Apocrypha: The Maps of Roger Mortimer looks at the distinctive and singular painting practice of Roger Mortimer. Through his enigmatic and surreal juxtaposition of medieval imagery on current marine charts from around Aotearoa, Mortimer presents metaphorical, timeless and universal stories of navigation and transformation, drawing on 15th century illustrated manuscripts of the famous poem The Divine Comedy by the Italian poet Dante. This important and beautiful new book – with 160 pages, more than 50 images (some on double page spreads) and seven texts including a conversation with the artist – examines 12 years of Mortimer’s map paintings. The editors say they hope the book will contribute to a discussion, not simply around the nature and place of New Zealand art and its complex relationship to its European origins, but also around contemporary Pākehā cultural identity and its relationship to Te Ao Māori. As art historian Leonard Bell writes in his essay in the book, Mortimer’s pictorial mappings are productively improbable, outside the predictable and formulaic, just as the most intriguing contemporary art is.

Bind: hardback

Pages: 160

Dimensions: 195 x 295 mm

Publication Date: 01-01-2022

Cinema has likely never been written off so often. In the decade of the 2010s, it is true, much has changed - both in how we watch movies, and in how we see ourselves. Social media and the internet have shaped a new understanding of the self and the world. As streaming services multiplied our viewing options and video games offered alluring realities of their own, the big screen faced serious competition. Even before the usual delays between theatrical release and further distribution became ever shorter, movies often found themselves downgraded to mere "content", to be clicked at on colorful screen tiles. Are all that remain to cinema its cult of celebrity, blockbusters, and computer-animated visual effects? Quite the contrary - even a cursory glance at our anthology reveals a cinema that is surprisingly diverse, dynamic, and above all alive and kicking, resulting in a decade that was anything but boring, monotonous, and doomed to extinction. And in all honesty: Would you really be satisfied watching all the films compiled here purely via streaming? The movie theater remains a place of yearning, and our book lets you feel its powerful breath. Each of the 100 most compelling movies of the decade is discussed in detail by editor Jurgen Muller and his team of authors, and illustrated with a wealth of visual material. The volume also includes biographies of actors and directors, box-office takings, background information, and a comprehensive list of Oscar (R) winners from 2012 to 2021. For Jurgen Muller and Philipp Buhler in their wide-ranging introduction, Quentin Tarantino's masterpiece Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019) offers the perfect metaphor for the contradictions and ambivalences of contemporary cinema. This volume is a new milestone for all cineastes and movie lovers!

Bind: hardback

Pages: 880

Dimensions: 196 x 255 mm

Publication Date: 01-02-2022

Squiggles and swirls, loops and curls, diamonds and dots... and a small surprise! The little girl watches as her mother traces the cool, moist patterns on her palm. Then comes the waiting. The henna must dry, nothing must touch it - and she can be patient no longer!

Bind: paperback

Pages: 24

Dimensions: 216 x 190 mm

Publication Date: 15-02-2022

Rain can be fun. But sometimes, 'lots and lots and lots of rain' is frightening - when water comes into homes and washes everything away. Floods and other natural calamities do happen, children do get caught in them , and other children see it all on television. How do they make sense of it?

Bind: paperback

Pages: 28

Dimensions: 241 x 216 mm

Publication Date: 15-02-2022

"Where do you run when your former best friend tips their lunch straight into your lap?" When Alice Chang starts out at her new school, everything isn't quite as rosy as she'd dreamed. First, she falls out with previous best friend, Gigi, and then she finds that the only after-school club still available is GAS (Girls Achieving at STEM) which Alice considers extremely uncool. However, with the help of an inspirational teacher and two new best friends, Alice discovers that being cool isn't always what it looks like in teen magazines and that being yourself and being smart can be the coolest thing of all.

Bind: paperback

Pages: 192

Dimensions: 129 x 198 mm

Publication Date: 17-02-2022

There are 4 exciting titles in the series, each page shaped like one of the 24 different vehicles, and a button to press on each page for some laugh-out-loud fun at what each vehicle sounds like in action.

Bind: hardback

Pages: 12

Dimensions: 215 x 135 mm

Publication Date: 01-02-2022

There are 4 exciting titles in the series, each page shaped like one of the 24 different vehicles, and a button to press on each page for some laugh-out-loud fun at what each vehicle sounds like in action.

Bind: hardback

Pages: 12

Dimensions: 215 x 135 mm

Publication Date: 01-02-2022

There are 4 exciting titles in the series, each page shaped like one of the 24 different vehicles, and a button to press on each page for some laugh-out-loud fun at what each vehicle sounds like in action.

Bind: hardback

Pages: 12

Dimensions: 215 x 135 mm

Publication Date: 01-02-2022

There are 4 exciting titles in the series, each page shaped like one of the 24 different vehicles, and a button to press on each page for some laugh-out- loud fun at what each vehicle sounds like in action.

Bind: hardback

Pages: 12

Dimensions: 215 x 135 mm

Publication Date: 01-02-2022

From the moment a baby first discovers those funny little things at the end of their feet the giggling starts and the entertainment never stops! Tip-toe into the pages of this exquisitely illustrated book as we dig, squish, and splash our way to discover the many secrets and delights of our toes. A wonderful read-aloud book to be shared by the whole family

Bind: paperback

Pages: 32

Dimensions: 225 x 240 mm

Publication Date: 01-02-2022