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Mataura River, New Zealand, setting for Overkill by Vanda Symon
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Overkill by Vanda Symon: atmospheric New Zealand crime

February 3, 2021February 3, 2021 BookerTalk 9 Comments New Zealand authors

Overkill was one of the books I bought at the Orenda Books Roadshow, the last in-person bookish event I attended

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Frustrations of a book buyer in New Zealand

March 22, 2019 BookerTalk 58 Comments New Zealand authors

As I headed for my long holiday through New Zealand and Australia, the burning question was not how many pairs

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Man Booker Prize longlist 2015

July 29, 2015July 29, 2015 BookerTalk 35 Comments 2015 Man Booker Prize, Andrew O'Hagan, Anna Smaill, Anne Enright, Anne Tyler, Anuradha Roy, Bill Clegg, Chigozie Obioma, Hanya Yanagihara, Laila Lalami, Marilynne Robinson, Marlon James, Sunjeev Sahota, Tom McCarthy

I admit defeat. I am clearly not skilled in the art of book prize predictions. When the Man Booker prize judges

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The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton

July 14, 2014July 26, 2014 BookerTalk 26 Comments

When Eleanor Catton’s The Luminaries was declared the winner of the 2013 Man Booker prize, almost every article and review drew attention to  the

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The Bone People by Keri Hulme

May 14, 2014 BookerTalk 12 Comments Keri Hulme, Man Booker Prize, New Zealand authors

Keri Hulme’s 1985 Booker Prize winning book The Bone People is one of those novels for which the word unorthodox would be a

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