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ON THE BLOG Five Quick Questions with Marie Hodgkinson Founded in 2013 by Marie Hodgkinson, Paper Road Press is a New Zealand publisher of ‘books from beyond the beaten track’ – compelling stories that explore new horizons, that poke holes in old genres and stitch them up with something new. We caught up with Marie and asked her to dish the dets on PRP and her latest projects. Read more here.

Emma Barnes on Cats and Spaghetti Press Cats and Spaghetti Press started out as me and Pip Adam talking again and again at literary events around the city how we wished there was more variety in the type of publishing taking place in Wellington. We love poetry and short fiction and weird things, and wanted to see more of that out in the world. After lots of discussion and work and back and forth, we released our first two projects in 2014. Read the full article here.

ON THE RADAR New Zealand Book Council special membership offer Buy a NZ Book Council membership this Christmas and you will also receive a copy of the annual Book Council Lecture – given this year by renowned novelist and short-story writer Witi Ihimaera – beautifully wrapped and ready to go under the tree! It’s easy to give the gift of reading this Christmas, just click here. Enter your details, or those of your chosen recipient, as a new Book Council member. Or, if you prefer, you can email us: subscriptions@bookcouncil.org.nz The New Zealand Book Council, and readers and writers all over the country, thank you for your support. Reading is best not as an escape from life, but as an enrichment of it. Gustave Flaubert said 'Read in order to live'. This is what the New Zealand Book Council promotes. - Owen Marshall More