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Former leading New Zealand publisher and bookseller, and widely experienced judge of both the Commonwealth Writers Prize and the Montana New Zealand Book Awards, talks about what he is currently reading, what impresses him and what doesn't, along with chat about the international English language book scene, and links to sites of interest to booklovers.

Wednesday, December 08, 2010

Poems being auctioned on Trade Me

- proceeds going to the Dyslexia Association of New Zealand.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=338836853&ed=true


http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=338838153&ed=true
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