@christchurchlib.bsky.socialWhat you waiting for? My November list of "Books I really want to read" includes a Barbara Cartland bio, things with wings, & a book about smells. Plus Chappell Roan, Kyle MacLachlan, & a new book by @ired0mi.bsky.social. Hoorah!
christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/disp... ^DR
#pukapuka #booksky
@thesaplingnz.bsky.social'Rather than lecturing teenagers on the virtues of reading—which I’ve found often backfires—I prefer to cultivate curiosity and lead by example'
Claire Cunningham on engaging teen readers at Mount Roskill Grammar School:
tinyurl.com/2e69hnay
#pukapuka #booksky #librariansofaotearoa #schoollibraries
@sisyphusreturns.bsky.social#booksky #pukapuka 💙📚🇳🇿 kiwi author @elizabethknoxnz.bsky.social is next on my hit list. Chonky looking devil! I don’t think there are too many NZ horrors so I’m keen for this one.
@tarapuka.bsky.socialI HIGHLY recommend reading Audition by Pip Adam, it's bizarre and weird and beautiful and the less you know going in the better and just trust the process.
#pipadam #reading #pukapuka #aotearoabooks
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@josimons.bsky.socialIt‘s Aotearoa NZ Bookshop Day tomorrow 10 October and all sorts of events will be on at bookstores. Here in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland there’s a bookshop tour. I wonder how many I could visit in a day … #pukapuka #Books www.booksellers.co.nz/event/auckla...
@antzlapwood.bsky.socialRemember, remember the 5th of November!
That's when my new #pukapuka Mincemeat will be launched 🐶
6pm, Unity Books, Wellington.
Free, all welcome, but RSVP appreciated.
@christchurchlib.bsky.socialOh hai my booky friends. Did you know it's Aotearoa NZ Bookshop Day tomorrow (Saturday 10 October)? We've linked to local Ōtautahi Christchurch events, & bookshop pics. my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/bookshops/
Scorpio fans - the expansion opens āpōpō! Here are pics from yesterday. ^DR
#pukapuka
@sisyphusreturns.bsky.social#booksky #pukapuka 💙📚🇳🇿 my next read, Withered Hill by @davidmbarnett.bsky.social someone else in CHCH is waiting to get ahold of this book,
@antzlapwood.bsky.socialEvery book has a whakapapa and I wanted to shout out a few influences for my forthcoming novel Mincemeat 📚💚
@thesaplingnz.bsky.socialWhy do publishers work in publishing: the people/the creativity/the thrill of the next beautiful book or potential bestseller arriving over the desk/a child who might think ‘that’s me!’ when they open a book:
the publishing panel at the #storylineshui2026
#pukapuka #booksky
@thesaplingnz.bsky.social‘Please feel free to hate me’
Li Chen on her incredible success
#booksky #pukapuka #storylineshui2026
@thesaplingnz.bsky.social‘Who knows, it could be true’
Gavin Bishop on adding a fictional element to PIANO ROCK, a non-fiction book based on his early life
#pukapuka #booksky #storylineshui2026
@thesaplingnz.bsky.socialRachael Craw suggests starting to build a fictional world by creating a problem
#storylineshui2026 #pukapuka #booksky
@thesaplingnz.bsky.socialSwapna Haddow’s TERRIBLE TRIO series (with Minky Stapleton) was a big seller overseas, particularly Canada and Mongolia where it has a cult following!
#booksky #pukapuka #storylineshui2026
@thesaplingnz.bsky.socialJosh Morgan brings his trademark honesty & sincerity to his workshop on the highs & lows of a life in illustration
#pukapuka #booksky #storylineshui2026
@thesaplingnz.bsky.socialZak Waipara has his workshop participants story boarding an eight-page book
#storylineshui2026 #pukapuka #booksky
@thesaplingnz.bsky.social‘I freaking love picture books’
Sacha Cotter on her drive to write, at the Storylines Hui
#pukapuka #booksky #storylineshui2026
@thesaplingnz.bsky.social‘Research asks, what happened?
Story asks, what matters?’
Maria Gill on writing non-fiction for kids at the Storylines Hui
#pukapuka #booksky #storylineshui2026
