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Book reviews
Booksellers NZ’s Preview of Reviews, Issue 2, Friday 8 November
Book Review: The Screaming Staircase, by Jonathan Stroud
Our review of The Devouring Dragon (Awa Press) talks about trad chinese medicine…
New Releases
Tragedy at Pike River Mine by Rebecca Macfie on sale today at all good bookstores and (if you don’t live near one) on Awa’s website
Peter McLeavey: The life and times of a New Zealand Art Dealer – listing & great book trailer
Dr Laurence Fearnley and Arno Gasteiger talk about their book 45 South
Author Interviews
An interview with Pip Adam. Booknotes Unbound ask her about her new novel VUP Books and what she’ll build next
(Sarah) Did you see our contibution to the Maia & What Matters blog tour? It has a giveaway..
Our competitions: you have two hours to enter for the 100 People giveaway But wait, there’s more…
Events
New Zealand’s Lost Heritage, reviewed here is launching tomo eve @Auckland_Libs central. @NewHollandNZ
Book News
An official notification for our member stores from Penguin NZ
Two great pieces of news from Friday
Bookstores – check out our indiebound promo materials for Christmas. Sign up now!
Mega-bumper issue of @4thFloorJournal is live now. Check it out – HEAPS of great writers
Another young writer to watch out for: Claire Vaye Watkins wins the Dylan Thomas Prize
From around the internet
10 famous mean book reviews, edited for Buzzfeed Books’ new positive-only policy
A worthwhile read about online advertising
Nice to know it’s not just us…
What 20 years of best sellers say about what we read via @usatoday
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