Bronwyn Wylie-Gibb
Kind by Stephanie Johnson (RHNZ Vintage, 2023), 336pp, $37
At the Auckland Writers Festival in 2021, Stephanie Johnson predicted that there were going to be many works examining the coronavirus and the unusual world of 2020. Kind is her contribution to this diverse and interesting field. It’s a novel that sits somewhere between domestic noir, thriller and satire—a bit like those lockdown days in 2020. [Read more…]