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18 November 2024The Sunforge and more: Q&A with Sascha StronachWe caught up with Sascha Stronach (Kāi Tahu, Kāti Huirapa) to chat worldbuilding, writing identity and work-in-progress following the release of the second in her stunning otherworldly Endsong trilogy, The Sunforge.
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12 November 2024School Library: Term Four giveaway
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11 November 2024Teachers Reading Challenge returns for another round
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01 November 2024Hot off the Press - November sector news
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01 November 2024Hot off the press – November giveaways
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14 October 2024In the rhythm of children's books
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03 October 2024Educator Te Kahu Rolleston shares tukanga ako for the first time in 2024 Pānui
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02 October 2024Quintessential Quotes from Aotearoa Authors
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01 October 2024Hot off the Press - October sector news
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01 October 2024Hot off the press – October giveaways
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12 September 2024Judges announced for 2025 Ockham NZ Book Awards
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11 September 2024Poetry with Given Words: competition winners for 2024
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28 August 2024School Library: Term Three giveaway
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26 August 2024Reflections on Pōkai Tuhi
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23 August 2024The Reading Doctor: National Poetry Day
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19 August 2024Writing makes you strong
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15 August 2024Hot off the Press - August sector news
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12 August 2024In the neighbourhood: Tina Makereti on The Mires
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05 August 2024Duffy and the Bullies hits the page
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02 August 2024Hot off the press – August giveaways
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01 August 2024NZCYA Author Chats: Katharine J Adams
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29 July 2024More Māori and Pasifika talent to inspire reading in schools and kura
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12 July 2024NZCYA Author Chats: Tessa Duder
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08 July 2024Life after Ockhams: reading recommendations
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05 July 2024Hot off the Press - July sector news
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02 July 2024Given Words returns for its ninth year
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01 July 2024Hot off the press – July giveaways
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20 June 2024NZCYA Author Chats: Ned Wenlock
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17 June 2024Letters read live in support of historic writer’s cottage
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06 June 2024Big names feature on national children’s book award shortlist
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06 June 2024Hot off the press – June giveaways
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05 June 2024Winter Reading Guide: Recommended by You
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04 June 2024The Reading Doctor: Healing
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04 June 2024Hot off the Press - June sector news
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03 June 2024Author Q&A: Melanie Drewery
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29 May 2024School Library: Term Two giveaways
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16 May 2024Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2024 Winners’ Announcement
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09 May 2024Monsters and more in Motueka
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06 May 2024Author Q&A: Shelley Burne-Field
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02 May 2024Hot off the press: May giveaways
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01 May 2024Hot off the Press: May sector news
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30 April 2024The Reading Doctor: Artificial Intelligence
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24 April 2024Why we need the freedom to read
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10 April 2024The role of reading ambassadors
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08 April 2024Hot off the press: April giveaways
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02 April 2024New tool to help writers and illustrators protect their work
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01 April 2024Hot off the Press: April sector news
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14 March 2024The Reading Doctor: Easy Reads
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13 March 2024Auckland Writers Festival announces unbeatable lineup for this year’s Festival
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08 March 2024It takes a village: books, schools, and reading culture
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06 March 2024Literary heavyweights vie for top fiction prize in Ockham NZ Book Awards
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04 March 2024Book launch celebrates student creativity at one of Aotearoa’s largest Chinese schools
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01 March 2024Hot off the Press: March sector news
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01 March 2024Hot off the press: March giveaways
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15 February 2024The Reading Doctor: Exam Time
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01 February 2024Praised and popular books nominated for 2024 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards
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15 January 2024Summer lovin': your recommended reads
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21 December 2023School Library: Holiday Giveaways
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18 December 2023Author Q&A: Ella West
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13 December 2023Hot off the Press: December sector news
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28 November 2023The Reading Doctor: Homecoming
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14 November 2023Hot off the press: November Giveaways
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14 November 2023Hot off the Press: November sector news
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10 November 20232023 Pānui: Mona Williams delivers a 'story from her own mouth'
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06 November 2023Award-winning illustrator to inspire Whanganui schools
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25 October 2023The Reading Doctor: In A Slump
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10 October 2023Hot off the Press: October sector news
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10 October 2023An inside look at publishing in Aotearoa
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10 October 2023Hot off the press: October Giveaways
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02 October 2023Five reasons to become a Read NZ Te Pou Muramura member
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25 September 2023The Reading Doctor: Famous Last Words
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13 September 2023Rebel Girls of Aotearoa Literature puts a fresh spin on creative writing
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12 September 2023Hot off the press: September Giveaways
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12 September 2023Q&A: Paku Manu Ariki Whakatakapōkai with Michaela Keeble
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12 September 2023Term 3 School Library Giveaways!
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11 September 2023Given Words selects winning poems for 2023
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05 September 2023Q&A: The Book That Wouldn't Read with Tim Tipene
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31 August 2023The Reading Doctor: Psychology and Philosophy
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29 August 2023Read NZ Te Pou Muramura announces storyteller Mona Williams will deliver the 2023 Pānui
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28 August 2023Hooray for National Poetry Day!
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17 August 2023The Reading Doctor: Conservation Week
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10 August 2023History and humanity: 2023 Ngaio Marsh Awards finalists
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08 August 2023Dahlia Malaeulu named Emerging NZ Publisher 2023
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08 August 2023Hot off the press: August giveaways
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08 August 2023Hot off the Press: August sector news
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01 August 2023NZ Book Awards Q&A: Echo
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01 August 2023Reading Doctor: Poems on Femininity
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25 July 2023Whitcoulls Top 100 Books 2023
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10 July 2023Give Given Words a try this August!
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04 July 2023Celebrate Matariki with us!
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04 July 2023Hot off the Press: July sector news
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03 July 2023Q&A: Re-food with Emily King
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03 July 2023Hot off the press: July giveaways
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21 June 2023Your next good read
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19 June 2023NZ Book Awards Q&A: Eileen Merriman
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17 June 2023NZ Book Awards Q&A: Children of the Rush
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15 June 2023School Library giveaways galore!
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12 June 2023NZ Book Awards Q&A: Kate de Goldi
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07 June 2023Alan Dingley: Te Awhi Rito Reading Ambassador Q&A
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06 June 2023Q&A: Rauhina Cooper
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05 June 2023NZ Book Awards Q&A: Brian Falkner
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02 June 2023NZ Book Awards Q&A: Philippa Werry
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01 June 2023NZ Book Awards Q&A: Brianne Te Paa
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01 June 2023Hot off the press: June giveaways
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31 May 2023Hot off the Press: June sector news
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23 May 2023Read NZ Te Pou Muramura turning over a new leaf
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22 May 2023Q&A with Carly Waddleton
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17 May 2023Your questions answered: Writers in Schools
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17 April 2023Q&A with Dr Libby Whittaker
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04 April 2023The recipe for a successful Book Club
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29 March 2023Next Te Awhi Rito Reading Ambassador named
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22 March 2023After-burn: Poetry Aotearoa Yearbook 2023 - Q&A with Dr Tracey Slaughter
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15 February 2023Oratia’s new Moana Oceania series – a chat with author Dahlia Malaeulu and publisher Carolyn Lagahetau
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03 February 2023Ockham New Zealand Book Awards Longlist Breaks All Records
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16 January 2023Thank you for being part of Birds of a Feather Reading Challenge!
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15 January 2023Writers in Schools FAQ
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13 January 2023Join us for #RāmereShorts
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11 January 2023Meet #nzreadaloud: hope for reluctant readers
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09 December 2022The Reading Doctor: NZ books 101
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06 December 2022The Reading Doctor: slavery
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05 December 2022Juliet Blyth: the joys of reading slowly
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05 December 2022From phone to the page: Juliet on making time for reading this summer
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29 November 2022The Reading Doctor: set in a restaurant
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18 November 2022The Reading Doctor: in hotels
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16 November 2022The heart of the matter: our 2022 Pānui in pictures
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14 November 2022The Reading Doctor: shops and shopkeepers
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04 November 2022The Reading Doctor: intergenerational
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28 October 2022The Reading Doctor: verse novels
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17 October 2022The Reading Doctor: in brief
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27 September 2022A warm welcome to Simie Simpson
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12 September 20222022 Read NZ Te Pou Muramura Pānui celebrates its beginnings with a lecture from a literary legend
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26 August 2022The Reading Doctor: butterflies
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22 August 2022The Reading Doctor: on beaches
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12 August 2022BooksAlive: connecting tamariki to book awards
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12 August 2022The Reading Doctor: vineyards
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05 August 2022From witches to pancakes, skateboarding and protests: our personal favourites
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22 July 2022The Reading Doctor: Paris
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22 July 2022The Reading Doctor: Up in the air
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18 July 2022The Reading Doctor: addressed to 'you'
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11 July 2022The Reading Doctor: fertility
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04 July 2022The Reading Doctor: courtroom narratives
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27 June 2022The Reading Doctor: star-gazing
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17 June 2022The Reading Doctor: horses
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13 June 2022Celebrating our 50th birthday with a special Pānui
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10 June 2022The Reading Doctor: Swimming
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01 June 2022The Reading Doctor: an object through time
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01 June 2022Celebrate Matariki! New pukapuka to share with your whānau
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25 May 2022Reading Stories from Aotearoa New Zealand: a new resource for teachers
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20 May 2022The Reading Doctor: Visionaries
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13 May 2022The Reading Doctor: Trumpian
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06 May 2022The Reading Doctor: Arthurian
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29 April 2022The Reading Doctor: hearing voices
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22 April 2022The Reading Doctor: writing about dancing
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19 April 2022The Reading Doctor: talking to animals
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08 April 2022The Reading Doctor: great titles
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06 April 2022A half-century for Read NZ... and author visits to schools
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25 March 2022The Reading Doctor: about a quest
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18 March 2022The Reading Doctor: stories of betrayal
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14 March 2022The Superpower of Infinite Application: Te Awhi Rito Reading Ambassador Ben Brown on reading to children
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11 March 2022Our 2021 research: Jordan Hamel on the increased popularity of poetry in Aotearoa
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10 March 2022The Reading Doctor: Pasifika stories
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10 March 2022Our 2021 research: reading and our wellbeing
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09 March 2022Our 2021 research: men reading
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08 March 2022Our 2021 research: reading with children
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08 March 2022The Reading Doctor: for a teenage boy
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06 March 2022Kiwis love to read to their children, new survey finds
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04 March 2022The Reading Doctor: brothers
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04 March 2022The Reading Doctor: ultimate road trip stories
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01 March 2022The Reading Dr: in protest
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21 February 2022The Reading Doctor: Sisters
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11 February 2022The Reading Doctor: first impressions
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02 February 2022Calling all young readers and writers
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21 December 2021The Reading Doctor: personal essays
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12 December 2021Meet the authors of The Awhi Warrior
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09 December 2021Juliet’s top tips for getting back into reading
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03 December 2021The Reading Doctor: fictional biographers
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26 November 2021The Reading Doctor: taking you away
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16 November 2021The Reading Doctor: dictionaries
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12 November 2021Young writers from the Wellington region celebrated
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05 November 2021The Reading Doctor: fictional diairies
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29 October 2021The Reading Doctor: fake autobiographies
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21 October 2021The Reading Doctor: gone for a walk
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19 October 2021Meet Mrs Lino Nelisi this Niue Language Week!
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05 October 2021The Reading Doctor: unreliable narrators
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30 September 2021Northland novel series lands international publisher, hits Audible
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30 September 2021Sylvia and the Birds: a Q&A with Sarah Laing and Johanna Emeney
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30 September 2021Allen & Unwin New Zealand announces the winner of the inaugural commercial fiction writing prize
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23 September 2021The Reading Doctor: novels about cats
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15 September 2021The Reading Doctor: Family matters
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10 September 2021The Reading Doctor: the joys of spring
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02 September 2021The Reading Doctor: child narrators
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26 August 2021The Reading Doctor: for the love of bookshops
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19 August 2021The Reading Doctor: Afghanistan
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13 August 2021The Reading Doctor: dogs!
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06 August 2021The Reading Doctor: risky business
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29 July 2021The Reading Doctor: Circadian novels
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19 July 2021The Reading Doctor: books about parties
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12 July 2021The Reading Doctor: novels for winter
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05 July 2021The Reading Doctor: Victoriana
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29 June 2021The Reading Doctor: novels about imprisonment
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18 June 2021The Reading Doctor: Dear reader...
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11 June 2021The Reading Doctor: queens
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08 June 2021The Reading Doctor: watery novels
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25 May 2021The Reading Doctor: when death is a character
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21 May 2021The Reading Doctor: all about budgets
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11 May 2021The Reading Doctor - stories of forbidden love
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07 May 2021The Reading Doctor: novels of the silver screen
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07 April 2021The Reading Doctor: reading Australian novels
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30 March 2021The Reading Doctor: all about houses
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26 March 2021The Reading Doctor: searching for New Zealand gothic
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17 March 2021The Reading Doctor: the language of flowers
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10 March 2021The Reading Doctor: for International Women's Day
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26 February 2021The Reading Doctor: war as a theme
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21 February 2021The Reading Doctor: school as a setting
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16 February 2021The Reading Doctor: messing about in boats
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10 February 2021The Reading Doctor: lives of NZ writers
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11 December 2020The Reading Doctor: in the festive spirit
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04 December 2020The Reading Doctor: unusual narrators
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27 November 2020Let’s make reading visible
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23 November 2020The Reading Doctor: all about lawyers
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13 November 2020The Reading Doctor: short and sweet
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06 November 2020The Reading Doctor: responding to the climate crisis
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03 November 2020Juliet's top tips for 'non-readers'
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02 November 2020More than a book – Flat Bush School Writers in Communities project
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30 October 2020The Reading Doctor: from one place to another
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21 October 2020The Reading Doctor: something uplifting
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14 October 2020The Reading Doctor: all about teachers
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28 September 2020The Reading Doctor: politics and politicians
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18 September 2020The Reading Doctor: novels about art
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09 September 2020The Reading Doctor: reading about theatre
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03 September 2020The Reading Doctor: reading about music
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28 August 2020The Reading Doctor: reading with Irlens
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28 August 2020Off the chart – Te Kahu Rolleston visits Papatoetoe High School
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21 August 2020The Reading Doctor: down on the farm
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14 August 2020The Reading Doctor: pandemics
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07 August 2020The Reading Doctor: all about twins
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31 July 2020The Reading Doctor: holiday reads
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24 July 2020The Reading Doctor: books about mums
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17 July 2020The Reading Doctor - 'what if' moments
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13 July 2020Meet our longest-serving member: Helen McConnochie
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01 July 2020Curate your reading: NZ novels by non-Pākehā writers
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01 July 2020The Reading Doctor: female narratives in the foreground
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24 June 2020The Reading Doctor: something for teenage readers to reconnect with stories
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17 June 2020The Reading Doctor: something for a book club
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12 June 2020Working the angles when it comes to publicity - Gemma Finlay
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11 June 2020The Reading Doctor: books with a sense of place
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03 June 2020The Reading Doctor: reading about reading
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27 May 2020The Reading Doctor: something to make you hungry
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22 May 2020Bringing books to life with a shared experience: #NZreadaloud and Writers in Schools
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20 May 2020The Reading Doctor: something for re-kindling
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13 May 2020The Reading Doctor: something for time travellers
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06 May 2020The Reading Doctor: something starring caring professionals
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29 April 2020The Reading Doctor - something for fans of book series
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22 April 2020The Reading Doctor - something for times of isolation
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17 April 2020Blokes vs Books: the round-up
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17 April 2020Blokes vs Books: How I read – Duncan Nimmo
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17 April 2020Blokes vs Books feat. Nathan Guy
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16 April 2020Blokes vs Books: inspired by adventure
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16 April 2020Blokes vs Books feat. Ben Cumming, CEO Hell Pizza
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16 April 2020Blokes vs Books feat. Jay Kiriona
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15 April 2020Blokes vs Books - Aaron Topp and Writers in Schools
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15 April 2020The Reading Doctor: something for a reluctant reader
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14 April 2020Blokes vs Books feat. Pete and Ian Gillespie from the Garage Project
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13 April 2020Blokes vs Books feat. John Tamihere
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12 April 2020Blokes vs Books feat. Leigh Hart
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11 April 2020Introducing: Blokes vs Books
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08 April 2020The Reading Doctor: In praise of the domestic
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01 April 2020The Reading Doctor: something funny
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26 March 2020The Reading Doctor: When a book is as good as a holiday
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20 March 2020The Reading Doctor: treats for young readers
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18 March 2020The Reading Doctor: To soothe and comfort
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13 March 2020Reading through the changes: book ideas for young readers
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09 March 2020Introducing: the Reading Doctor!
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23 February 2020Launching Our Book, Our Stories into the community
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12 November 2019Confessions of a stacker: Catherine Robertson on our 2019 research report
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07 October 2019New Zealanders are distracted readers, new research finds
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30 September 2019A passionate and moving speaker: Daisy Lavea-Timo visits Auckland schools
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23 September 2019Renée: Don’t growl me, Miss
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15 September 2019What's in a name? Read NZ Te Pou Muramura
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04 September 2019New Zealand Book Council becomes Read NZ Te Pou Muramura
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21 August 2019New Zealand's travelling poet David Merritt
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20 August 2019What is poetry for?
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21 March 2019“I’ve written a book": advice for writers from NZSA
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05 July 2018Reading role models at Ashburton College
