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2023 – NZ Book Awards

Posted on April 30, 2023 by thefreerangebookclub

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What is the job of fiction? To entertain? To educate? To document? To insert the reader into an unexpected place or mindset so they can see the world through another lens? The authors on this year’s shortlist took their roles to the next level,… Continue Reading “2023 – NZ Book Awards”

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Remote Sympathy – Catherine Chidgey

Posted on May 20, 2021 by thefreerangebookclub

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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”

Category: Kiwi lit, Literary fiction, War storyTags: Best Books, Bookclub, Bookclub Blog, Books, Books To Read, Kiwi lit, Literature, Must Read Books, NZ Book Awards, NZ Fiction, Ockhams

Sprigs – Brannavan Gnanalingam

Posted on May 10, 2021 by thefreerangebookclub

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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. “However there is much more to Sprigs than that. Gnanalingam then goes… Continue Reading “Sprigs – Brannavan Gnanalingam”

Category: Kiwi lit, Literary fictionTags: Bookclub, Bookclub Blog, Books, Books To Read, Kiwi lit, Literature, NZ Book Awards, Ockhams, Sprigs