The NZ book scene’s favourite reads of 2016
December 5th, 2016 | by Booknotes Administrator
We asked a selection of writers, publishers, reviewers, festival programmers and general booky people from the NZ book scene to …
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Read the 2015 & 2016 NZBC Lectures
November 15th, 2016 | by Booknotes Administrator
The New Zealand Book Council Lecture has become a prominent part of the literary landscape in Aotearoa New Zealand. It …
Lilliput Libraries & Poems on Steps
November 3rd, 2016 | by Booknotes Administrator
By Ruth Arnison So you’re stuck in the doctor’s waiting room surrounded by sick crying babies, tired children and clock …
Our Ōtāhuhu: Melinda Szymanik on being a writer in residence for our 2016 schools community project
November 2nd, 2016 | by Booknotes Administrator
By Melinda Szymanik I’d heard about the Ōtāhuhu Project; a small group of writers and illustrators doing an intensive series of visits …
Philippa Werry: Going to Antarctica
October 4th, 2016 | by Booknotes Administrator
What’s the coldest, driest, windiest, most remote place you can think of? Chances are you’re thinking of ice, snow, penguins …
Kate De Goldi on the books and writers that shaped her
August 31st, 2016 | by Booknotes Administrator
Really, there were whole shelves of books that shaped me – and many of them were published by Puffin, the …
Can Books Change the World?
August 20th, 2016 | by Booknotes Administrator
The Holy Bible. Darwin’s The Origin of Species. The plays of William Shakespeare. The Communist Manifesto. 1984. Anne Frank: The …
I can see it started years ago*…
August 11th, 2016 | by Booknotes Administrator
Ngaio Marsh Awards founder Craig Sisterson takes a look at some modern New Zealand crime novels released in the years …
Writers in Schools: “so bloody valuable”
July 5th, 2016 | by Booknotes Administrator
At the Book Council we know reading changes lives. We know people who read for pleasure are better placed to …
The New Zealand Book Council: Catriona Ferguson’s annual report
June 30th, 2016 | by Booknotes Administrator
At the Book Council we know reading changes lives. We know people who read for pleasure are better placed to …
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