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| | | | The Ockham New Zealand 2025 Book Awards winners were announced at the Auckland Literary Festival today. The winning titles are: Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction (NZ$65,000) Delirious (Damien Wilkins, Te Herenga Waka University Press) (I've reserved this at the library.) Mary and Peter Biggs Award for Poetry (NZ$12,000) Liar, Liar, Lick, Spit (Emma Neale,... | |
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| | | | Having acquired, via the wonders of online marketplaces, copies of all of Brian Moore's books recently - over half are out of print - I thought it was time to return to his 1955 debut, The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne. It remains his most famous book, even though the over-explanatory title was added only... | |
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| | | | I love end-of-year list time, because it's a chance to reflect on the best moments. I read over 150 books this year, which I'm sure must be a record for me, and is certainly unusually high. There w... | |
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| | It seems to me that there are two kinds of historical fiction... Firstly, there is the genuinely escapist read in the Jean Plaidy tradition, i.e.aristocrats and the serving class ina long-ago world, with the star-crossed lovers and political intrigues that belong there. The egalitarian nature of Australian society makes this a tricky genre for Australian... |