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On the bookshelves: July 2017

by Jillian Allison-Aitken • June 19, 2017

New releases coming in July. FICTION The Late Show, by Michael Connelly: A driven, young detective trying to prove herself in the LAPD (Allen & Unwin, RRP $37) Half Wild, by Pip Smith: Based on the true lives of Eugenia Falleni, Half…

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‘Snark’ makes NZ Book Awards shortlist

by Jillian Allison-Aitken • June 9, 2017

Southern author and illustrator David Elliot has been named as a finalist for this year’s New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. He has been shortlisted for the Russell Clark award – the illustrated section of the awards –  for…

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NZ books

REVIEW Refuge New Zealand: A Nation’s Response to Refugees and Asylum Seekers

by Naida Mulligan • May 20, 2017

The topic of this book may seem a little dry but is actually interesting reading. Ann Beaglehole is a refugee immigrant herself (Hungary 1956), and here examines our country’s response to refugees and asylum seekers since 1840. She looks at…

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Home & garden, NZ books

REVIEW Little India at Home

by Nadine Hancock • May 19, 2017

I had no idea that Little India was first opened in Dunedin nearly around a quarter of a century ago. Now the chain has outlets throughout the country and has become a favourite among lovers of Indian cuisine, from Invercargill…

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On the bookshelves: June 2017

by Jillian Allison-Aitken • May 18, 2017

New releases coming in June. FICTION Sycamore, by Bryn Chancellor: A heart-wrenching, penetrating portrait of a small town with a mystery at its heart, and the yearnings, passions, and abiding need for human connection that animate it (HarperCollins, RRP $35).…

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