Metro Books — Things to read

Fantasy writer, Steff Green

Fantasy writer, Steff Green

How a legally blind fantasy writer, STEFF GREEN (a.k.a Steffanie Holmes) turned self-publishing into a six-figure income.

Text by Jenna Sauers Photography by Victoria Birkinshaw

Review: Charlotte Grimshaw's page-turning memoir The Mirror Book

Review: Charlotte Grimshaw's page-turning memoir The Mirror Book

Text by Kiran Dass

Two new bookstores open up in Wellington

Two new bookstores open up in Wellington

Text by Jean Teng

What Hera Lindsay Bird is reading in March-April 2020

What Hera Lindsay Bird is reading in March-April 2020

Text by Hera Lindsay Bird

The authors of Sextrology talk about their link to Eleanor Catton's The Luminaries

The authors of Sextrology talk about their link to Eleanor Catton's The Luminaries

Text by Elle Hunt

Summer books 2020: What Metro's reading right now

Summer books 2020: What Metro's reading right now

Justice and politics in Shanghai: The detective novels of Qiu Xiaolong

Justice and politics in Shanghai: The detective novels of Qiu Xiaolong

Text by Frances Walsh

Review: Singing the trail: The Story of Mapping in Aotearoa New Zealand

Review: Singing the trail: The Story of Mapping in Aotearoa New Zealand

Text by Alec Redvers-Hill

Why New Zealand might be the best place to raise your kids

Why New Zealand might be the best place to raise your kids

Text by Tess Nichol

An uplifting book full of astonishing life and loveliness: Jenny Bornholdt's Lost and Somewhere Else

"An uplifting book full of astonishing life and loveliness": Jenny Bornholdt's Lost and Somewhere Else

Text by Susannah Walker

How to win an election: 'Promises Promises: 80 Years of Wooing New Zealand Voters' reviewed

How to win an election: 'Promises Promises: 80 Years of Wooing New Zealand Voters' reviewed

Text by Ben Thomas

Review: Waitangi: A Living Treaty is a book for information and insight, but not for answers

Review: Waitangi: A Living Treaty is a book for information and insight, but not for answers

Text by Alec Redvers-Hill

Lesbian crime series by Jen Shieff a window to queer lives in 1960s Auckland

Lesbian crime series by Jen Shieff a window to queer lives in 1960s Auckland

Text by Frances Walsh

Funny As: The Story of New Zealand Comedy; a serious review by a funny person

Funny As: The Story of New Zealand Comedy; a serious review by a funny person

Text by Tim Batt

Emerging novelist Ruby Porter, author of Attraction, is one to watch

Emerging novelist Ruby Porter, author of Attraction, is one to watch

Text by Tess Nichol

US novelist Alexander Chee on the high-wire act of writing non-fiction

US novelist Alexander Chee on the high-wire act of writing non-fiction

Text by Jean Teng

Less moping, more humour: Andrew Sean Greer on figuring out how to write a gay love story

Less moping, more humour: Andrew Sean Greer on figuring out how to write a gay love story

Text by Tess Nichol

Elsewhere

Metro x The Realness

Metro x The Realness

Text by Beau and Damaris Coulter

Inside the inner circle of the Brotherhood of Auckland Magicians

Inside the inner circle of the Brotherhood of Auckland Magicians

Text by Bob Harvey

A land downunder: Behind the scenes building the City Rail Link

A land downunder: Behind the scenes building the City Rail Link

Text by Sam Button