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New Book Will Help Councils Rise Above The Potholes And Make A Difference
Wednesday, 21 August 2024, 2:33 pm | Alicia McKay
This authoritative and accessible book distils McKay’s years of hands-on experience into a practical leadership guide for Councillors and Council managers. With budget cuts abounding, this guide could not be more timely. More >>
New Novel From Indian-Portuguese Kiwi Writer
Friday, 21 July 2023, 5:53 pm | Elizabeth Heritage
July sees the publication of Franciska Soares’ second novel, A Smatter of Minutes . Soares is a Kiwi author of Portuguese and Indian heritage who has lived in both India and Aotearoa New Zealand. Haunted by the memory of her parent’s murders, ... More >>
New Kiwi Novel Explores Finding Community Despite COVID Isolation
Thursday, 27 April 2023, 10:55 pm | Elizabeth Heritage
Jane Shearer Jane Shearer’s novel Broken is Beautiful tackles the thorny issue of how to find community in COVID times. Broken is Beautiful is set in Ōtautahi Christchurch from 2020 to 2022. Julia needs to reimagine the story of her life, which ... More >>
New Novella From Waiheke Artist Combines Prose, Painting And Song
Thursday, 6 October 2022, 1:20 pm | Elizabeth Heritage
Katy Soljak’s illustrated novella It’s a Long Ride to Texas, Baby draws on her own remarkable life experiences and showcases her variety of artistic talents: prose, visual art, songwriting, and performance. It will be published in November 2022. ... More >>
Kiwi Novelist Reclaiming Adventure And Romance For Blind Heroine
Wednesday, 20 July 2022, 5:21 pm | Elizabeth Heritage
Steff Green Blind Kiwi novelist Steff Green is running a Kickstarter campaign that reached its initial goal of ten thousand dollars in just five hours, and is currently up to nearly $35,000. It runs until 29 July 2022 and can be found at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/steffmetal/nevermore-bookshop-mysteries-exclusive-hardcovers-swag?ref=user_menu ... More >>
NUKU Pukapuka Shortlisted For Major Literary Award
Wednesday, 2 March 2022, 1:56 pm | Elizabeth Heritage
Today it was announced that NUKU: Stories of 100 Indigenous Women has been shortlisted for the prestigious Booksellers Aotearoa NZ Award for Illustrated Non-Fiction as part of the national Ockham NZ Book Awards. This gorgeous coffee-table pukapuka combines ... More >>
Qiane Matata-Sipu Wins Women Of Influence Award
Saturday, 12 February 2022, 7:49 pm | Elizabeth Heritage
Qiane Matata-Sipu, creator of NUKU, was announced to be the winner in the Arts & Culture section of the 2021 Women of Influence Awards. Matata-Sipu (Te Waiohua ki Te Ahiwaru me Te Ākitai, Waikato, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Pikiao and the Cook ... More >>
New Book Celebrating Indigenous Women Longlisted For Major Award
Thursday, 27 January 2022, 1:53 pm | Elizabeth Heritage
NUKU: Stories of 100 Indigenous Women is an influential new book celebrating the diversity, strength, knowledge and lived experiences of wāhine taketake. Today it was announced that the pukapuka has been longlisted for the Booksellers Aotearoa ... More >>
NZ Women Of Influence Finalist Releases Collection Of Indigenous Women In Historic Book
Tuesday, 14 December 2021, 2:56 pm | Elizabeth Heritage
An iconic book celebrating the stories of 100 Indigenous women has already received more than 1,500 orders. The book's author, photographer and creator of NUKU, Qiane Matata-Sipu, has recently been announced as a Finalist in the Culture & Arts ... More >>
Pet rat (sort of) wins literary award (in a sense)
Wednesday, 18 August 2021, 12:30 pm | Elizabeth Heritage
Long, long ago, before we knew about lockdowns or even how bad the Hobbit movies would turn out to be, a star was born. A small brown rat called Orville was adopted from the New Zealand Rat Rescue by prominent rat enthusiast Elizabeth Heritage. More >>
New Book Series Imagines Climate Change With A Supernatural Twist
Wednesday, 4 August 2021, 10:50 am | Elizabeth Heritage
The Forgotten Ones is a new series of novels that imagines our children’s children’s future. Climate change has dramatically altered the entire earth and humans are on the verge of extinction. Heeding the call of a mysterious force, Maia must make her ... More >>
