What I’m Reading I’ve really enjoyed Accidental Magic by Iris Beaglehole recently. It’s the start of a series, and can be described as Gilmore Girls mixed with Charmed style mystery with sarcastic main characters. It will really make you want to live in their town and get to know these characters. Get it here: amazon.com/dp/B09SK43S2K […]
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Author Spotlight: Stacey Broadbent What is an early book / author that inspired you to write? I adored Sherryl Jordan growing up. Her books Rocco and The Juniper Game are two that have stuck with me. The vivid imagery she created was something I hadn’t experienced in books before, and I fell in love with them. I
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These New Zealand writing competitions are listed by deadline. From the number of people looking at this site for writing contests, I can see there are lots of other kiwis looking for creative opportunities. I’d love to connect with other kiwis who write or read. Check out the New Zealand writer interviews too. Each month, I
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Sometimes, a book just defies your judgement. If you like historical fiction of the likes of All the Light We Cannot See or memoirs like Angela’s Ashes, you’ll like this book. Author: Sandra Arnold Genre: Historical Fiction Pages: 331 Rating: 5 stars The Blurb: Losing her daughter to the Christchurch earthquake sends Lily back to
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It’s a weird ol’ time in the world. Our brains are a little frazzled which can make it hard to concentrate on reading. As a book blogger, it is pretty rough not to be able to get into all these great books on my beside table. All I’ve felt like reading is light and escapist
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Where are we going? This is what novels set in a future world ask us to consider. Any book set in the future is likely to have a well-thought out world based on the author’s projection. It may contain critiques of the social and cultural structures in today’s society. Often, these books also contain potent
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My very first New Zealand author interview of 2020 is AJ Lancaster. She writes romantic gaslamp fantasy books about fae, magic, and complicated families. She has just published the third book in her quartet series. What is an early book or author that inspired you to write? What are you reading now? Fantasy is the
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Favourite character? Veila, a supremely cheerful, in the moment, supernatural being. She becomes a mentor and friend to the main character, somehow without telling her a thing. Author: Isa Pearl Ritchie Genre: Fantasy / Middle Grade Page count: 208 The Blurb Life is already complicated enough for Awa Bryant when she starts having weird dreams
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Andi C. Buchanan is a writer of speculative fiction who has had short stories published in various magazines and won a Sir Julius Vogel Award in 2019. From A Shadow Grave is their new release. The novella is based on a historical murder of a teenager by the Mount Victoria tunnel and combines history, urban fantasy and time
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Families make great book fodder: sibling rivalries and love, functional and dysfunctional, family expectations and disloyalty. Being one of four children myself, it is interesting to ponder the interplay between birth order and parental attention. There are so many books that make use of these conflicts but we have chosen the very best books about
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