2 “Kindling interest” (editorial)
3 Alison Gray: Michael Jackson, Road Markings
4 Hamish Clayton: Chris Grosz, Kimble Bent: Malcontent
5 Dougal McNeill: Sarah Shieff (ed), Speaking Frankly: The Frank Sargeson Memorial Lectures; Gerri Kimber and Janet Wilson (eds), Celebrating Katherine Mansfield: A Centenary Volume of Essays
6 Chris Else: “Download” (comment)
7 David Cohen: Michael Morrissey, Taming the Tiger: A Personal Encounter with Manic Depression;Sandra Arnold, Sing No Sad Songs
8 Nepia Mahuika: Jane McRae and Heni Jacob (trans), Nga Moteatea: An Introduction/He Kupu Arataki
9 Brian Easton: Rob Salmond, The New Zealand Tax System: New Zealand Taxes in Comparative Perspective; Ralph Lattimore and Shamubeel Eaqub, The New Zealand Economy: An Introduction
10 Brent Southgate:David Veart, Digging Up the Past: Archaeology for the Young and Curious
11 Linda Burgess: Mike McRoberts, Mike McRoberts: Beyond the Front Line; William Renwick, Scrim: The Man with a Mike
12 Jeffrey Paparoa Holman: Matthew Wright, Guns and Utu: A Short History of the Musket Wars
13 Siobhan Harvey: Alice Tawhai, Dark Jelly; Tim Wilson, The Desolation Angel; Breton Dukes, Bird North and Other Stories
14 Jill Holt: Fleur Beale, Dirt Bomb; Jane Higgins, The Bridge; Jack Lasenby, Calling the Gods
15 Eirlys Hunter: Johanna Knox, The Flytrap Snaps; Adele Broadbent, Just Jack; Leonie Agnew, Super Finn
16 Don Aimer:Peter Franks and Melanie Nolan (eds), Unions in Common Cause: The New Zealand Federation of Labour 1937-88; Gordon Anderson, Reconstructing New Zealand’s Labour Law: Consensus or Divergence
17 John O’Leary: Charles Ferrall (ed), Henry Lawson in New Zealand
18 John McCrystal: Greg Scowen, The Spanish Helmet; David Carnegie Young, Coast; Mark Stephenson, No Second Chance; Mark Sweet, Zhu Mao
19 Paul Thompson: Angela Wanhalla and Erica Wolf (eds), Early New Zealand Photography, Images and Essays
20 Filma Anne Punakitere Phillips: Alison Jones and Kuni Jenkins, Words Between Us/He Korero: First Maori-Pakeha Conversations on Paper
21 Laurie Atkinson: Lucy O’Brien, Katydid; No 8 Wire: Eight Plays, Eight Decades; Ken Duncum, Plays 2: London Calling: Blue Sky Boys/John, I’mOnly Dancing/Waterloo Sunset; Harry Love, Hurai
23 Bernard Carpinter: Paul Thomas, Death on Demand; Paddy Richardson, Traces of Red; Vanda Symon, Bound
24 David Eggleton: Dan Bendrups and Graeme Downes (eds), Dunedin Soundings: Place and Performance
25 Pinky Agnew: Paula Green (ed), Dear Heart: 150 New Zealand Poems
26 Harry Ricketts:Brian Turner, Inside Outside; Peter Bland, Coming Ashore; Jeffrey Paparoa Holman, Fly Boy
C K Stead: “The Silence” (poem)
27 Marilyn Duckworth: “In the crocodile swamp” (byline)
28 Prize cryptic crossword
In bookshops this week.