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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.

Friday, August 03, 2012

MOST POPULAR STORIES - BOOKS - New York Times


  1. Gore Vidal, 1925-2012: Prolific, Elegant, Acerbic Writer
  2. How to Raise a Child
  3. Master Polemicists From Similar Roots
  4. How to Write
  5. Maeve Binchy, Writer Who Evoked Ireland, Dies at 72
  6. Books of The Times: A Secret Life Reinvented Once Again
  7. Gore Vidal, 1925-2012
  8. Easy Riders
  9. Books of The Times: Into the Nothing, After Something
  10. How to Write Great
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