The festivals continue in Wellington, and if jazz is your thing the weekend holds many treats. The 11-day Lōemis Midwinter Festival also opens today, heralding the solstice.
Writers gathered at the Te Whē ki Tukorehe wānanga, Tukorehe marae, in February 2020.
Sinead Overbye looks at how Māori writers are taking control of their own publication and distribution. There is a shift in the artistic landscape taking place, and with it different ways of publishing and distributing literature. I had the privilege of being involved with Te Rito o Te Harakeke in 2019. This publication brought Māori writers from across the world together to respond to the peaceful occupation of Ihumātao. Each poet had the right to refuse all editorial suggestions. The result was a hand-bound chapbook in which every word was exactly what writers wanted.
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Shennan and Adin: two minds joined in a single body. Bred as an elite soldier to protect First Contact Teams, they are thrown into a frantic pursuit of a sophisticated and deadly invader.
Burner
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Finding her dead husband’s burner phone was bad. The Polaroids were worse. But the secrets Audrey uncovers next might set her entire world on fire. Sometimes the scars are on the inside.
Horde: Zombie Apocalypse (The Chad Halverson Series #6)
Bryan Cassiday. KDP. $4.99 e-book, ASIN B08KFXPYSB
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Survivors of the zombie apocalypse holed up in a warehouse suspect that the zombie plague has mutated and is being spread by spores emitted by infected flesh-eating ghouls.