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.
Cool stuff from the Selectors: plants for changing climates, equatorial forests, and a kiwi graphic novel
Cool stuff from the Selectors: plants for changing climates, equatorial forests, and a kiwi graphic novel
Wild Dogs Under My Skirt – Christchurch Arts Festival 2019
Opening Wild Dogs Under My Skirt at Haeata Community Campus was probably a first for the Christchurch Arts Festival, but it was at the request of the poet Tusiata Avia to have it here as this was the place she grew up. The audience was a mixture of the often stereotypical arts festival attendee (of which I fit nicely into) and a great turnout from the Pasifika community. There were family and friends — and a sense that this was an occasion.
Cool stuff from the selectors: time to appreciate the outdoors, music and revisit your mindset
Cool stuff from the selectors: time to appreciate the outdoors, music and revisit your mindset.
Cool Stuff from the selectors: Retirement Lit
Jane recommends titles from the latest trend in fiction - novels about older adults finding a new lease of life in their retirement.
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