Email digest: Tuesday 6 August 2013

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Book reviews

(From Bite the Book) The Bookshop Strikes Back, by Ann Patchett…

FRIDAY BOOK CLUB: Danyl McLauchlan and Sarah Laing’s latest books reviewed. Plus a bit of what’s on in Palmy-bookland

Event

Love live storytelling? Book now for True Stories Told Live the XX factor! 7pm, August 15 in Auckland

Book News

Auckland bookseller moves business to Dunedin – book, stock and barrel

Amie said it was a great ceremony…congrats to the winners of the LIANZA awards

The ‘Not the Booker Prize’ shortlist – Fancy a vote?

Giveaways

Win a Mo Willems take on Goldilocks and the Three…

Enter the L’affare competition to win some of the great books nominated for #lianzacba

Awards News

Did you know the #nzpba have a festival attached this year? Join us in celebrating our finalist book

Add your #nzpba People’s Choice vote to the mix & be in to win $1000 of book tokens…how many books is that?

From around the internet

Weird libraries…these are cool.

40 books you need to read before turning 40

Kate De Goldi and Kim Hill talked chapter books last Saturday. Here’s the podcast

Email digest: Monday 5 August 2013

This is a digest of our Twitter feed that we email out most Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Sign up here for free if you’d like it emailed to you.

Book review

Book review: His Own Steam: The Work of Barry Brickell, by David Craig and Gregory O’Brien

Events

The LIANZA Children’s Book Awards ceremony is tonight at Cafe L’affare in Wellington.

Book News

Congratulations to Peter Fitzpatrick, winner of the (Australian) National Biography Award for ‘The Two Frank Thrings’

The August book review schedule for Nine to Noon is online now

These are the authors and publishers shortlisted for the (Australian) 2013 Ned Kelly Awards for crime writing

The sad story of Pear Jam Books

Awards News

#nzpba: A poem in your pocket is back for Poetry Day 2013! 4 brilliant poems to share, from 4 top poets

#nzpba: The Dowse is showing Barry Brickell’s work – there is one week left to see the show

From around the internet

Not just a great writer, a good guy too – Lee Childs (brought a tear to my eye)

What to read while you’re missing your favourite TV shows

VIDEO: Shaun Tan discusses the importance of making his characters feel real when adapting The Lost Thing to film.

Encourage your child to keep a reading log this summer, and keep it going all year long!