Reviews for Te Kupenga
6 December 2021
Released on the 11th of November to the wider public, Te Kupenga has received many reviews acknowledging it as a significant publication just in time for Christmas 2021. Here are some highlights with a list of interviews and reviews below.
“Te Kupenga is an attractively illustrated selection of personal highlights, as chosen and introduced by library staff.”
Vaughan Yarwood, New Zealand Geographic
“While reading this book, many stories were familiar but there were so many wonderful others that I had never heard before and, to be honest, probably wouldn’t be likely to if it wasn’t for this book.”
Ash Damini Kete Books
“I would encourage everyone who is interested in our history to go fishing in its wonderful sea of objects and stories.”
Lynn Potter Massey University Press
Available now through our online store and in leading bookstores.
Reviews:
OnMAS magazine – Preservation for posterity here
RNZ, Kim Hill – Interview with Chris here
Sunday Star Times / Stuff – Interview with Chris and extract here
Dominion Post / Stuff – How I Write feature (Chris) here
NZ Herald - Gift books feature (online here [paywalled])
NZ Listener – Book review, November 13 - 19 issue
NZ Listener - Best Books of 2021 inclusion November 22 - 26 issue
North & South – Book review (December issue)
NZ Geographic – Review (November issue) here
NZ Geographic – Series of extracts from December issue onwards
Kete Books – Review here and newsletter inclusion here
Read NZ – Q&A and social media promotion, here
Kids Books NZ – Review here
NZ Booklovers – Review here