‘The legitimacy of the state is at best questionable and certainly remains legally unsettled.’
'Sovereignty' by legal scholar Claire Charters (Ngāti Whakaue, Tūwharetoa, Ngāpuhi and Tainui) is our first BWB Text for 2026!
Preorder now: www.bwb.co.nz/books/sovereignty #BWBTexts
'Becoming Māori, becoming Pākehā'
A extract from Vincent O'Malley's new edition of 'The Meeting Place: Māori and Pākehā Encounters, 1642–1840' appeared in papers over the weekend. Pick up a copy from your local bookshop today!
www.thepost.co.nz/culture/36...
'The Good Economy' by Craig Renney continues on the Unity Books Wellington bestseller list for another week!
thespinoff.co.nz/books/06-03... #BWBTexts
‘This is a once-in-a-generation contribution to New Zealand writing about justice, class and wider society ... a monumental book of stories that will stay with you long after you put it down.’ – Max Harris
Preorder 'The Valley' by Asher Emanuel today: www.bwb.co.nz/books/the-valley
Charlotte Macdonald's superb new history 'Garrison World: Redcoat Soldiers in New Zealand and across the British Empire' is a finalist for the BookHub Award for Illustrated Non-Fiction at the Ockham NZ Book Awards!
Winners announced 13 May. Grab a copy today: www.bwb.co.nz/books/garrison...
Charlotte Macdonald presents her new book 'Garrison World' at the National Library!
Explore the lives of soldiers, sailors & families across the empire in 19th-century Aotearoa.
📅 Thu 16 April, 5:30–6:30pm
📍 National Library, Wellington
Free. In-person & online: natlib.govt.nz/events/travel...
Longlisted in the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards!
'Garrison World' by Charlotte Macdonald – a major new history examining the impacts of military occupation, from the New Zealand Wars to the wider garrisoning of the British empire, 1840–1870.
Available now: bwb.co.nz/books/garrison-world
Longlisted in the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards!
'The Welcome of Strangers' by Atholl Anderson – an authoritative history of southern Māori, co-published with Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu. Updated with new research, maps and visual narrative.
Available now: bwb.co.nz/books/the-welcome-...
Longlisted in the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards!
'The Covid Response' by Shaun Hendy – an insider's account of New Zealand's pandemic response, unpacking the science behind high-stakes decisions and the lessons they hold for the future.
Available now: bwb.co.nz/books/the-covid-re...
Rebecca Macfie's 'Hardship and Hope' is the first BWB Text to be longlisted for the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards! Pick up a copy online or at all good local bookshops.
bwb.co.nz/books/hardship-and...
'Garrison World reaches beyond the conflicts of 1840–72 that are now usually referred to as the New Zealand Wars to consider the wider impact of the permanent presence of soldiers on the colony’s early history.'
Read an extract from 'Garrison World' on Kete Books!
www.ketebooks.co.nz/articles...
Congratulations to Dame Claudia Orange on making the finalists for the Ryman Healthcare Senior New Zealander of the Year Te Mātāpuputu o te Tau!
nzawards.org.nz/awards/senio...
'Utterly engrossing ... Will be keenly read by many New Zealanders.' – Kate Fullagar, Professor of History, Australian Catholic University
Tony Ballantyne's 'Captain Cook and the Unsettled Afterlives of Empire' arrives in July. Preorder today!
www.bwb.co.nz/books/captain-...
Look out for this one mid-year from my esteemed fellow Cavvy friend and @universityofotago.bsky.social Prof Tony Ballantyne and @bwbnz.bsky.social 👏 #newbooks #history www.bwb.co.nz/books/captai... #history
‘This is a fine book by a leading New Zealand historian at the height of his powers.’ – James Belich
‘Captain Cook and the Unsettled Afterlives of Empire’ by Tony Ballantyne publishes July.
Preorder today: www.bwb.co.nz/books/captain-...
‘Asher Emanuel has made a nationally important contribution to literary reportage, policy analysis and our collective understanding of class society.’ – Morgan Godfery
'The Valley' publishes May, preorder it today through your local bookshop or the BWB website.
www.bwb.co.nz/books/the-valley
A book that 'deserves to be taken seriously'. Brian Easton reviews 'The Good Economy', a new BWB Text by Craig Renney!
Read the review: www.pundit.co.nz/content/siz...
'The Good Economy' is available online or at all good bookstores: bwb.co.nz/books/the-good-eco... #BWBTexts
Author Vincent O'Malley is currently in residence at the Michael King Writers Centre in Devonport, working on his next project: 'Whenua – Māori Land Loss Since 1840'.
Trust in journalism is under real pressure – but it's not beyond repair.
In this ODT op-ed, recent BWB Texts author Tim Watkin draws on global research and three decades in the industry to explore what's gone wrong and what journalists can do about it.
www.odt.co.nz/opinion/openne...
Sebastian Jablonski reviews Judith Binney's 'Encounters Across Time': 'a valuable resource that can be recommended to scholars working in this field, irrespective of their geographical location'.
intellectdiscover.com/conten...
Available now through bookshops and the BWB website.
#BWBTexts
Nine to Noon features a review of 'The Good Economy' by Craig Renney. The latest BWB Text out now!
'BWB Texts are a phenomenon in their own right' 📚
www.rnz.co.nz/national/progr... #BWBTexts
‘…a thought-provoking contribution to a very relevant topic both within and beyond New Zealand.’
Mikko Myllyntausta reviews ‘Fragments from a Contested Past: Remembrance, Denial and New Zealand History’ in the Journal of New Zealand & Pacific Studies doi.org/10.1386/nzps_00205_5 #BWBTexts
'Slowing the Sun' by Nadine Hura is one of Stella Chrysostomou's best books of the last year! Listen to Stella's review on RNZ's Nine to Noon ☀️ 📖
www.rnz.co.nz/national/progr...
'This is journalism at its finest – immersive, meticulous, honest and brave ... A unique and important new book for Aotearoa New Zealand.’ – Rebecca Macfie
'The Valley: Crime and Punishment in a New Zealand City' by Asher Emanuel publishes in May.
www.bwb.co.nz/books/the-valley
Another reprint of 'Two Hundred and Fifty Ways to Start an Essay about Captain Cook'! Pick up a copy of Alice Te Punga Somerville's bestselling Text in bookshops now.
www.bwb.co.nz/books/two-hund... #BWBTexts
'All of the principles articulated in the book need to be implemented if journalism is to restore the trust upon which its future relies.'
Tim Watkin's 'How to Rebuild Trust in Journalism' is featured in this review as a Newsroom Book of the Week!
newsroom.co.nz/2026/02/05/bo... #BWBTexts
'Three terrific books.'
Paul Diamond reviews three of his favourite books of 2025, including two BWB titles!
Listen to Paul speak about Charlotte Macdonald's 'Garrison World' and Vincent O'Malley's 'The Meeting Place' on RNZ's Nine to Noon: www.rnz.co.nz/national/progr...
'Either way, without Māori, there would be no Pākehā. Without Pākehā, there would be no Māori. One had no meaning without the other, no reason for being.'
Great to see an extract from 'The Meeting Place' by Vincent O'Malley featured in the Sunday Star Times!
www.pressreader.com/new-zeal...
'Atholl Anderson’s magisterial work, "The Welcome of Strangers: A History of Southern Māori" is one of those books you’ll never really finish reading ... it will reward continued engagement for years to come.'
Read David Veart's review in Kete Books: www.ketebooks.co.nz/en/revie...
‘The Good Economy’ by Craig Renney back on the Unity Books Wellington bestseller list! Grab a copy today.
thespinoff.co.nz/books/06-02... #BWBTexts
