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#NZBooks Pacific Films was ahead of its time, and faced huge opposition getting NZ on screen. Linsday Shelton reviews John Reid’s astounding new book "Whatever It Takes: Pacific Films and John O’Shea 1948 – 2000". https://t.co/VecW7iyGSv

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#NZBooks Animals of Aotearoa (the non-human kind)...a book for the budding naturalist, reviewed for SRB by Melinda Szymanik: https://t.co/sh17e2xCQD

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#NZBooks Ned Barraud's "New Zealand’s Backyard Beasts" is beautiful book of creepy crawlies that "would be a cool Christmas present, especially if you are planning a family staycation this year," writes Melinda Szymanik. https://t.co/SxNxgnVwp8

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#NZBooks Simon Nathan reviews Capt. Timothy Nichol's beautiful book about NZ lighthouses, "Sunset to Sunrise", at SRB. https://t.co/jQqdqYUraQ

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#NZBooks Want some heart-racing, heart-stopping YA fantasy in your life? "The Rift" by Rachael Craw is the book for you says reviewer Rachel Stedman. https://t.co/ZYbjeKw6Pu

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Valerie Morse reviews NYT reporter David Sanger's, um, somewhat scary book "The Perfect Weapon: War, Sabotage, and Fear in the Cyber Age"...apposite in light of NZ and Huawei, nē rā! https://t.co/nVdvlNtdbV

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#NZBooks Neat, yet another unsung woman who's herstory's being told. See our review of Diana Brown's bio of Dr. Muriel Bell, yeah a nutirionist, and much more https://t.co/l5reCZ44xl

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I talked to Vaughan Rapatahana @ScoopBooks about 'The Great War for NZ' and why #NZWars history needs to be more widely known https://t.co/bgeri2Nh9C

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#NZBooks In this sweet children's book, Mini Whinny is a bit of an 'I, me, mine' pony when it comes to her birthday, to start with anyway...words by Stacy Gregg and drawn by Ruth Paul, "Mini Whinny: Happy Birthday to Me", reviewed by Melinda Szymanik https://t.co/YfJpTJeNeO

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#NZBooks NZ author Adrienne Jansen writes about music and migrant lives in her new novel 'A Change of Key,' out now from Whitireia's @EscalatorPress. Check out the SRB review by Judith Nathan Morrell https://t.co/IYdiI38Abz

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#NZBooks Ellie Marney's latest, "Circus Hearts 1: All The Little Bones" is a great fast-paced YA read, says our reviewer @RLStedman https://t.co/ZwCmrLhPrZ

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#NZBooks There's something spooky and fantastical going on in Dunedin... Reviewer @RLStedman was engrossed by Kura Carpenter's urban fantasy novel 'The Kingfisher's Debt': https://t.co/1teIxP90fj

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#NZBooks Putting off thinking about death and dying? @FreerangePress has a new book to get you started, with lots of useful (and some surprising) info about Death and Dying in New Zealand. Check out our review at https://t.co/qrlnBcGb11

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#NZBooks The only bad thing about Emily Writes latest book "Is It Bedtime Yet?" says our reviewer @justinemcleary is that it wasn't around when her kids were toddlers. https://t.co/Yq7xh6Tghv

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#NZBooks NZ writer Deb E. Howell's fantasy title 'Warrior's Touch' is fast-paced and refreshing, avoiding many of the fantasy tropes, writes reviewer @RLStedman https://t.co/SQRdr8hdro

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In reviewing Khaled Beydoun's "American Islamophobia", Valerie Morse relates it to our own efforts at fear-mongering. https://t.co/gb5XhbEPjk

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Puffin the Architect's text is clever and children will be able to pore over its detailed illustrations, writes our reviewer Melinda Szymanik https://t.co/GCaxJvDdrc

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Here's my review of @NikiHarre 's The Infinite Game on @ScoopBooks https://t.co/vbMF55nVdZ Ambitious and erudite. More Kiwi books like this please!

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#NZBooks Who's killing the kiwis? Des Hunt's new junior fiction books, "Search for a Kiwi Killer" is a gripping adventure that is very difficult to put down," writes reviewer Nikki Slade Robinson. https://t.co/5Vm2Nilo2R

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#NZBooks Vasanti Unka's "Who Stole the Rainbow? A Mystery Thriller" is a terrific (and beautiful) way to explain rainbows to children, writes reviewer @MelSzymanik at SRB: https://t.co/dPCnwHq7ua