"This will be a classic of New Zealand literature," says The New Zealand Listener of this week's Book of the Week this week, All This by Chance by Vincent O'Sullivan (published by Victoria University Press). This thoughtfully written novel traces the trauma of the Holocaust and of unspoken secrets through three generations of a family, crossing between Britain and New Zealand. 

>> Read Stella's review. 

>> O'Sullivan reads and talks. 

>> "The best New Zealand novel of 2018." (The Spinoff)

>> O'Sullivan has a long and rich career as a poet and writer of short stories. 

>> The cover is by Keely O'Shannessy.

>> Focus! (a book trailer for O'Sullivan's poetry collection Us, Then). 

>> O'Sullivan will be at the Marlborough Book Festival in July (recommended).