Wellington City — A poem that folds out like a concertina, a graphic novel that comes in a large box, a sports book with a cover made of fake grass, a knitting book for nerds - these are just some of the weird and wonderful items on the shelves of our libraries.
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Wellington City Council
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Wellington City — Get advice from top NZ entrepreneurs and leaders in the book, Gifts of Wisdom; book to be launched at a Global Entrepreneurship Week event in Wellington, Friday 16th November.
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Kelly McLuckie
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Wellington City — Eight French and New Zealand writers who’ve lived and worked in Thorndon’s historic Randell Cottage are gathering to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the writers’ residency this week in Wellington.
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Kathryn Carmody
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Wellington City — From Sunday 1 July, the issue period for books will change to 3 weeks.
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Wellington City — Peter Graham, author of So Brilliantly Clever - Parker, Hulme and the Murder that Shocked the World, will give a free evening talk at Wellington Central Library on Thursday 26 January.
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Wellington City — A former UK journalist-turned horror writer is urging New Zealand readers to get more involved in the fast-evolving world of ebooks.
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Wellington City — Throwing out conventional publishing and going straight for a treeless ebook, former Guardian journalist William Knight launches Generation -- an intelligent horror “that won’t cost the Earth.” “The planet cannot stand another million authors cutting down trees to publish novels,” explains Knight.
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Wellington City — The Wellington Holocaust Research and Education Centre recently hosted the launch of a book edited by Senior Italian lecturer Marco Sonzogni that analyses visual representations of the Holocaust.
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Wellington City — Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Chris Finlayson will launch the Bougainville library project and website tomorrow at a function in Wellington.
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Wellington City — Three of New Zealand's most celebrated writers – C K Stead, Brian Turner and Dr Ranginui Walker were honoured at tonight's 2009 Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement at Premier House in Wellington.
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Wellington City — To celebrate the LIANZA Children's Book Awards and Library Week 2009, Caffe L’affare is hosting a special storytime event on Tuesday 11 August at 10am, Caffe L’affare, 27 College Street.
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Wellington City — New Zealand's greatest writer, Katherine Mansfield, is to have her position in world literature further recognised with a sculpture in her home city of Wellington.
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Wellington City — Three of New Zealand's most celebrated writers – WH (Bill) Oliver, Lloyd Jones and Elizabeth Smither were honoured at tonight's 2008 Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement at Premier House in Wellington.
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Wellington City — The National Library of New Zealand is to host an internationally recognised digital futures strategist as part of his Australasian speaking tour.
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