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The winner of the International Booker Prize for 2023 has been announced: Time Shelter by Georgi Gospodinov is the first winner to be translated from Bulgarian. Read about it here from @TheBookerPrizes and reserve it for free on our catalogue too! https://t.co/UawmdRM78G

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Our latest author interview is live! We recently interviewed @philippa_werry about her new pukapuka, Iris and Me, about the life of New Zealand author Robin Hyde. Watch the interview on our blog: https://t.co/rZlCBSlfqI Reserve Iris and Me here: https://t.co/m9BBjlBxJz https://t.co/ZXaX08Veuo

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If you are a fan of the Twilight series, then we have good news for you! Stephenie Meyer is writing 2 new Twilight books. Read more details here, from @BookRiot https://t.co/tBGRQthKsd

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'A little bit addictive and the right amount hard’: new video game is based on poems of Emily Dickinson https://bit.ly/3opKe34 via @GuardianBooks EmilyBlaster is a real-life version of a game featured in Gabrielle Zevin’s forthcoming novel Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow https://t.co/Jc0bCTv0J5

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If you are a fan of local fantasy authors, then join us this Friday night, 10th of March, at 6pm at Newtown Library. We will be interviewing bestselling author H. G. Parry, who will be talking about her new book, "The Magician's Daughter." Details here: https://t.co/AVnIWQI4Sc https://t.co/MXulaMsGp2

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@ninetonoon reviewed three of the top books from last year! What were your favourite reads of 2021? 📚 If you haven't read this list yet, you can reserve all of these books from our catalogue! (Links below) RNZ Review: https://bit.ly/3ge5Co5 https://t.co/9ktsE6K08v

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More books referenced in Ted Lasso: The Autobiography of Malcolm X - https://bit.ly/2Yu8kQv Ender's Game - https://bit.ly/3amPNZe Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children - https://bit.ly/2Ysmgum Fight Club - https://bit.ly/3lm542K All available in our collection

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Currently reading ⬇️ Better the Blood by Michael Bennett (Ngāti Pikiao, Ngāti Whakaue) is set in Tāmaki Makaurau and features Māori detective Hana Westerman. It's also shortlisted for the 2023 Ockham Awards! We're hooked! Place your reserve here: https://t.co/mw3RXR9FT5 https://t.co/OJ4bDf7966

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Claire Keegan wins Orwell prize for novel about 1980s Ireland https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/jul/14/claire-keegan-wins-orwell-prize-for-novel-about-1980s-ireland?CMP=share_btn_tw Want to read it? Reserve it here: https://catalogue.wcl.govt.nz/?section=search&term=small%20things%20like%20these

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Good news, crime fiction fans! New crime & thriller titles are here and our Fiction Specialist has picked out a few of his favourites, including Marlowe - a return of one of the most iconic characters of the hard-boiled fiction genre - by John Banville. https://t.co/O8imnXTniD https://t.co/tMOZGSkh66