The Free-Range Bookclub
Bookclubbers without boundaries in Nelson, New Zealand
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2024 – NZ Book Awards
The notable feature of this year’s longlist was the number of big name authors who have won literary awards in the past and featured on all sorts of national and international prize lists. Previous winners of this award Stephen Daisley, Pip Adam, Eleanor Catton,… Continue Reading “2024 – NZ Book Awards”
A Better Place – Stephen Daisley
READ FOR NZ BOOK AWARDS Two Kiwi brothers head off to WWII but only one comes home. A graphic, realistic portrayal of war that pulls no punches but also a tender story of grief and love amongst the brutality of conflict. He saw the… Continue Reading “A Better Place – Stephen Daisley”
Audition – Pip Adam
READ FOR NZ BOOK AWARDS Oversized people crammed in a space ship hurtle through space. Experimental fiction about New Zealand’s unjust justice system, the state of our prisons and how to be a good coloniser. It was one of the worst places Alba had… Continue Reading “Audition – Pip Adam”
Lioness – Emily Perkins
READ FOR NZ BOOK AWARDS Therese Thorn is a luxury homewares retailer and married to a wealthy man who is accused of corruption. Newly 50, Therese must now take control of her life and reinvent herself, with the help of her kind-of-muse and friend,… Continue Reading “Lioness – Emily Perkins”
Birnam Wood – Eleanor Catton
READ FOR NZ BOOK AWARDS A guerilla gardening group and an immigrant billionaire are both using beautiful New Zealand land illegally. Unsurprisingly they discover one another and clash but when trouble strikes there is benefit in them colluding. A political and eco thriller about… Continue Reading “Birnam Wood – Eleanor Catton”
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