{"title":"Tāne Whānau General Fiction","description":"\u003cp\u003eInspired by Father’s Day, the loss of Rowena’s bookseller father last year, and a couple of recent reads that reminded us of the wonderful contribution tāne make to our literary landscape — Tīhema Baker’s One Day a Taniwha and the Supreme Award-winning team effort A Guide to Rocks by Sacha and Josh — this collection celebrates the tāne of Oceania.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"better-the-blood-the-past-never-truly-stays-buried-welcome-to-the-dark-side-of-paradise","title":"Better the Blood (PB)","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e2023 Ngaio Marsh Award Winner Best First Novel\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction, 2023 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ca href=\"chrome-extension:\/\/efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj\/https:\/\/www.nzbookawards.nz\/Images\/Assets\/44765\/1\/Fiction%20Digital%20Sampler.pdf\" title=\"Ockham Sampler PDF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eClick here to visit the Ockham Sampler PDF\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.nzbookawards.nz\/new-zealand-book-awards\/2023-awards\/shortlist\/\" title=\"2023 NZBA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eClick here to nzbookawards.nz 2023 shortlist\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the CWA John Creasey New Blood Dagger\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReveiwed by Rowena (Team member); A great read!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBetter the Blood is a twisting, turning, action packed crime thriller.  The culture, te reo Māori and Aotearoa New Zealand setting made it a compelling read.  The last quarter was the hope and although a minor character, in this fast pace action book - the kuia of the Te Tini-o-Tai tribe - was the balance, strength \u0026amp; positive light in the darkness.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/national\/programmes\/ninetonoon\/audio\/2018859601\/scriptwriter-turned-best-selling-thriller-writer\" title=\"RNZ Nine to Noon Interview Sept 22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eClick here to visit the rnz.co.nz interview with Michael Bennett\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'A compelling, atmospheric page turner with an authentic insight into Maori culture' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eVal McDermid\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eA DETECTIVE IN SEARCH OF THE TRUTH.\u003cbr\u003eA KILLER IN SEARCH OF RETRIBUTION.\u003cbr\u003eA CLASH BETWEEN CULTURE AND DUTY.\u003cbr\u003eTHE PAST NEVER TRULY STAYS BURIED.\u003cbr\u003eWELCOME TO THE DARK SIDE OF PARADISE.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDetective Senior Sergeant Hanna Westerman is a tenacious Māori detective juggling single motherhood and the pressures of her career in Auckland's Central Investigation Branch. When she's led to a crime scene by a mysterious video, she discovers a man hanging in a hidden room. With little to go on, Hana knows one thing: the killer is sending her a message.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs a Māori officer, there has always been a clash between duty and culture for Hana, but it is something that she's found a way to live with. Until now. When more murders follow, Hana realises that her heritage and past are the keys to finding the perpetrator.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEspecially when the killer's agenda of revenge may include Hana - and her family . . .\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCrime and mystery fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMichael Bennett\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e336 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eH: 198mm W: 130mm Spine: 21mm\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42643483295894,"sku":"9781398512245","price":26.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0587\/4978\/0118\/products\/jacket---2023-06-22T165006-674.jpg?v=1687409531"},{"product_id":"have-this-heart","title":"Have This Heart","description":"\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.ketebooks.co.nz\/reviews\/review-have-this-heart-by-lawrence-patchett\" title=\"Click here to read more\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ewww.ketebooks.co.nz\u003c\/a\u003e Anna Scaife review \"With this accomplished collection of stories, Patchett offers a definition of the work of men which swells to include self control, diplomacy, caregiving, fear, friendship, and loyalty, covering the breadth of what it means to take responsibility.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom acclaimed author Lawrence Patchett, Have This Heart is a compulsively readable story collection about men who are trying to do better.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhether training a rescue dog, starting a bucket chain to put out a raging fire, raising a marquee beside a line of Ferraris, or reporting on a sensitive workplace accident, the men in Have This Heart are striving for more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor connection, for humour, for a way back into the world. Lawrence Patchett's stories are about men at work and what happens when your life doesn't let you hide. These are tightly coiled stories, rich with rough talk and fear-sweat and tenderness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Victoria University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46406604423318,"sku":"9781776923045","price":38.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0587\/4978\/0118\/files\/jacket-2026-06-02T160603-429.jpg?v=1780374607"},{"product_id":"one-day-a-taniwha","title":"One Day A Taniwha","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the bestselling author of Turncoat comes a powerful new novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs the pressure of fatherhood tightens its grip, sleepless nights and rising tensions begin to erode Hepa's sense of control. When the line between fear and reality begins to blur, can he be trusted with his own son?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHepa hasn't slept properly in four months. His newborn son, Wī, cries through the night. The bills keep coming. The pressure to hold everything together is closing in. Hepa tells himself to harden up. Be the pillar his family needs. The only place he feels in control is in his dreams. Since childhood he's been able to shape them, to bend the dream world to his will. Until something begins watching back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA presence with paua-shell eyes starts appearing in his dreams, and then in waking life. In the shadows. In strangers' faces. Whispering to Hepa while he rocks Wī to sleep. It feels like living with a taniwha on his shoulder. Hepa can't tell where the nightmares end and the real world begins - and he's terrified of what he might do...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTīhema Baker (Raukawa te Au ki te Tonga, Ātiawa ki Whakarongotai, Ngāti Toa Rangatira) is a writer from Ōtaki. His writing often explores the complex interactions between and within te ao Māori and te ao Pākehā, based on personal and professional experience. He is the author of satirical novel Turncoat, which was longlisted for the Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2024, a young adult novel series, and various short stories and essays.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Moa Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46534736904342,"sku":"9781869718800","price":38.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0587\/4978\/0118\/files\/jacket-2026-08-14T150311-544.jpg?v=1787043954"},{"product_id":"offshore-service-and-other-stories","title":"Offshore Service: and Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e'But I couldn't go home just yet. I would not be a man in anyone's eyes. 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He was Robert Burns Fellow at the University of Otago in 2017 and now lives with his family in Ōtepoti Dunedin.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Otago University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46538221387926,"sku":"9781991348241","price":35.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0587\/4978\/0118\/files\/jacket-59_3c012b99-3230-4a83-a2f8-ab7a3c05b312.jpg?v=1787346481"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0587\/4978\/0118\/collections\/Simple_Film_Strip_Photo-centric_Father_s_Day_Instagram_Post_1.png?v=1787904837","url":"https:\/\/www.tawabooksandpost.co.nz\/collections\/tane-whanau-general-fiction.oembed","provider":"Tawa Books \u0026 Post","version":"1.0","type":"link"}