Unity Book Club October 2026 | One Day a Taniwha

Melissa and Eden will be hosting our monthly book club to discuss some of the excellent recently released books.

In October we will be discussing One Day a Taniwha by Tīhema Baker.

About the book:

From the bestselling author of Turncoat comes a powerful new novel. As the pressure of fatherhood tightens its grip, sleepless nights and rising tensions begin to erode Hepa's sense of control. When the line between fear and reality begins to blur, can he be trusted with his own son?

Hepa hasn't slept properly in four months. His newborn son, Wi, cries through the night. The bills keep coming. The pressure to hold everything together is closing in.

Hepa tells himself to harden up. Be the pillar his family needs.

The only place he feels in control is in his dreams. Since childhood he's been able to shape them, to bend the dream world to his will.

Until something begins watching back.

A presence with paua-shell eyes starts appearing in his dreams, and then in waking life. In the shadows. In strangers' faces. Whispering to Hepa while he rocks Wi to sleep.

It feels like living with a taniwha on his shoulder. Hepa can't tell where the nightmares end and the real world begins - and he's terrified of what he might do...

We have limited tickets available so grab a ticket sooner rather then later and tell your friends and whānau.

Drinks and snacks provided. If you have any specific allergies, let us know and send an email.

If you have any further queries send us an email to wellington@unitybooks.co.nz and address it to Melissa.