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I always look forward to sharing my annual list of favorite books, movies, and music. Today I’ll start by sharing some of the books that have stuck with me long after I finished reading them. Check them out this holiday season, preferably at an independent bookstore or library!

As a reminder, here are some of the books on my summer reading list.

Let's hear it for the 2025 Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction nominees! shorturl.at/pIWdD Otago University Press Te Herenga Waka University Press Penguin Books NZ Mākaro Press Ultimo Press Moa Press #theockhams

Give it up for the 2025 Mary and Peter Biggs Award for Poetry longlistees! Te Herenga Waka University Press The Cuba Press Otago University Press Auckland University Press Spoor Books Compound Press #theockhams

Congratulations to the authors and illustrators nominated for the 2025 BookHub Award for Illustrated Non-Fiction! shorturl.at/pIWdD Auckland University Press Massey Uni Press Allen & Unwin Aotearoa NZ #theockhams

Announcing this year's General Non-Fiction Award longlisted books! Congratulations to the authors and publishers. shorturl.at/pIWdD Te Herenga Waka University Press Moa Press Massey Uni Press HarperCollins Aotearoa NZ Bridget Williams Books Penguin Books NZ Otago University Press #theockhams

The 2025 Ockham NZ Book Awards finalists are announced! Congratulations to you all. Full story here: shorturl.at/cOR4e #theockhams Penguin Books NZ Massey Uni Press Auckland University Press Otago University Press Spoor Books @harpercollinsnz @tepapapress Te Herenga Waka University Press

International Fiction judge @georginacgodwin's takes on this year's shortlisted books. “...writers who are really, creative, and who are moved by such different subjects and themes, but who are all coming out with this noteworthy work.” #theockhams thepost.co.nz/culture/360672…

Terrific pic! And we can’t wait to have Michael Bennett with us again with Dervla McTiernan on Tuesday for An Evening In Crime! wordchristchurch.co.nz/programme/an-e…

WORD Christchurch Michael Bennett, novelist & filmmaker Canterbury readers/viewers can meet Michael next week at a special autumn WORD Christchurch event with bestselling Irish-Australian crime writer Dervla McTiernan at Turanga on Tues 13 May: nz.patronbase.com/_WORDChristchu…

RIP one of the greats. stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360724…

RIP to one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s great writers - Maurice Gee who has died aged 93. Plumb (1978) one of his best novels, also The Burning Boy . Previously published in the UK by ⁦Faber Books⁩ - & also a brilliant writer for children (The World Around the Corner) etc

Please join us 6-8pm this Wednesday 9 July at the Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū to celebrate the launch of the WORD Christchurch 2025 festival programme! Grab your copy of the brochure, raise a glass with us and start panning your festival experience! All welcome.

A ⁦WORD Christchurch⁩ preview Guilt, murder and laughs at WORD Christchurch | The Press thepress.co.nz/nz-news/360751…

The 2025 WORD programme has been launched! And we're thrilled to announce that the theme this year is JOY! Dive in, start planning your festival schedule, and join us to share #TheJoyOfWords 27-31 August. wordchristchurch.co.nz

Big news reveal! El Jaguar & Meegwai Productions at WORD Christchurch with 3 Book (Fight) Clubs. One of which is for teens! So much JOY! Tix: artscentre.org.nz/whats-on/book-… #thejoyofwords #bookclubsoftwitter #booktwitter #comedy #ōtautahi #christchurchnz

I had a chat with Kate De Goldi about moving back to Chch, being a reading ambassador, WORD Christchurch and who's better: Maurice Gee or Margaret Mahy? thepress.co.nz/nz-news/360750…

A real joy to join the divine Susie Ferguson and Mihingarangi Forbes on RNZ's Saturday Morning for Playing Favourites where I selected and chatted about 7 of my favourite songs and talked about the WORD Christchurch programme. rnz.co.nz/national/progr…