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Book News
TV show-inspired tale scoops the 2012 Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Crime Novel
Applications are open for the Michael King Writers Centre residencies for 2013, including UoA 6 month residency
The Press Christchurch Writers Festival a stunning success
New Zealand’s biggest Harry Potter fan revealed
New release books
Wildflowers of New Zealand and Landmarks of New Zealand by Rob Suisted
Flashback: Tales and Treasures of Taranaki by Andrew Moffat
Book reviews
‘A decent four star read’: The Kingmaker’s Daughter by Philippa Gregory
The Red Chamber by Pauline Chen
From around the internet
Top 20 books to argue about
When captioning photos it’s always important to be descriptive
Your pick: library or stables?
Tuesday poem
Downpour by Briar Rose Davies