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In 2016, BRINKLEY DAVIES was in a car that hit a mother kangaroo. She was determined to rear the surviving joey and named ...
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Borderland by Graham Akhurst
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A trio of superb Kiwi writers were honoured as they scooped the 2023 Ngaio Marsh Awards for books delivering rich ...

Prophet Song wins 2023 Booker Prize
Paul Lynch has won the 2023 Booker Prize, worth £50,000 for his book Prophet Song.
Chair of Judges, Esi ...

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What books are rushing out of bookshops and libraries at present? Here are five books that readers are buying or ...

The Queen’s Gambit stage adaptation
A musical adaptation of Walter Tevis' bestselling novel, The Queen's Gambit, is currently in the works.
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