2 Auē by Becky Manawatu (Mākaro Press, $35)
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Imagining Decolonisation by Rebecca Kiddle, Bianca Elkington, Moana Jackson, Ocean Ripeka Mercier, Mike Ross, Jennie Smeaton and Amanda Thomas (BWB, $15)
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Aroha: Māori wisdom for a contented life lived in harmony with our planet by Dr Hinemoa Elder (Penguin, $30)
“Some people mistake our customs as placing women in a secondary role. This is not the case. Women as the ‘whare tangata’, the house of people, the source of future generations, are revered in our culture. Practices where women sit behind men do not denigrate women. We are seen as extraordinarily precious, to be protected from harm. Our voices are the first voices heard on our marae. Our karanga into the spiritual realm, between women from the home people and the visiting group, sets the scene for the discussions … ”
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Industry Notes: Short Story Awards in Spain and the United Kingdom
The Madrid-based Desperate Literature program and the BBC National Short Story Award open submissions and name their 2021 jurors.
At Madrid’s Desperate Literature bookshop on the Calle Campomanes. Image: Desperate Literature
Short Fiction Week
Amid the churn of early-year publishing awards programs and their many announcements, certain swirls and eddies always turn up as various programs’ focal formats cluster together. This, it turns out, is Short Fiction Week.
Today (January 14) in Madrid, the Desperate Literature Short Fiction Prize is opening its fourth year’s submissions and announcing its jurors.
2 Auē by Becky Manawatu (Mākaro Press, $35)
3 Aroha: Māori wisdom for a contented life lived in harmony with our planet by Dr Hinemoa Elder (Penguin, $30)
A beautiful little book containing 52 whakataukī – a proverb for every week of the year.
4 Imagining Decolonisation by Rebecca Kiddle, Bianca Elkington, Moana Jackson, Ocean Ripeka Mercier, Mike Ross, Jennie Smeaton and Amanda Thomas (Bridget Williams Books, $15)
$15!
6 Women Don’t Owe You Pretty by Florence Given (Cassell, $38)
They do not.
The Paris Review has published Roy’s introduction in full, including this snippet:
“Some of the essays in Azadi: Freedom. Fascism. Fiction. were written through the eyes of a novelist and the universe of her novels. Some of them are about how fiction joins the world and
How Ireland spent its time in 2020: The books, TV and music that we consumed
Lockdown often gave people more opportunity to spend their time watching TV or reading books. These are the shows, albums and books we reached for.
Wed, 13 Jan, 2021 - 08:40
Mike McGrath Bryan
TOP TEN ON THE TELLY RTÉ retains pole position in the annual TAM (Television Audience Measurement) live viewership charts: the state broadcaster dominated the top ten, with nine out of the entries. Only the Ireland-France rugby fixture in October broke the ratings ceiling for privately-run competitor Virgin Media.
Of the nine programmes on the list from RTÉ, November’s Late Late Toy Show tops the charts at 1.716 million live viewers, furthering Ireland’s ongoing love affair with the long-running seasonal special.
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