A New Zealand books bonanza

It’s the most exciting time of the year in the New Zealand book world as the Ockham New Zealand Book Award longlist has just been announced. We also have a line up of three New Zealand books for review and have a wee look at what’s on the reading pile and coming out in 2021. Mentioned in this episode... Books KD: Gangland by Jared Savage, with a mention of Patched by Jarrod Gilbert (HarperCollins NZ) Mary Holm on RNZ’s Bookmarks Gyles Beckford on RNZ’s Bookmarks LK:Victory Park by Rachel Kerr (Makaro Press) Kiran’s interview with Rachel for the NZ Herald. JT: Remote Sympathy by Catherine Chidgey (VUP) Not Books KD: Michael Apted’ s Seven Up series LK: What Writers and Editors Do by Karl Ove Knausgaard on The Paris Review blog JT: Bling Empire and Pretend it’s a City (both Netflix) The TBR Pile KD: The Mirror Book by Charlotte Grimshaw, A Crooked Tree by Una Mannion, Kitchenly 434 by Alan Warner, The Young Team by Graeme Armstrong LK: Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb, At Freddie’s by Penelope Fitzgerald, with a mention of I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith JT: Remaining Ockham fiction longlist to read: Bug Week by Airini Beautrais and Toto Among the Murderers by Sally Morgan Book News The Ockham New Zealand Book Awards Longlist is announced The 2021 samesame but different festival will run from February 10 - 14 in the Ellen Melville Centre The Rathbones Folio Prize Longlist has been announced! Some great reads to add to your pile, including ol’ Shuggie Bain Get in touch with Papercuts Email: papercutspod@gmail.com Tweet: @papercutspod Instagram: @papercutspod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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This episode was published on Feb 2, 2021.

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