Furies: Stories of the wicked, wild and untamed - feminist tales from 16 bestselling, award-winning authors by Margaret Atwood, Ali Smith, Emma Donoghue, Kirsty Logan, Chibundu Onuzo, Caroline O'Donoghue, Linda Grant, Susie Boyt, Stella Duffy, Kamila Shamsie
28.00 NZD
Category: Short Stories
A fun and fearless anthology of feminist tales, by fifteen bestselling, award-winning writers.'Wonderful ... all killer, no filler' Red Magazine'Dazzling stories, as inventive as they are inspiring' Daily Mirror 'Where power and feminist rage meet' StylistDRAGON. TYGRESS. SHE-DEVIL. HUSSY. SIREN. WENCH. ...Show more
19 Claws and a Black Bird by Agustina Bazterrica (translated by Sarah Moses)
33.00 NZD
Category: Short Stories
On hearing her neighbour's body plummet on to her patio, a woman's comfortable life seems to split open. A cab driver's perfectly manicured nails may be concealing grisly secrets. A woman whose partner has left her begins to act out an increasingly deranged set of instructions.In these tense, macabre st ...Show more
Sinister Spring by Agatha Christie
35.00 NZD
Category: Fiction - Crime/Thriller
An all-new collection of spring-themed mysteries from the master of the genre.The days are growing warmer and the nights are growing shorter... It's the perfect time to relax in the garden with this spring-themed collection from legendary mystery writer Agatha Christie. Blossoming flowers and countrysid ...Show more
So Late in the Day by Claire Keegan
23.00 NZD
Category: Short Stories
An exquisite new short story from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Small Things Like These and Foster. 'A genuine once-in-a-generation writer.' - The Times 'Every word is the right word in the right place, and the effect is resonant and deeply moving.' - Hilary Mantel 'Claire Keegan makes her ...Show more
A Manual for Cleaning Women: Selected Stories by Lucia Berlin
25.00 NZD
Category: Short Stories | Series: Picador Collection
One of The New York Times Book Review's Ten Best Books of 2015 One of Jezebel's Favorite Books of 2016A Manual for Cleaning Women compiles the best work of the legendary short-story writer Lucia Berlin. With the grit of Raymond Carver, the humor of Grace Paley, and a blend of wit and melancholy all ...Show more
Queer: A Collection of LGBTQ Writing from Ancient Times to Yesterday by Frank Wynne
45.00 NZD
Category: Short Stories
LGBTQ writing from ancient times to yesterday, selected by award-winning translator Frank Wynne. Since the dawn of literature, queer people have turned to writing to document their existence: to share great triumphs and deep despairs; to praise the virtues of their lover, extol their loneliness and pro ...Show more
Landfall 245 - Autumn 2023 by Lynley Edmeades (Edited by)
30.00 NZD
Category: Short Stories
Landfall 245, Autumn 2023 edition, announces the winner of the 2023 Charles Brasch Young Writers’ Essay Competition, a yearly competition that encourages young, up-and-coming writers to explore the world around them through words. The winning essay will be published in Landfall 245, alongside the judge’ ...Show more
Arsene Lupin, Gentleman Thief by Maurice Leblanc
25.00 NZD
Category: Classics
THE INSPIRATION BEHIND THE HIT NETFLIX SERIES, LUPIN.The year is 1905. Meet Arsène Lupin: a gentleman and a thief.When Arsène Lupin is arrested, the police think it's all over. But the most dangerous place for Lupin is to be behind bars...An enemy to the rich and powerful; a friend to the poor - Arsène ...Show more
Antarctica by Claire Keegan
25.00 NZD
Category: Fiction - Contemporary
The stunning debut story collection from the author of Foster and the Booker Prize shortlised Small Things Like These 'A beautiful, tender work of great clarity.' Sebastian Barry 'Among the finest contemporary stories written recently in English.' Observer A secret one-night tryst in the city. A sist ...Show more
How to get Fired by Evana Belich
37.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Fiction
Stories about the unifying subject of work - how to get it, avoid it or lose it. Wry, real and astute, these linked stories are from an exciting new talent. In BurgerKai, Mel is given a motivational talk on what she says is 'failing at a stupid, screwed-up sales job, selling stupid plastic shelving'. He ...Show more
A Kind of Shelter Whakaruru-taha by Witi Ihimaera (Editor); Michelle Elvy (Editor)
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Fiction | Series: 1st
Sixty-eight writers and eight artists gather at a hui in a magnificent cave-like dwelling or meeting house. In the middle is a table, the tepu korero, from which the rangatira speak; they converse with honoured guests, and their rangatira-korero embody the tahuhu, the over-arching horizontal ridge pole ...Show more
Granta 165: Deutschland
37.00 NZD
Category: Short Stories
Granta is a literary magazine founded in 1889. Read the best new fiction, poetry, photography, and essays by famous authors, Nobel winners and new voices.