Category: Kiwi lit

Greta & Valdin – Rebecca K Reilly

Posted on March 26, 2022 by

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READ FOR NZ BOOK AWARDS Greta and Valdin are brother and sister, both gay, with mixed heritages and living together in Auckland attempting to navigate life and all its triumphs and tribulations. Greta is a student/English tutor with a misguided crush on friend and… Continue Reading “Greta & Valdin – Rebecca K Reilly”

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The Matriarch – Witi Ihimaera

Posted on March 20, 2022 by

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READ FOR BOOKCLUBChosen by Jo Tama Mahana is a grown man analysing the mystique and ambition of his grandmother, the matriarch of his family. But to truely appreciate the paths she has taken, he must study Māori mythology and New Zealand history. Tama is… Continue Reading “The Matriarch – Witi Ihimaera”

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A Good Winter – Gigi Fenster

Posted on March 19, 2022 by

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READ FOR NZ BOOK AWARDS Olga is an older woman who has taken on the role of carer to her friend Lara, Lara’s grieving daughter Sophie and Sophie’s child Michael. The family are extremely grateful for – what appears to be – her selfless… Continue Reading “A Good Winter – Gigi Fenster”

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The Mirror Book – Charlotte Grimshaw

Posted on January 15, 2022 by

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READ FOR BOOKCLUB & NZ BOOK AWARDSChosen by Suzy The memoirs of Charlotte Grimshaw, author and daughter of C K Stead ❝ I can’t lie – I initially wanted to read The Mirror Book for the goss factor, but this memoir is so much more. It’s… Continue Reading “The Mirror Book – Charlotte Grimshaw”

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2021 NZ Book Awards

Posted on May 25, 2021 by

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Suzy: “All four books seemed completely deserving of their place on the shortlist. While I would have thought the judges may have leaned more towards Nothing to See I am not mad at all about Bug Week winning. There are flashes from the various Bug Week stories that still sit… Continue Reading “2021 NZ Book Awards”

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Remote Sympathy – Catherine Chidgey

Posted on May 20, 2021 by

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Read for NZ Book Awards An inmate at Buchenwald concentration camp aids the commandant who is trying to save his wife’s life ⫸ “Remote Sympathy tells the stories of several people and families who all have one thing in common: the Buchenwald concentration camp… Continue Reading “Remote Sympathy – Catherine Chidgey”

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Bug Week And Other Stories – Airini Beautrais

Posted on May 15, 2021 by

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Read for NZ Book Awards From 1960s Wellington to post-Communist Germany, Bug Week is a collection of short stories that traverses the weird, the wry and the grotesque fragments of people’s lives. There are bug collectors, necrophiliacs, an albatross at an open mic night,… Continue Reading “Bug Week And Other Stories – Airini Beautrais”

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Sprigs – Brannavan Gnanalingam

Posted on May 10, 2021 by

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Read for NZ Book Awards A brutal story of rugby, rape and toxic masculinity. ⫸ “After a Wellington School’s revered rugby final, a 15-year-old year is gang raped at the after party. We are then made privvy to the thoughts, actions and emotions of… Continue Reading “Sprigs – Brannavan Gnanalingam”

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Victory Park – Rachel Kerr

Posted on April 20, 2021 by

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READ FOR NZ BOOK AWARDS Kara is a young widow, living in the Victory Park council flats with her young son Jayden. She makes a living by minding other people’s tamariki in her home but struggles to get by financially and emotionally. Her new… Continue Reading “Victory Park – Rachel Kerr”

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The Swimmers – Chloe Lane

Posted on April 12, 2021 by

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READ FOR NZ BOOK AWARDS Twenty six year old Erin is at the bach visiting her mum who has motor neurone disease, only to be informed her mother wishes to take her death into her own hands. Erin has walked away from a job… Continue Reading “The Swimmers – Chloe Lane”

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