Fiction selector, Jane, looks at stories with diverse, authentic voices and real world experiences as their backbone.
Read like a Rose – Schitt’s Creek
What are the Roses reading? Jane delves into the booky habits of the denizens of Schitt's Creek.
Books We Love – The Country Bunny
Books we love - Jane remembers her favourite book about a country bunny.
WORD Christchurch 2020: Landscapes of the Mind
Usually I bathe in the luxury of listening to authors at WORD Christchurch but this year the mood and the energy is low, so I suppose there is a certain synchronicity that I chose to only go to Landscapes of the mind: Adventures in mental health - possibly because my landscape is need a bit…
Cool Stuff from the Selectors: Complex characters for complex times
However as time has gone on I seem to have had my lot with positivity, and have been thinking about those titles I have read over the years where the characters are not only fascinatingly flawed but are rather unpleasant.
Piggy banks, Play, and Lee Child: Cool stuff from the selectors
Piggy banks, Play, and Lee Child: Jane delves into the latest and greatest and shares "Cool stuff from the selectors".
The dirt on American Dirt
I wrote about American Dirt as one of the titles to look out for in 2020, and if the reserve list for this title (which has just been published and is not yet on our shelves) is anything to go by it would seem that the publicists were right. However many commentators are saying that this book may be one to look out for, but for all the wrong reasons.
What to look out for in 2020: Cool stuff from the selectors
What to look out for in 2020: Cool stuff from the selectors.
Cool Stuff from the Selectors: Maps, voyages, birds and a Poet Laureate
Maps always capture people's imaginations, and it is great to see some new ones featuring Aotearoa.
Gilead, birds, and maps: Cool stuff from the Selectors
Jane shares cool stuff from the selectors.
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