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Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2021 longlist announced


Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2021 longlist announced
27 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
5 minutes to read
NZ Herald
The longlist for New Zealand s most prestigious book awards has now been released - with more than a dozen first-time authors making the cut.
Books exploring issues of identity, domestic life, war, food, our natural world and our people are among the 40 works of poetry, prose and non-fiction longlisted for the 2021 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards, announced today.
The works were selected from 179 entries, and include 13 first-time authors - which book awards trustee Jenna Todd said was extraordinary .
It was a testament to the vibrancy of the country s literature, she said. ....

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Open mike 13/12/2020


Someone hasn t bothered reading the link.
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More ironic humour from Andy Borowitz (and very close to the truth!)
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) A furious Donald J. Trump attempted to fire the Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett, sources report.
According to the sources, Trump was so irate about the Supreme Court’s dismissal of his election challenge on Tuesday that he phoned Barrett directly to inform her that she was “history.”
“I hired you to get a job done, and you didn’t get it done,” Trump angrily informed Barrett. “You’re out of here.”
Sources say that Barrett had the unenviable task of informing Trump that Supreme Court Justices are appointed for life and therefore cannot be fired, a revelation that left Trump “flabbergasted.” ....

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Keeping the romance alive


Keeping the romance alive
Review
Ruby Brunton’s late parents Alan Brunton and Sally Rodwell founded New Zealand’s least ordinary theatre company, Red Mole. Now based in Mexico City, she reviews Martin Edmond’s memoir about his time with the group.
It’s easy to romanticise the past, especially when the past you’re remembering is light-years from the current moment. As I read Bus Stops on the Moon: Red Mole Days 1974-1980, an account of a young writer seduced away from his academic career by a travelling theatre troupe promising adventure and freedom, I too dream of street performances, the smell and sound of dusty stage curtains, a community of artists working together. But, as outlined by Martin Edmond, keeping a touring company together when commercial success was never in grasp was no easy feat.  ....

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