Many of the links included in previous posts came from Read NZ Te Pou Muramura - an organisation that was formerly known as the New Zealand Book Council. The new name relates to the Maori creation explanation and involves moving from darkness into light, a beautiful metaphor for enlightenment literacy brings. Read NZ's mission is … Continue reading Going to the source
Following on from the Witi Ihimaera post, in 1989, he published an anthology of short stories called Dear Miss Mansfield as part of the celebration of the centenary of Katherine Mansfield. I am borrowing his story title for the title of this blog post and I acknowledge that Ihimaera's story was not well received in … Continue reading Dear Miss Mansfield
As you know New Zealand is a small country both in size and in population. There are many benefits to this - you live relatively close to the sea or the mountains, it doesn't take long to establish common ground with people you meet and it is surprisingly possible to meet famous people. I remember … Continue reading Fans should always say hello – Witi Ihimaera
This month we will focus on the literature of New Zealand. Kia Ora - my name is Amanda Bond and I am a New Zealander currently living and working in Istanbul, Turkey. Throughout this month it is my honour to share some thoughts about the literature of my homeland. I am the Teacher Librarian at … Continue reading Haere Mai – welcome to New Zealand
Across the first month of 2020, Sophie Baggott is sharing her thirty favourite books by women from across the world. Find out more about her project to read women writers from every country worldwide here. This story is featured in Solito, Solita: Crossing Borders with Youth Refugees from Central America (ed. Steven Mayers & Jonathan … Continue reading Day 30: Nobody Wanted Me
Across the first month of 2020, Sophie Baggott is sharing her thirty favourite books by women from across the world. Find out more about her project to read women writers from every country worldwide here. From Armenia, My Grandmother: A Memoir by Fethiye Çetin (tr. Maureen Freely) is a beautiful testament to the author's grandma … Continue reading Day 29: My Grandmother
I’ve always had a soft spot for mice. Not the computer kind, nor the kind that were supposed to make Victorian women shriek and fall into a dead faint. (Probably because their corsets were too tight….but I digress.) No, the cute, cotton, and cuddly kind. So I fell hard for Torben Kuhlmann’s imaginative historical fiction … Continue reading #WorldKidLitWednesday: Three picture books by Torben Kuhlmann: “Lindbergh,” “Armstrong” and “Edison”
Across the first month of 2020, Sophie Baggott is sharing her thirty favourite books by women from across the world. Find out more about her project to read women writers from every country worldwide here. My choice for Israel had to focus on the occupation of Palestine – Drinking the Sea at Gaza: Days and … Continue reading Day 28: Drinking the Sea at Gaza
Across the first month of 2020, Sophie Baggott is sharing her thirty favourite books by women from across the world. Find out more about her project to read women writers from every country worldwide here. Written by Dunya Mikhail and translated by Mikhail along with Max Weiss, this book had me completely spellbound for an … Continue reading Day 27: The Beekeeper of Sinjar
Across the first month of 2020, Sophie Baggott is sharing her thirty favourite books by women from across the world. Find out more about her project to read women writers from every country worldwide here. Also published as Ice Candy Man, this is a remarkable novel set against the 1947 Partition of India, written by … Continue reading Day 26: Cracking India
Global Literature in Libraries Initiative 