, leaving you replete with invaluable informat...

A popular phenomenon in the modern era, sightings of mermaids have been recorded throughout ancient history, appearing in times of trouble and disa...

The Polynesian triangle covers Easter Island, Hawaii, New Zealand and the many isles in between. The legends of the region are based on the creatio...

Beneath the waves stirs a malevolent, giant kraken-like monster - the terrifying creation of master of horror H.P. Lovecraft. First brought to life...

This latest addition to this successful series offers a new selection of myths, featuring Arthur's knights of the round table, his love for Queen G...

No matter where we are in the world, when nature calls, there's only one place to go . . . What started as a curious hobby for author Kris Mikkelso...

A wonderful collection of stories and memoir from childhood. Childhood is at times joyful, at times traumatic. In this anthology twenty-six disting...

Kara lives in Victory Park council flats with her young son, just making a living by minding other people's kids - her nightly smoke on the fire es...

Three Words: An Anthology of Aotearoa/NZ Women's Comics is a manifold, brilliant, collaborative survey of the past twenty years of New Zealand wome...

A dying Hitler dictates his memoirs to a personal aide whilst his top commanders plot against each other to see who will become the next Fuhrer. Me...

When secrets demand to be told . . . Two young women, a generation apart, travel to opposite sides of the world on fraught journeys of self-discove...

She's six feet tall and handles a motorbike like a professional, but Kate has insecurities that match her height and she ignores her past by pushin...

"I am two people now. I have split. One of us will be seeing Caroline's fiance later this evening. The other is smiling politely. He is a square of...

Christel is at shattering point. She's got two small children, her job in reality television is super high stress, she's an activist with Women Aga...

The Izu Dancer, Yasunari Kawabata's first work to bring him recognition as a writer, is a novella about six Izu Peninsula travellers. As the six tr...

Making people laugh is what Summer does best. It's how she fits in. And is it any wonder with a family like hers? Top of the list of crazies is Pop...

Tail of the Taniwha is Meredith's first book of short stories and follows her much lauded 2012 collection of poems Brown Girls in Bright Red Lipsti...

A colleaction of poetry by Maris O'Rourke.

A huge selection of Shadbolt's best stories written over a forty-year period, including his three Mansfield Short Story Award winners.