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Book Launch: Exploring CQ by Wilbur Sargunaraj
May
4
5:30 PM17:30

Book Launch: Exploring CQ by Wilbur Sargunaraj

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Wilbur Sargunaraj is a musician, speaker, and Cultural Intelligence Facilitator based in Treaty 6 Territory, Canada and India.  His years of cross-cultural experience, combined with his genuine love for connecting with people from diverse backgrounds, have given him a unique voice in the field of CQ.  Wilbur has pioneered a series of interactive and ground-breaking CQ concert events, exhibitions and workshops.  His focus is on helping individuals and organizations navigate today’s multicultural complexities by sharing valuable knowledge and fascinating anecdotes from his journeys.  Wilbur was born in a small prairie town on Treaty 7 Territory, Alberta, Canada; grew up in sweltering Tamil Nadu, India; and now resides in the freezing Canadian Prairies.  

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Author Talk: Norman Nawrocki (Montreal, Canada)
Sep
30
7:00 PM19:00

Author Talk: Norman Nawrocki (Montreal, Canada)

Acclaimed Canadian author Norman Nawrocki launches his two new books of fiction, Red Squared Montreal and Isabelle Walks With Angels, A Montreal Urban Legend, Saturday September 30, 2023 @ Time Out Bookstore, 432 Mt Eden Road, Mt Eden Village, Auckland, 7pm. For this multi-media double launch he will read book excerpts, play his treated violin and screen a new short film, Isabelle Walks With Angels.

Red Squared Montreal book trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fL3LJcPM1Pc      
Isabelle film & book teaser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1THJQ4cbEBk

BOOK & FILM DESCRIPTIONS:

Isabelle Walks With Angels, A Montreal Urban Legend (Les Pages Noires, 2023)is an extraordinary magical realist short story (embedded in an artbook) about a despairing woman who meets an all-women biker gang. Nawrocki says he wrote the story “for all the Isabelles of the world, shunted aside, marginalized and ignored.

Isabelle Walks With Angels, the film, was created by the Montreal multi-disciplinary artist collective Isabelle’s Angels. It blends theatre, dance, animation, visual art and music (by one of Nawrocki’s bands, DaZoque!) and interprets his short story of the same name. 

Red Squared Montreal (Black Rose Books, 2023) revisits and reframes the historic and bloody student strike and mass social rebellion of 2012 that rocked Quebec, especially Montreal. It was the largest and longest civil disobedience movement in Canadian history involving hundreds of thousands. 

Norman Nawrocki is the author of sixteen books of fiction and poetry (with translations in French & Italian), two dozen plays, cabarets and musicals, and can be found on 68 albums of music. He tours the world and sometimes teaches.

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POSTPONED: Author Q&A: Notes on Womanhood by Sarah Jane Barnett
Sep
21
6:00 PM18:00

POSTPONED: Author Q&A: Notes on Womanhood by Sarah Jane Barnett

Many apologies, this Instagram Live has been postponed.
Stay tuned for further details.

After Sarah Jane Barnett had a hysterectomy in her forties, a comment by her doctor that she wouldn't be "less of a woman" prompted her to investigate what the concept of womanhood meant to her. Part memoir, part feminist manifesto, part coming-of-middle-age story, Notes on Womanhood is the result. Here, Barnett examines the devastation she inflicted on herself as a young woman, the invisibility she feels as her youth fades, the power of female friendship, the stories women learn about midlife and menopause, and how being the daughter of a transgender woman changed her ideas of womanhood.

Reviews

I loved this book. It’s the kind of book you don’t know you need until you read it. Then you realise you really, really do – and, also, that many of your friends will too. – Ingrid Horrocks

Author description

Sarah Jane Barnett is an Aotearoa writer and editor. Her poetry, essays, interviews and reviews have been published widely in Aotearoa journals and magazines, as well as in Australia and the US. Her debut poetry collection A Man Runs into a Woman was a finalist in the 2013 New Zealand Post Book Awards. Her second collection WORK was published in October 2015. You can find her at: sarahjanebarnett.net

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Apr
17
4:00 PM16:00

Author Talk: Talkin' West Indies - book signing for The West Indian Lawyer

Author and Lawyer, Justin Sobion will take you on a much needed "virtual journey" of the Caribbean when he explains the story behind The West Indian Lawyer - the life and times of his late father, the legal luminary, Keith Sobion.

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ABOUT THE BOOK

Keith Sobion was nothing short of an iconic Caribbean man who had a profound affection and vison for the region. Born in Trinidad at the family home on Panka Street in the bustling city of St.   James, to parents from the village of Mayaro, Keith grew up with the benefit of experiencing two worlds – city and country life. After     attending the prestigious St. Mary’s College in Port of Spain, Keith graduated from the Hugh Wooding Law School in 1975. This was a historic period for the Law School as it produced its first law graduates from within the region. Prior to that date, all law graduates from the West Indies were trained within the United Kingdom. Initially dubbed a “locally assembled” lawyer, Keith immediately entered into private practice, eventually rising to the esteemed position of Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs of Trinidad and Tobago. After his four-year stint in politics, Keith became the first West Indian trained lawyer to be appointed Principal of the Norman Manley Law School in Jamaica. He served 12 years as Principal before suddenly passing away in 2008. At the relatively young age of 56 Keith had done so much for legal education yet some genuinely felt that he still had much more to offer.

In these moving Memoirs, his son Justin follows his father through his exploits during the Black Power Movement in Trinidad in the 1970s, the University of the West Indies, the 1990 attempted coup d’état, politics, life in Jamaica and his critical role in promoting regional integration and the Caribbean Court of Justice. Within these pages reveal Justin’s struggle to accept the loss of his father and how he later comes to terms to fully comprehend the purpose of life and his true destiny. 

If you wish to learn more about politics, law and the diverse culture of the tropical islands of the Caribbean –  The West Indian Lawyer is a must read. 

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Justin Sobion was born in Trinidad and Tobago. He is an Attorney at Law by profession having graduated from the University of the West Indies (2000) and the Hugh Wooding Law School (2002). He is also the holder of a Masters degree in Environmental Law from the University of Auckland and is presently pursuing his PhD research at the same University.

Justin’s other passions include art, playing the guitar, reading and yoga. He also serves as a Director of the Keith Stanford Sobion Foundation. 

Justin is married to Aurélie Sobion and The West Indian Lawyer – Keith Sobion is his first literary work.

RSVP to jsobion@gmail.com

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CANCELLED: Author Talk: A New Vision of Politics by Philip McKibbin
Sep
15
6:30 PM18:30

CANCELLED: Author Talk: A New Vision of Politics by Philip McKibbin

About the event:
Philip McKibbin, author of Love Notes: for a Politics of Love (New York: Lantern Books, 2019), will present a talk on the Politics of Love, a radical vision of politics. Following the talk, there will be an opportunity for discussion.

About the book:
In Love Notes, a collection of articles, essays, and presentations, Philip McKibbin introduces the Politics of Love and explores the possibilities of this emerging theory. The Politics of Love affirms the importance of love and reimagines our relationships: to ourselves, each other, non-human animals, and the natural environment. This love is inclusive, critical, generous, and constructive. Instead of a politics of fear and distrust, of separation and narrow-mindedness, the Politics of Love presents a new vision that extends beyond individuals, families, the nation state, and even human beings: it is love that will bring about justice for other species, and it may also enable us to address climate change. This book presents an intellectual journey; it charts a course for the future, and invites you to help take the Politics of Love forward. www.apoliticsoflove.com

About the author:
Philip McKibbin is a writer from Aotearoa New Zealand. He is of Pākehā (NZ European) and Māori (Ngāi Tahu) descent. He has written for the GuardianRenegade Inc, and Takahē. He holds a Master of Arts in Philosophy from The University of Auckland, and diplomas in te reo Māori (the Māori language) from Te Wānanga o Aotearoa. He first wrote about the Politics of Love in 2015, with his friend and fellow New Zealander Max Harris. In 2018, they hosted “The Politics of Love: A Conference” at All Souls College, Oxford. www.philip-mckibbin.com

RSVP to p.r.mckibbin@gmail.com

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Virtual Author Talk: Shakti by Rajorshi Chakraborti
May
28
6:30 PM18:30

Virtual Author Talk: Shakti by Rajorshi Chakraborti

Following up on our Lit Reads pick for May, Rajorshi will join us virtually to talk more about his book and answer questions.

A feminist superhero epic, Shakti is a story packed with magic, darkness, pain, dreams, superpowers, laughter and light. Your Power. Our Rules. Amid a political climate of right-wing, nationalist leadership, three very different women in the city of Calcutta find themselves gifted with magical powers that match their wildest dreams. There is one catch - the gifts come with a Faustian price.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Rajorshi Chakraborti is an Indian-born novelist, essayist and short story writer. He was born in 1977 in Calcutta, and grew up there and in Mumbai. He has also lived and studied in Canada, England and Scotland, and now lives with his family in Wellington, New Zealand.

Rajorshi is the author of six novels and a collection of short fiction. Or the Day Seizes You was shortlisted for the Crossword Book Award in 2006, one of the best-known prizes for English-language writing in India. Mumbai Rollercoaster received an honourable mention in the Children's Writing category of the Crossword Book Awards, 2011.The Man Who Would Not See was longlisted in the fiction section of the 2019 Ockham Awards.

All are welcome!

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Jenna will be on hand during the evening to offer technical support. You can text or call her on 0276987870, or email the shop at books@timeout.co.nz.

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Author Talk: Snowgirls Series by Clark James
Nov
23
2:00 PM14:00

Author Talk: Snowgirls Series by Clark James

Massive Pacific subductions trigger overwhelming tsunamis. Three volcanoes eject ash that circles the Earth. Temperatures plummet. Plant and animal life are obliterated. Young women lead survivors from devastation and deprivation, in Yorkshire, the Riviera and Queensland.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Clark spent his first 21 years in a One Tree Hill, Auckland State House. With his wife Charmaine he moved to South Te Atatu, and here wrote the 6-volume novel Wind From The West. He was also involved in several organisations. They had three children: a boy and two girls. Separated in 1968, he moved to Titirangi, spent the early70s in the UK and Europe, then in 1978 with a friend Jean to South Australia and Queensland, managing motels. His father’s death in 1982 brought him back to New Zealand, where he re-met Anne. Later that year they bought a cottage in New Lynn and lived there for over 30 years, writing several novels, including Plantation (now Earth’s Revenge) after visiting East Africa. He also began an indoor plant hire business. The couple made numerous overseas trips. Early in new century he was diagnosed with Melanoma, survived that, then was struck down with Pancreatitus. While in hospital he wrote the opening pages of Snowgirls, and is following that up with another four books in the series.

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Author Talk: Sarah Moss in conversation with Kiran Dass
Oct
27
5:00 PM17:00

Author Talk: Sarah Moss in conversation with Kiran Dass

Join us for this special Labour weekend event
In association with
Wellington’s Verb Festival.

Ghost Wall is a burnished gem of a book, brief and brilliant, and with it Moss’s star is firmly in the ascendant.” – The Guardian

Kiran Dass talks with celebrated UK novelist Sarah Moss, whose latest book Ghost Wall is a taut, heart-stopping work that has captivated readers world-wide. During a hot summer at a camp designed to experience Iron Age living, a family’s deep tensions boil over. A story so compelling it is impossible not to read it in one sitting, Ghost Wall stirs truths about domestic violence, the physicality of living, and the historical and contemporary brutality of the patriarchy. Join one of the finest writers of our time for a conversation about her life and work.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Sarah Moss is the author of the novels Cold Earth, Night Waking, Bodies of Light, Signs for Lost Children and The Tidal Zone. She has been shortlisted for The Wellcome Book Prize three times as well as the RSL Ondaatje Prize for her non-fiction account of living in Iceland; Names For the Sea: Strangers in Iceland. Three of her books have been Mumsnet Book club choices. She is professor of Creative Writing at Warwick University. Photo credit Sophie Davidson

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Author Talk:  Flow Generation by Vera Sprothen
Oct
25
6:00 PM18:00

Author Talk: Flow Generation by Vera Sprothen

A book that captures the spirit of our times like no other.

Remember when clouds were in the sky, phones were in the wall and work was something we ‘went to’? Technology has changed that. Secure jobs have become insecure gigs, home is where the Wi-Fi is and our boss is an algorithm.

And us? We’re all over the place, unsure about the future, because everything keeps changing faster than we can blink. Unlike our parents we have no clear idea how to make it to retirement It’s like our life has turned liquid.

How do we stay afloat in a world where all the old paths are crumbling? How will we earn money tomorrow? Is our degree still relevant? Will we ever afford a house? Have a pension? Live happily ever after?

This book is brimming with stories of people and startups who have figured it out. Original, uplifting and peppered with a pinch of philosophy, Nicoló Andreula and Vera Sprothen’s Flow Generation is a timely and colourful guidebook for our fast-paced economic reality. It shows readers how to move beyond fear and brave the unknown, as we enter a future that seems more unpredictable than ever – and yet it’s better than we think.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Vera Sprothen is a German-Australian journalist and economist with a passion for surfing and untangling the complexities of labour markets. As a reporter with some of the world’s largest publications, including The Wall Street Journal, Wirtschaftswoche, DIE ZEIT and ELLE, she has written numerous features about the working lives of people around the globe, from Ukrainian day labourers in Germany to vanilla farmers in Tonga. For this book, she recalled her own gig economy experience – as a pizza delivery driver, tobacco vendor and promotion girl – from the days when your mobile phone was still dumb and the internet only a few pages long. Vera holds a Master in Economics and Politics from University of Cologne and is a graduate of Holtzbrinck School for Business Journalists. She is now working in Sydney as a freelance writer, editor and surf instructor helping people find their flow in life.

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Author Talk: Attraction by Ruby Porter
Sep
13
7:00 PM19:00

Author Talk: Attraction by Ruby Porter

Ruby will be in conversation with Cait Kneller, talking about her debut novel.

Attraction (the first recipient of the Michael Gifkins prize), follows three young women on a road trip through Auckland, Levin and Whāngārā.

An examination of the female experience, friendship, male jealousy and the legacy of family and colonialism, Attraction reckons with New Zealand's colonialist history and the abusive ghosts of love and familial past.

This is our August Lit Reads title. See more here.

Free entry. BYO.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Ruby Porter is a tutor of creative writing at the University of Auckland. She has been published in Geometry Journal, Aotearotica, Spinoff and Wireless, and a selection of her poetry is available on NZEPC. In 2018, she also won the Wallace Foundation Short Fiction Contest.

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Kid's Author Talk: The Gareth Ward Hour at Time Out Bookstore
Sep
2
4:00 PM16:00

Kid's Author Talk: The Gareth Ward Hour at Time Out Bookstore

AN HOUR OF
BOOKS & MAGIC!

Join us at our special after school event as we host Gareth Ward - magician, storyteller, bookseller and author as he celebrates the launch of The Clockill and the Thief.

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This would be a great event for kids aged 10 to 15. We will have staff on hand to look after your book loving child, so feel free to drop them off and pick them up afterwards. (Perhaps in time to pick up a copy of one of Gareth’s books!)

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Gareth Ward, a.k.a. The Great Wardini is a magician, hypnotist, storyteller, bookseller and author. He has worked as a Royal Marine Commando, Police Officer, Evil Magician and Zombie. He basically likes jobs where you get to wear really cool hats – as writer and compere of Napier City’s inaugural Steampunk murder mystery evening he wore a rather splendid bowler.

His first novel ,The Traitor and the Thief, a rip-roaring young adult Steampunk adventure, won the 2016 Storylines Tessa Duder Award, the 2018 Sir Julius Vogel Award for Best Youth Novel, a 2018 Storylines Notable Book Award and was a finalist in two categories at The New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults.

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Author Talk: Self-Publishing in New Zealand by Dave MacManus (Offsite)
Aug
23
6:00 PM18:00

Author Talk: Self-Publishing in New Zealand by Dave MacManus (Offsite)

In 2019 it's easier than ever before to get your book produced through self-publishing. It's also harder than ever to get your book noticed in a noisy publishing market. How do you cut through the noise and make your book stand out? Come along and hear Dave MacManus from The CopyPress in Nelson take you through the steps of self-publishing.

ABOUT THE BOOK:
How your book is edited, designed and distributed all play a role in how well it will sell. Dave will cover how to find people to help you at each step and how to maximise your book's potential. Whether you're a newbie or an experienced self-publisher, this talk will help take you to the next stage of your journey.

How do you publish, market and distribute a book in New Zealand?

This book demystifies the self-publishing process and provides some much-needed clarity on the topic, with information and resources specific to New Zealand. Self-Publishing in New Zealand will take you through the whole operation, from decisions about print and design, to effective sales and marketing, to getting your book into bookshops and other retail outlets. It will provide you with questions to ask your printer or publisher, and help you spot potential scams.

The face of self-publishing has changed. It’s easier than ever before to use distribution channels to showcase your work and get it into the hands of your readers. With the right resources and knowledge you can turn your writing dreams into publishing reality.

Whether you are new to self publishing, or an experienced independent author, Self-Publishing in New Zealand will help you find the best strategies to maximise your book’s potential.

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Author Talk: A Conversation with my Country by Alan Duff
Aug
20
6:00 PM18:00

Author Talk: A Conversation with my Country by Alan Duff

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Telling it how he sees it.

A fresh, personal account of New Zealand, now, from one of our hardest-hitting writers. 

Following Once Were Warriors, Alan Duff wrote Maori: The Crisis and the Challenge. His controversial comments shook the country. A quarter of a century later, New Zealand and Maoridom are in a very different place. And so is Alan – he has published many more books, had two films made of his works, founded the Duffy Books in Homes literacy programme and endured ‘some less inspiring moments, including bankruptcy’.

Returned from living in France, he views his country with fresh eyes, as it is now: homing in on the crises in parenting, our prisons, education and welfare systems, and a growing culture of entitlement that entraps Pakeha and Maori alike.

Never one to shy away from being a whetstone on which others can sharpen their own opinions, Alan tells it how he sees it.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Alan Duff was born in Rotorua in 1950. He has written novels, including Once Were Warriors, One Night Out Stealing and What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?, a novella (State Ward), several children’s books and a number of non-fiction works. Once Were Warriors won the Pen Best First Book of Fiction Award and What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? won the Montana New Zealand Book Award for Fiction. Both novels were made into internationally acclaimed films.

Duff was the driving force behind the Books in Homes scheme, which, with commercial sponsorship and government support, aims to break the cycle of illiteracy, poverty, anger and violence among underprivileged children by providing books for them to own.

The New Zealand Listener claimed that Duff’s debut, Once Were Warriors, ‘bursts upon the literary landscape with all the noise and power of a new volcano’, while acclaimed writer Witi Ihimaera wrote, ‘This is the Haka, the rage of a people who, yes, once were warriors . . . A kick to the guts of New Zealand’s much-vaunted pride in its Maori/Pakeha race relations. A breathless fearless debut.’

The Sydney Morning Herald regarded the sequel, What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?, as ‘a masterpiece’: ‘powerful, authentic, moving, brilliantly written . . . a profound and passionate novel . . . a memorable experience’. The Australian praised its ‘universal truths to be savoured for their poetic insight’, while the Canberra Times called it ‘a brilliant work . . . poetic and full of hope’.

The New Zealand Listener wrote that What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? ‘carries the story on with doubled brilliance. The new book is just as dynamic, just as in-your-face as the first one, but less violent, more layered, more fundamentally thoughtful and challenging.’

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Author Talk: The Little Girl on the Ice Floe by by Adélaïde Bon, translated by Ruth Diver
Aug
16
6:30 PM18:30

Author Talk: The Little Girl on the Ice Floe by by Adélaïde Bon, translated by Ruth Diver

Join us for a celebration of this extraordinary memoir of recovery from childhood sexual assault. A powerful new voice in the #MeToo conversation, The Little Girl on the Ice Floe is an unflinching yet luminous account of the author’s rape at age nine, her long road to recovery, and the trial of the serial rapist twenty years later. A heart-breaking, triumphant true story.

The evening will include a reading by the translator, Ruth Diver, followed by a discussion and Q&A with a team-member from HELP Auckland, the charity providing support for sexual abuse survivors.

Wine and nibbles provided. Go into the draw to receive a copy of the book signed by the author. Koha donations to HELP.

RSVP to supporthelp@helpauckland.org.nz

 
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ADÉLAÏDE BON is a French writer, actress and voice artist. She graduated from the École Supérieure d’Art Dramatique in Paris, is trained in the techniques of the Theatre for the Oppressed, and has worked on issues of gender equality in partnership with the European Association Against Violence Against Women. She lives in Paris in a blended family. The Little Girl on the Ice Floe is her first book.


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RUTH DIVER is a New Zealand literary translator. She won the 2016 Asymptote Close Approximations Fiction Prize, and collaborated with Ros Schwartz on the translation of The Reader on the 6.27 by Jean-Paul Didierlaurent. A former lecturer in Comparative Literature at the University of Auckland, she now lives in Paris. The Little Girl on the Ice Floe is her first full-length translation. 


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Author Talk: An Evening with Toby Faber
Jul
30
6:00 PM18:00

Author Talk: An Evening with Toby Faber

Toby Faber, grandson of the founder of Faber & Faber, will be speaking about the vibrant history of this legendary publisher, including publishing T.S. Eliot, William Golding, Ted Huges and Sylvia Plath (and rejecting George Orwell).

Toby Faber is the author of Faber & Faber: The Untold Story and a new crime thriller, Close to the Edge.

RSVP to books@timeout.co.nz.

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Author Talk: Anne Kennedy with Kiran Dass
Mar
14
7:00 PM19:00

Author Talk: Anne Kennedy with Kiran Dass

Following on from our February Lit Reads Book Club, we are extremely pleased to welcome Anne Kennedy to join us to talk about her book, The Ice Shelf.

Anne Kennedy is an inventive poet and fiction writer. She has also developed scripts and worked as an editor. In her first two collections of poetry, the poems appear in sequence, and focus on female protagonists. While her first book explores domesticity and motherhood, the second is focused on a family of giants, particularly a young woman giant. Her poems and short stories have been included in anthologies and journals, and she has received several key awards. Her collection, The Darling North, won the poetry category at the 2013 New Zealand Post Book Awards.

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The Ice Shelf is a sharp, comic novel following Janice- a recently separated writer- as she tries finding a home for her new fridge while editing her manuscript. A punchy, witty and self-aware novel that tackles love, the environment and the art of acknowledgements.

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Anne will be interviewed by our wonderful book buyer Kiran Dass! One of New Zealand’s leading literary critics, Kiran is a reviewer and journalist who has written about books and music for the NZ Herald, NZ Listener, Sunday magazine, Sunday Star-Times, Metro, Landfall, NZ Books, Dominion Post, The Spinoff, The Pantograph Punch and The Wire (UK). Kiran has a monthly book review slot on RNZ’s Nine to Noon and a fortnightly book review slot on Auckland’s 95bFM Breakfast show.

Please email any questions you might have to books@timeout.co.nz with the subject ‘Anne Kennedy Q&A’.

All are welcome!

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Author Talk: The Inheritance Thief by Adrienne Nairn
Feb
22
6:00 PM18:00

Author Talk: The Inheritance Thief by Adrienne Nairn

Hampshire Police used the international crime-busting agency Interpol to investigate alleged ‘harassment’ of an elderly British woman by a step-daughter who lived 20,000 miles away - in New Zealand.

In this way Adrienne Nairn, became a "wanted" woman.

Despite the insistence of senior Hampshire Police officers that the force did not get involved in family matters it then proceeded to do so, involving the international crime-busting agency Interpol in its work.

This is just one of the series of bizarre incidents captured in Adrienne's autobiography My Brother My Enemy published by Stentorian Publishing Ltd in New Zealand.

Still selling well, Adrienne felt the need to turn this gripping story into a novel which she has now done with the help of Maria de Jong, a life story writer. Launched in the UK late last year Adrienne is now promoting the book in New Zealand.

But beyond this personal story of two siblings who became enemies, it should also serve as a timely reminder for those with parents approaching their twilight years, or those who know they are nearing the end of their lives.

As this book demonstrates, looking the Police or the Courts for salvation in these circumstances is fraught with difficulty in the UK. However, Adrienne was in contact with the Hon. Jo Goodhew, former Minister for Senior Citizens, who wrote an informative letter highlighting how New Zealand has already gone further than the UK by ensuring citizens granting Powers of Attorney must obtain separate legal advice and the fact that a wide range of people can apply to the Family Court if problems arise. A copy of this letter is printed as an Addendum to The Inheritance Thief.

Adrienne has given numerous talks in her local town of Taupo concerning her unusual fight for justice, receiving a number of letters from a varying range of people regarding their own experiences.

Adrienne is joined by Maria de Jong, a full time writer of biographies and memoirs. Through her business, Life Stories, Maria provides ghost writing, editing and publishing services and has written a number of books.

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The Inheritance Thief

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Author Talk:  The Second by Alan J Cooper
Feb
16
12:00 PM12:00

Author Talk: The Second by Alan J Cooper

Visiting Time Out Bookstore from Canada, Alan J Cooper considers our nature and culture by looking at power and conflict in people’s action, and through his erudite interpretation of emotional and intellectual tensions in society, he explores the nature of “belief”...

By way of the book’s diary-style entries we follow the protagonist, a vibrant French Canadian, Chantelle, who promotes a spirituality based on principles and not traditional dogma.

Embracing her activism she moves across the U.S. and Canada, engaging the complex ideologies that shape politics, religion, and spirituality, as she tries to balance her rocky romance with an aspiring half-Jewish architect while continuing her embrace with activism, and a connection to a New York organization with a hate-based agenda kept secret from her.

But while Chantelle’s spirituality roots her beliefs, we see the “religious” more frequently lean toward evil over good...

The Second is a work of profound and moving secular spirituality that touches all the markers of religion, a modern-day American Gothic in which the novel’s characters ultimately confront their individual identities through the realization of just how hard it is to make belief believable.

My published true story is BRAIN INJURY by Alan J Cooper, after being struck by an impaired driver. My published novel is The SECOND, illustrating the difference between spirituality and religion. There is a 5-minute video at www.alanjcooper.com. I am working on the third. 

 
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