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Book reviews
In The Mannequin Makers, Craig Cliff “has crafted a brilliantly structured and evocative story.”
Book Review: The Curiosity, by Stephen Kiernan
David Hill reviews Duncan Sarkies’ new book on Nine to Noon – The Demolition of the Century
New Release Books
New Release: Surviving Centrepoint, by Ella James
New Release: Te Ara: Maori Pathways of Leadership
Events
Bring the littlies to Mt Roskill Library on Friday 16 August for National Poetry Day w/A Little Ink
#nzpba events: The @womensbookshop celebrates poetry tomorrow with Ian Wedde & Anne Kennedy
Book News
This has been on the Nielsen list for weeks: read an extract from The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Faction Comics has their second anthology of work by NZ’s best comic artists due in August
Author interview: Award-winning author Craig Cliff on his uneasy relationship with historical fiction
Awards News
Our reviews of #nzpba New Zealand Post Awards finalist books
#nzpcba Picture book winner Gavin Bishop tells the NZ Herald about his happy place
From around the internet
This infographic shows how often different cities appear in books
Why Jonathon Franzen gets your goat…
Damien Wilkins feels the love for X Factor
Book-inspired icecream flavours… any suggestions for kiwi book flavours?
Check out this quirky and informative video on the history of typography!