by Sue Reid | Mar 9, 2023 | Book Reviews
More than a tale of historical slavery – but not to lessen the deep gouge on human history that slavery was, River Sing Me Home is a narrative on freedom. So longed for, wished for and a driving force deep within the souls of the enslaved, when freedom finally...
by Sue Reid | Mar 6, 2023 | Book Reviews
Stunning, informative, engaging…a book I could not draw away from even after the last chapter closed. Set in pre-colonial East Coast, North Island, Monty brings life to tribal utu (revenge), makutu (witchcraft) and kaitangata (cannibalism). A coming-of-age tale teamed...
by Sue Reid | Mar 6, 2023 | Book Reviews
Like so much of English history, Dawnlands encapsulates the turbulent times of ‘a king in trouble, a country divided and determined women’. Set in 1685 through to the eventual overthrow of the Roman Catholic King James in 1688. Dawnlands returns to the...
by Sue Reid | Feb 22, 2023 | Book Reviews
If you haven’t discovered New Zealand author Fiona Sussman, then now is the time! Returning to her crime fiction genre, she delivers a well-crafted, precise and tense novel. From the first page, we are introduced to the characters in a focused way and you engage...
by Sue Reid | Feb 22, 2023 | Book Reviews
In 2010, Anna Bibby sold her Auckland art business and made the bold move to relocate to Martel, a small town on the Pilgrim’s Route to Rocamadour, France…
by Sue Reid | Feb 22, 2023 | Book Reviews
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