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• Muckle Flugga

  Pedersen, Michael

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  I am a great believer in the power of poets to make the move into fiction - see Kaveh Akbar - and am looking forward to Scottish poet Michael Pedersen's debut novel. I loved his memoir "Boy Friends", giving it 5 stars. Muckle Flugga is a small rocky…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sick Power Trip

  Kennedy, Erik

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  Awesome local poet has a new book out in July. Check out the cover on this!

• Untold Intimacies: A History of Sex Work in Aotearoa, 1978-2008

  Ware, Cheryl

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  "In June 2003, New Zealand became the first country to decriminalise sex work. Through the lived experiences of twenty-five individuals who worked on the ships and the streets, in massage parlours and as private escorts, Untold Intimacies tells the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Gothic Modern

  From Edvard Munch to Käthe Kollwitz

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  "Gothic Modern illuminates the pivotal discovery of medieval Gothic art for Edvard Munch, Käthe Kollwitz, and their artist contemporaries. It explores their deep attraction to the Gothic art of Europe’s north and German lands via paintings, prints,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Eyeliner's Buy Now

  Brown, Michael, 1970-

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  I am a fan off the Bloomsbury 33 1/3 series about albums - this one is about NZ's Eyeliner's album Buy Now.

• Polkinghorne: Inside the Trial of the Century

  Braunias, Steve

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  "Acclaimed journalist and crime writer, Steve Braunias, sat through every day of the nine week Polkinghorne murder case trial. Crown prosecutors said Polkinghorne murdered wife Pauline Hanna and staged the scene as a suicide due to a combination of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Beyond Ophelia

  the True Legacy of Elizabeth Eleanor Rossetti (née Siddall)

  Youde, Glenda, 1955-

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  " ... in Beyond Ophelia Dr Glenda Youde shows Elizabeth not as a pathetic drowning figure, but as the initiator of a directional change in the visual development of Pre-Raphaelite art. Featuring a unique collection of photographs of Elizabeth’s work…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Covid Response

  :a Scientist's Account of New Zealand's Pandemic and What Comes Next

  Hendy, Shaun C.

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  "In The Covid Response, Shaun Hendy offers an insider’s account of New Zealand’s science-driven strategy for confronting the global pandemic. As his team at Te Pūnaha Matatini springs into action, he takes us behind the scenes in real time. He…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Bunker in Kyiv

  Lyons, John, 1961-

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  "As Ukraine's long-term future captures the focus of global leaders in Russia, Europe and the US, veteran journalist and ABC Global Affairs Editor John Lyons takes readers into the heart of a nation under siege. He interviews Ukrainians who stand…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Favourite Darkness

  Corbijn, Anton

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  " Anton Corbijn is a Dutch photographer, filmmaker, and video artist. He is best known for his black-and-white portraits of artists shot with slow shutter speeds to allow for the subtle movements and gestures of his subjects ... He has directed over…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Searches

  Vara, Vauhini

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  “Vara journeys through the evolution of the internet, ethical quandaries surrounding AI, and her own life with her characteristically piercing, yet unadorned prose. . . . at once genre-defying and gripping.”—The Washington Post

• Slags

  Unsworth, Emma Jane

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  "Once a slag, always a slag? It's the 1990s. Sarah is 15, obsessed with boy bands, sex and getting drunk on Malibu. Most of all, she's hung up on her teacher, Mr Keaveney. Fast forward 26 years. Sarah is 41, the last of the party girls."

• Vanishing World

  a Novel

  Murata, Sayaka, 1979-

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  "From the author of the bestselling literary sensations Convenience Store Woman and Earthlings comes a surprising and highly imaginative story set in a version of Japan where sex between married couples has vanished and all children are born by…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Wild and Windy Stars of Matariki, Ururangi and Waipunarangi

  Kamo, Miriama, 1973-

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  "Te Rerehua and Sam love Te Mata Hapuku, a wild and windswept place where the stones tell stories and the stars shine bright."

• In the Hollow of the Wave

  Powles, Nina Mingya

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  "In her second book of poetry, Nina Mingya Powles skilfully threads together themes of belonging and material inheritance against a backdrop of verse, collage and textile. From shorelines in Aotearoa, the UK and across Asia, this collection moves…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Promised Party

  Kahlo, Basquiat & Me

  Clement, Jennifer, 1960-

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  "Growing up in 1970s Mexico City, Jennifer Clement lived next door to Frida Kahlo's house. It was a bohemian childhood, living alongside artists, communists, revolutionaries and poets, which allowed an awakening of creative freedom and curiosity…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Something Rotten

  Lipstein, Andrew, 1988-

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  "Cecilie is a fed-up New York Times reporter. Her husband, Reuben, is a disgraced former NPR host and grudging stay-at-home dad. Neither can wait to flee New York to spend the summer in Copenhagen, Denmark, Cecilie’s hometown. But their vacation…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• raw Content

  Booth, Naomi

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  "Grace’s work requires her to be careful. She spends her days reading and editing legal case files, making sure the latest judgments are published as quickly and accurately as possible. But outside of her work, Grace is not a careful person. Her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Visas Now!

  Aotearoa's Response to Global Refugee Emergencies

  Stephens, Murdoch, 1981-

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  "Visas Now! zooms in on the high-stakes, one-off intakes of Syrians, Afghans and Ukrainians in the past decade. The book also includes nine people who share how their communities came together to seek emergency refugee intakes, including some whose…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Naked Eye

  Tawada, Yōko, 1960-

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  "A precocious Vietnamese high school student — known as the pupil with “the iron blouse” — in Ho Chi Minh City is invited to an International Youth Conference in East Berlin. But, in East Berlin, as she is preparing to present her paper in Russian…Read moreRead more of this annotation