More and more of us are suffering from anxiety. In 2017, one in five New Zealanders sought help for a diagnosed anxiety or mood disorder. In our Book of the Week, HEADLANDS, edited by Naomi Arnold, thirty New Zealanders share their experiences.

>> Come and hear contributors Donna McLeod, Sarah Lin Wilson and Kerry Sunderland and the book's editor, Naomi Arnold discuss what anxiety feels like, what causes it, what helps and what doesn't. This Thursday, 27 June, 5 PM at KUSH (5 Church Street, just down the street from VOLUME). 
>>'Ghost Knife' by Ashleigh Young.
>>'In a Scorched Room' by Michelle Langstone. 
>>Holly Walker tell us what her anxiety feels like. 
>> Read 'Arise and Pass Away' by Danyl McLauchlan. 
>>'We Are Loved, We Are Loved' by Aimie Cronin. 
>>'On Being Sectioned on Friday the 13th' by Paula Harris. 
>>"Naming' by Bonnie Etherington. 
>>Naomi Arnold on Radio NZ. 
>>Another interview with Naomi Arnold. 
>>Breaking free from anxiety. 
>>"Give me back my anxiety chair!" —Sarah Lin Wilson

>> We will be discussing Headlands and another New Zealand book about anxiety, the superb graphic novel Rufus Marigold by Ross Murray, at next month's book discussion evening in the shop on Thursday 11 July at 5:30. 

>>Read Thomas's review of Rufus Marigold. 

>> Out of the Woods by Brent Williams and Korkut Öztekin
>> First We Make the Beast Beautiful by Sarah Wilson [no relation]