Eric Trump reviews The Valley: Crime and punishment in a New Zealand city by Asher Emanuel

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My new novel kluge is released in Aotearoa this week. Read about kluge Thanks to the amazing work of Te Herenga Waka University Press and Todd Atticus it has a beautiful cover which comes in four c…

The Valley has surged up bestseller lists, with Asher Emanuel’s two‑year immersion in the Hutt Valley justice system producing one of 2026’s most acclaimed books.

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Before he was the author of a best-selling non-fiction book on crime and punishment, Asher Emanuel was a lawyer frustrated with the criminal justice system....

Auckland and Wellington agree on the top three.

If you and I are in the same =‘entertainment venue’ for this =‘stand-up comedy special’ and I am =‘my body’ and you are =‘my audience’ I run to you and shout your name into the dark, in the hope you a...

Earlier this month I threw caution to the wind and did something which would strike fear into the heart of any self-respecting designer: I produced a book cover from scratch, entirely in public. The ...