“With a heroine both self-destructive and indestructible, Polaroid Nights is a novel to down in one go and get a little tipsy on.”
Ruth Spencer, Review in Kete Books
Watch the book launch
Missed the live stream? Catch the book launch held in Auckland at XuXu Dumpling Bar with cocktails, Q&A, a reading and merriment.
“a fast and furious snapshot of 90s nightlife” —Tina Shaw
Auckland city bars, 1996, when the click / whirr of a Polaroid proved you were living your best life. Betty’s is on repeat: waitress till late, drink till dawn, in bed to forget. But partying like there’s no tomorrow is no fix for the problems crowding in. Her ex is back and drinking at her favourite haunts, her flat was burgled and she faces eviction if she can’t pay late rent. And then there’s the serial rapist called the Psychic who’s terrorising women in their homes.
When her ex is murdered and left in her bed, Betty and her flatmate Alabama turn to the bar world to find out who did it. Was it the Psychic – or someone closer?
This debut novel won the inaugural NZ Society of Authors Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize.
Out now in bookstores across Aotearoa. Or get a signed copy sent to you.
A few ways to get Polaroid Nights
Join the Polaroid Nights book club!
Get a list of proposed discussion questions
Book Lizzie to join your book club via Zoom or in-person (Auckland only)
Get the cocktail recipe for the Betty & Alabama cocktail