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'Panguru and the City' shortlisted for W.H. Oliver Prize
Thursday, 22 October 2015, 12:04 pm | Bridget Williams Books
Melissa Matutina Williams’s Panguru and the City: Kāinga Tahi, Kāinga Rua has been shortlisted for the inaugural W. H. Oliver prize. This follows the book’s placing in the shortlist for the 2015 Ngā Kupu Ora Māori Book Awards , earlier ... More >>
Martin Edmond releases first full-length memoir
Tuesday, 6 October 2015, 3:02 pm | Bridget Williams Books
In October Martin Edmond visits New Zealand (from Sydney) to receive the prestigious Michael King Fellowship – and launch his evocative memoir, The Dreaming Land . More >>
The Edge of Life
Monday, 7 September 2015, 12:07 pm | Bridget Williams Books
It is one of the concerning paradoxes of modern life that as our scientific knowledge grows ever more sophisticated, our society’s ability to comprehend and act upon it is increasingly strained. It is a paradox that sits at the centre of Mike Berridge’s ... More >>
We are running out of time on climate change
Thursday, 30 July 2015, 1:14 pm | Bridget Williams Books
In nearly two decades since the United Nations conference that produced the Kyoto Protocol, New Zealand has still not adopted robust policies to adequately tackle climate change. In a forceful addition to the BWB Texts series, Dr Ralph Chapman ... More >>
What NZ women think about the 'man drought'?
Tuesday, 28 July 2015, 1:42 pm | Bridget Williams Books
In 2013, there were over 66,000 more women between the ages of 25–49 living in New Zealand than there were men. This so-called ‘man drought’ is a hot topic for journalists and academics alike, who comment on how the situation might affect ... More >>
Time of reckoning for New Zealand imminent, says academic
Thursday, 2 July 2015, 3:23 pm | Bridget Williams Books
The role of the public intellectual is to stimulate debate and raise unsettling questions. With The FIRE Economy: New Zealand’s Reckoning , Jane Kelsey proves once again to be a formidable bearer of the mantle. More >>
Economists' new book tackles New Zealand's housing crisis
Tuesday, 26 May 2015, 3:30 pm | Bridget Williams Books
Generation Rent: Rethinking New Zealand's Priorities, by Shamubeel and Selena Eaqub, offers pragmatic solutions to New Zealand's housing crisis More >>
Writer asks whether his generation's interests are served
Monday, 25 May 2015, 4:24 pm | Bridget Williams Books
27-year-old Andrew Dean’s appearance on yesterday’s Q+A testified to the interest being generated by his BWB Text, Ruth, Roger and Me: Debts and Legacies . More >>
Jonathan Boston: child hardship package
Thursday, 21 May 2015, 5:00 pm | Bridget Williams Books
Jonathan Boston: child hardship package will have only a marginal impact on child poverty The child hardship package in the 2015 Budget is a welcome initiative by the National-led government. However, the modest increases in benefit rates and tax ... More >>
Eighteenth-century Māori pioneered the Great Kiwi O.E.
Thursday, 30 April 2015, 1:24 pm | Bridget Williams Books
Eighteenth-century Māori pioneered the Great Kiwi O.E. Acclaimed historian Vincent O’Malley has written the latest addition to Bridget Williams Books’ Texts series, Haerenga: Early Māori Journeys Across the Globe. More >>
Paula Morris releases candid memoir on moving home
Wednesday, 29 April 2015, 12:15 pm | Bridget Williams Books
Award-winning author Paula Morris addresses how it feels to move back to New Zealand after decades living overseas, in a new book published by Bridget Williams Books. More >>
Contesting the legacy of Roger and Ruth
Tuesday, 28 April 2015, 2:16 pm | Bridget Williams Books
Young New Zealand voices writing at length on contemporary issues, with eloquence and intellectual facility, are rare. Andrew Dean, twenty-six, the author of Ruth, Roger and Me , is an exciting new talent. More >>
TPPA leak suggests more challenges for NZ sovereignty
Friday, 27 March 2015, 12:33 pm | Bridget Williams Books
As a document leaked yesterday demonstrates the potential effect of the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement upon sovereign rights, Professor Margaret Wilson at Waikato University says that changes to the structure of the state are already affecting ... More >>
Give children in poverty the same respect as retirees
Monday, 9 March 2015, 4:04 pm | Bridget Williams Books
New Zealand has an opportunity to tackle its high levels of child poverty by prioritising the needs of children just as it has done for the elderly, two prominent academics say. More >>
Max Rashbrooke: New Zealand performs poorly on inequality
Wednesday, 10 December 2014, 9:55 am | Bridget Williams Books
A major OECD report out today provides new evidence that growing income gaps damage economic growth - with New Zealand singled out as the country whose economy has suffered most. More >>
Tunes for Bears to Dance To
Thursday, 4 December 2014, 3:53 pm | Bridget Williams Books
Announcing the release of this new BWB Text by Owen Marshall, available as an e-book from the BWB website and global e-bookstores. More >>
Samoa mo Samoa: Black Saturday 1929
Thursday, 27 November 2014, 3:09 pm | Bridget Williams Books
Announcing the release of this new BWB Text by Michael Field, available as an e-book from the BWB website and global e-bookstores. More >>
Bombing the Rainbow Warrior
Thursday, 20 November 2014, 10:51 am | Bridget Williams Books
Announcing the release of this new BWB Text by Michael King, available as an e-book from the BWB website and global e-bookstores. More >>
Wealth inequality in New Zealand examined in new book
Tuesday, 21 October 2014, 12:55 pm | Bridget Williams Books
The Piketty Phenomenon collects New Zealand responses to Thomas Piketty’s groundbreaking argument that inherited wealth will always grow faster, on average, than earned wealth. More >>
Parihaka Invaded
Friday, 3 October 2014, 1:30 pm | Bridget Williams Books
Announcing the release of this new BWB Text by Dick Scott, which is now available as an e-book from the BWB website and global e-bookstores. More >>
