To the Mountains: A collection of New Zealand alpine writing edited by Laurence Fearnley and Paul Hersey (published by Otago University Press) is this week's Book of the Week. This thoughtful and wide-ranging collection, surveys the ways we think about, view, approach, climb and dream about mountains. New Zealand, after all, is only held above the surface of the ocean by the mountains upon which it depends. The selection of non-fiction, poetry, fiction and journals includes work by Rachel Bush, Freda du Faur, John Pascoe, Brian Turner, Graeme Dingle, Fleur Adcock, Edmund Hillary and Hone Tuwhare. 

>>Alpine Inspiration (an interview with Laurence Fearnley and Paul Hersey). 

>> Vintage NZ climbing. 

>> 'Winter 4K' by Sam Deuchrass.