Wondering which book to buy your cricket-obsessed mate? Keen to find a novel that will cheer you up? Always wanted to read Tolstoy but not sure where to start?

We’re excited to announce a new service: the Reading Doctor!

Louise O’Brien is an editor and reviewer who lives in Wellington. She’s taught at Victoria University, was co-editor of New Zealand Review of Books until earlier this year, and has a PhD in English Literature. She’s ready and waiting to take your reading-related questions so please, send them in! You can either post your question to us via social media, or email communications@read-nz.org

We’ll publish Louise’s reading prescriptions every week.