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August 2024

 

Haere mai, welcome to our Biography & Memoir newsletter. Explore true stories about people and their interesting lives.

 

WORD Christchurch Festival 2024

Revisit WORD Christchurch 2024 - read our event reports, and find works by WORD writers in our collection.

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Staff List

Biography & Memoir sessions: WORD Christchurch Festival 2024

If you are keen on life stories, here are some books and sessions at WORD Christchurch Festival 2024 with a biographical perspective.

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Staff List

New For You - Biographies - August 2024

Biographies and memoirs of the famous, the interesting and everyday people.

New For You Biographies
 

New in Biography & Memoir

New

"Westland" by Etches, Michael
"Back on My Feet" by Ong, Olivia
"Out of the Ashes" by Browitt, Stephanie
"A Year at Awakino Station" by Mathisen, Jaz
"From Ear to Ear" by Blier, Steven
"Passion by Design" by De Lempicka-Foxhall, Kizette, Baroness, 1916-2001
"Back on My Feet" by Ong, Olivia
"A Year at Awakino Station" by Mathisen, Jaz

Aotearoa

"Be Brave" by Dreaver, Barbara
"Crash" by Wenley, Sally
"The Blood Says Otherwise" by Miller, Ruben (Forensic scientist)
"The Dead Speak" by Coyle, Thomas
"Champions Do Extra" by Thorn, Brad, 1975-
"Dream Dealer" by Newbold, Greg, 1951-
"Crash" by Wenley, Sally
"The Dead Speak" by Coyle, Thomas
 

Recommended reads

Have a browse of the best new biographies.

Apirana Turupa Ngata Kt., MA., LLB., D. Lit., MP

Apirana Turupa Ngata: Ana tuhinga i te reo Māori is the collected writings in te reo Māori of Sir Apirana Ngata - Ngati Porou leader, land reformer, politician and scholar.

Beautiful People: My thirteen truths about disability by Melissa Blake

In the summer of 2019, journalist Melissa Blake penned an op-ed for CNN Opinion. A conservative pundit caught wind of it, mentioning Blake's work in a YouTube video. What happened next is equal parts a searing view into society, how we collectively view and treat disabled people, and the making of an advocate.

The fight for freshwater by Mike Joy

A leading freshwater ecologist, Mike Joy is a powerful advocate for the conservation of our waterways. In this memoir, he offers a rare first-hand look at the life of a scientist whose research led him to activism.

 
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