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Fergus Barrowman @fergusthw.bsky.social · 8d

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Fergus Barrowman @fergusthw.bsky.social · 9d

The more we give away the more there are 😳

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Fergus Barrowman @fergusthw.bsky.social · 9d

What to do with good books that take up a lot of space that realistically we’re not going to read again

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Fergus Barrowman @fergusthw.bsky.social · 9d

Deaccesioning books for the move downtown. Lots of double-ups from when we merged our libraries almost 40 years ago

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Fergus Barrowman @fergusthw.bsky.social · 10d

And BAM on the library mezzanine. Good days.

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FAFSWAG @fafswag.nz · 10d

FAFSWAG artist Pati Tyrell's commissioned art work for the cover of Tusiata Avia's new book entitled 'Giving Birth To My Father'. You can also pick up a copy for yourself here:

teherengawakapress.co.nz/products/giv...

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Sarabande Books @sarabandebooks.bsky.social · 10d

✨COVER REVEAL!✨ LUCKY CREATURES by Joseph Trinidad is a humorous and endearing debut about migration, queerness and the transnational experience. Selected by Alexander Chee (@alexanderchee.bsky.social) to win the 2024 Sarabande Prize in the Essay Available June 2026. Preorder in bio!

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Fergus Barrowman @fergusthw.bsky.social · 12d

The @thwupbooks.bsky.social staff kitchen has seen some losses

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Fergus Barrowman @fergusthw.bsky.social · 14d

Snuck away from the Frankfurt Book Fair once to hear the big band with Jim McNeely and Rudresh Mahanthappa. Magic.

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Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 15d

Bookmark this, America

eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 15d

The South Korean Ministry of Defense has awarded medals of merit to 11 officers for disobeying direct orders of superiors during the martial law fiasco, orders that they deemed to be contrary to the constitution and endangerment to democracy.
www.chosun.com/english/nati...

National Defense Ministry Honors 11 Soldiers for Refusing Illegal Orders

National Defense Ministry Honors 11 Soldiers for Refusing Illegal Orders Honored for rejecting illegal orders during martial law, Marine death probe

www.chosun.com

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Fergus Barrowman @fergusthw.bsky.social · 19d

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IIML @modernletters.bsky.social · 19d

Congratulations to our colleague Tina Makereti, who is on the shortlist for the 2025 Keri Hulme Award along with Becky Manawatu and Steph Matuku!
mlt.org.nz/programmes/p...

2025 Pikihuia Awards - The Māori Literature Trust

This year the Pikihuia Awards will celebrate 30 years of supporting and nurturing kaituhi Māori!

mlt.org.nz

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Comics in the Spooky Age 🧛🧟‍♀️👻 @comicsinthega.bsky.social · 20d

Me, still on Earth, after everyone has risen.

A panel from the Krazy Kat comic strip by George Herriman. Ignatz Mouse sees Krazy reading while sitting under a tree. He asks “Reading?” and they respond “Yez.”

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Sharon Murdoch @domesticanimal.bsky.social · 22d

Spot the difference.
(Feat. quotes from Stuart Nash, formerly Labour Min of Police, Min for Oceans and Fisheries, Min of Tourism and Hospitality, Min of Forestry, now good friend of NZ First. No intro needed for the other fellow quoted)
My Stuff #cartoon today #NZpol #USA #Trump

Cartoon. Title: “Spot the difference” Seven frames. The first three show Stuart Nash. He’s saying, “Women… have two tits…and a pussy! Heh-heh-heh” The next three frames show President Trump. He’s saying, “Heh-heh-heh. Women…I grab ‘em by the pussy!” In each of the frames the men are making the same gestures, grabbing imaginary breasts, and grabbing at their crotch. The last frame says, “One of them got himself kicked off a delegation to the United States. The other one runs the United States”

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Fergus Barrowman @fergusthw.bsky.social · 24d

A gorgeous advance copy to end the week ❤️ @thwupbooks.bsky.social

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Fergus Barrowman @fergusthw.bsky.social · 25d

So sad to hear this. I have very warm memories if working with Joan

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Fergus Barrowman @fergusthw.bsky.social · 25d

Oh dear @elizabethknoxnz.bsky.social what are we going to replace proper crisps with? www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/griffins-...

'Just another kick in the guts': Nelson mayor on Proper Crisps closure plan

Production may shift to Griffin’s Wiri site from late 2027 into early 2028.

www.nzherald.co.nz

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English Literatures & Creative Communication-THW @elccprogramme.bsky.social · 27d

Please join the ELCC programme for the launch of Charles Ferrall's new book this Thursday at Unity! www.unitybooks.co.nz/news-and-eve...

Thursday September 18th, 6pmIn-store at Unity Books WELLINGTONBook Launch: South by South: New Zealand and the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration by Charles Ferrall

www.unitybooks.co.nz

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Elizabeth Knox @elizabethknoxnz.bsky.social · Sep 13

Lovely and thoughtful review of Kings of this World
thespinoff.co.nz/books/13-09-...

Review: Elizabeth Knox’s Kings of This World is both dangerous and dreamy

'The brainy, evocative weirdness of The Absolute Book is still present as Knox returns to writing for young adults.'

thespinoff.co.nz

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Todd Atticus @toddatticus.bsky.social · Sep 12

Announcing Sala Alas, my first solo exhibition in New Zealand for ten years. Opening 6pm, Tuesday 28th October at 218c Willis Street, Wellington.

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IIML @modernletters.bsky.social · Sep 11

Next week Writers on Mondays moves to Tuesday and Wednesday, 6pm at Meow for the Next Page: grab a drink and check out the next generation of Aotearoa's writers in this lively night of fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction from the IIML's MA (Page) workshops!
www.eventfinda.co.nz/2025/writers...

Writers on Mondays: The Next Page 1 - Wellington

Writers on Mondays: The Next Page 1, 6–7.30 pm at Meow <br />Grab a drink and settle in for ..., Meow, Wellington, Wellington Region, 16 September 20

www.eventfinda.co.nz

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IIML @modernletters.bsky.social · Sep 11

Elizabeth Knox introducing her new book Kings of This World to an appreciative crowd in Wellington this evening

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Te Herenga Waka University Press @thwupbooks.bsky.social · Sep 11

Last night, at the launch party, Jonathan Boston said, 'Sir Geoffrey’s latest book offers a hopeful, positive, and clear-sighted analysis of our current dilemmas and possible solutions. It is highly readable, accessible, well-reasoned, pithy, yet hard-hitting.'

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IIML @modernletters.bsky.social · Sep 10

Tonight at Unity Books Wellington, Elizabeth Knox launches her new YA novel, Kings of this World. 6pm, all welcome!

Kings of This World - Elizabeth Knox

www.allenandunwin.co.nz

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Fergus Barrowman @fergusthw.bsky.social · Sep 8

Graham C. Greene?

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Fergus Barrowman @fergusthw.bsky.social · Sep 4

I liked it when he would play a little Bach when he felt like it

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