Librarian, book reviewer, occasional water ballerina. Ko Ngā Kohatu Whakarekareka o Tamatea Pōkai Whenua te pae maunga, ko Ōtākaro te awa, ko Cressy te waka.
@SteelyDass@WORDChCh@el_stepho@magdalorenzob Great programme Kiran! I’m gutted to be missing the festival this year but to make up for it that weekend I will be staying at the beautiful Ōnuku Marae for my te reo course - despite my best efforts I have not learnt how to be in 2 places at once yet!!
Loved Hello Beautiful by @napolitanoann. Listen to me rave about it on @ninetonoon this morning here: https://t.co/DEVRwbuUGj (and forgive me for saying Irish Catholic instead of Italian Catholic! It just rolled off the tongue!) Honestly, I loved this a great deal! @penguinrandom
I just rolled up to vote at the library and a lovely elderly gentleman outside had to tell me that the library wasn’t open for 10 minutes. Some kind of hilarious library karma there.
And this Monday’s book review on @ninetonoon of @valmcdermid’s latest. Love popping along to talk about books as much as I love this period of history. https://t.co/d7t5GPlRgl
Hi Library Land! I was thrilled to be asked to write a piece for Civica's The One Thing Series recently, in which I somehow make Ted Lasso and Allen Curnow relate to each other. https://t.co/q8hkBkJTbC #librarylife#youthengagement#librarytwitter
Was so lovely to meet @MelSzymanik in person last night at the @nzcya Awards. We’ve been Twitter buddies for yonks! Just great to connect and reconnect with friends and colleagues and kindred spirits. Cup very full tonight.
We got all the happy feelings watching Gavin Bishop's incredible achievement celebrated on tonight's @1NewsNZ bulletin, with some wise words from @LauraInTheLibes thrown in for good measure 🥰 #NZCYA#BooksAlive https://t.co/VScoF4Utg9
Tune into @1NewsNZ everyone! Story coming up about Gavin Bishop’s fifth time winning Margaret Mahy Book of the Year at the New Zealand Book Awards for Children & Young Adults, this time for the beautiful pukapuka Atua: Māori Gods and Heroes. 📚📚📚📚 @nzcya#NZCYA#BooksAlive