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A month of books
In the last month, I’ve written a post a day about New Zealand books, focusing on children’s books. This is in part because we happen to have plenty of New Zealand children’s books i… more →
In a strange land
A month of books
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Deborah wrote 1 month ago: In the last month, I’ve written a post a day about New Zealand books, focusing on children … more →
NZ Book Month
homepaddock wrote 1 month ago: Today is the last day of NZ Book Month and the post a day challenge. It’s been fun and the cha … more →
Beak of the Moon
homepaddock wrote 1 month ago: Not long after I started my first job on a newspaper the chief reporter told me an author was coming … more →
NZ Book Month - The Best Loved Bear
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Deborah wrote 1 month ago: The Best Loved Bear by Diana Noonan, illustrated by Elizabeth Fuller I’ve been saving this boo … more →
Bogor
homepaddock wrote 1 month ago: Bogor the little woodsman and the pot-smoking hedgehog added wisdom and humour to the pages of the L … more →
NZ Book Month - Maddigan's Quest
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Deborah wrote 1 month ago: Maddigan’s Quest by Margaret Mahy, previously published as Maddigan’s Fantasia Time trav … more →
Alison Holst's Complete Cooking Class
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homepaddock wrote 1 month ago: Several of the 60 or so recipe books which crowd the shelf in my kitchen are Alison Holst’s. F … more →
NZ Book Month - Kaitangata Twitch
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Deborah wrote 1 month ago: Kaitangata Twitch by Margaret Mahy Margaret Mahy writes wonderful books for small children (see for … more →
NZ Book Month - Down the Back of the Chair
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Deborah wrote 1 month ago: Down the Back of the Chair by Margaret Mahy, illustrated by Polly Dunbar For many years, when Margar … more →
In Touch
homepaddock wrote 1 month ago: No woman could get in to the All Blacks, not even a West Coaster. Or could she? In Janette Sinclair … more →
NZ Book Month - Down the Dragon's Tongue
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Deborah wrote 1 month ago: Down the Dragon’s Tongue by Margaret Mahy, illustrated by Patricia MacCarthy For Mr Strange La … more →
The Road to Castle Hill
homepaddock wrote 1 month ago: If you judged The Road to Castle Hill by it’s cover you’d think it was the story of hig … more →
NZ Book Month - The Witch in the Cherry Tree
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Deborah wrote 1 month ago: The Witch in the Cherry Tree by Margaret Mahy, illustrated by Jenny Williams Margaret Mahy is a taon … more →
Going the Distance
homepaddock wrote 1 month ago: Tracey Richardson reached rock bottom. She was clinically depressed, morbidly obese, unfit, her bus … more →
NZ Book Month - Kauri in my Blood
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Deborah wrote 1 month ago: Kauri in my Blood by Joanna Orwin Kauri are magnificent trees – tall and straight, and very, v … more →
The Dumpster Saga
homepaddock wrote 1 month ago: Ben, the narrator of The Dumpster Saga is contending with aliens, secret agents, a bothersome little … more →
NZ Book Month - Home is the High Country
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Deborah wrote 1 month ago: Home is the High Country by Mona Anderson, illustrated by David Cowe For Ele Mona Anderson wrote A R … more →
NZ Book Month - Eel Dreaming
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Deborah wrote 1 month ago: Eel Dreaming, by Helen Taylor and Ben Brown She paints, he writes, and together this husband and wif … more →
NZ Book Month - Eating Plums in Bed
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Deborah wrote 1 month ago: Eating Plums in Bed by Joy Cowley, illustrated by Jenna Packer Joy Cowley has a knack for writing st … more →
