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PANZ News: Outstanding shortlist announced for PANZ... Outstanding shortlist announced for PANZ Book Design Awards AUCKLAND, 3 May 2010. New Zealand’s exceptional book design talent is showcased in the shortlist announced today for the 2010 Publishers Association...

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Ask BookieMonster a question I thought I'd give you a chance to ask me a question - about pretty much anything I write about! Want to know why I hate Ian McEwan? Want to know something about Trade Me? Want to know why I started...

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Winter, begone! Hello sunshine... I really need to work on my headline writing. Aaaaaanyway, spring will be here tomorrow! Officially, though looking outside at grey skies I am not entirely sure spring knows that it is expected. Traditionally...

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What's BookieMonster Reading? The Scandal of the Season... Oh, but reading has been a hard road recently. Why? I don't really know but I was in one of those "good book" slumps. As in, I couldn't find one to just latch on to and absorb without having to think too...

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BookieMonster’s Father’s Day Gift Generator! Father's Day is almost here! And aren't Dads just great to shop for? They're always so easy, right, you know exactly what to get them, there's always something they need... Ahem. Sorry, I was lost in...

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BookieMonster’s sales and sympathy pitch

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Category : BookieMonster News, Books for Sale

So I am a bad blogger, bad bad BAD blogging monkey! I have not been entertaining you like I should with my witty words and general gab.

But SRSLY I am BUSY you guys! I just have an amazing amount of stuff going on. My life is stuffed with stuff. Some of it involves reading and books but at the moment, not enough!

BookieMonster's BookshopYou can help – please buy from us! We’ve got almost 800 listings at the moment and I know it’s a lot to go through but duuuuuuuude – there’s got to be something in there for everyone!

Father’s Day is coming up you know. Hint, hint.

And if you don’t feel like buying anything then please tell (send the link http://www.trademe.co.nz/Members/Listings.aspx?member=1998646, go on) your family, your friends, your enemies, your workmates, your neighbours, your cats, your dogs – open up a bank account in your guinea pig’s name and get them to buy a book! (“Hello, I’d like to open an account.” “Certainly sir, and first may I have your name?” “Mr Fluffykins McSnugglebottom the Third.”)

However if, by same insanely crazy thousand to one chance you don’t want any of the books we have for sale (srsly, what are you on?) then check out Book Depository UK and our affiliate link – they have MILLIONS AND MILLIONS (and miwwions) of books for sale and you don’t pay any shipping at all whatsoever nosirreebob so help them.

The BookDepository

And, if after all that you’re wondering what’s keeping me busy (apart from the usual) then you should check out my Posterous blog AtNgaire in which I link to all sorts of web malarkey that captures my fancy and write about exciting things like social media, online marketing, community management and basically anything else I want. Yes, I’m one of those wonks. But you can be one of them too, just by commenting – or really, just send me cool stuff to put on there. It’s fun.

Not leastly you should totally check out the amazingly awesomely extraordinarily choice Groupy and grab yourself a besty deal. They’ve been keeping me busy too.

Right-o! :D

Addition: I meant to add also if your Dad isn’t the reading type but is the obsessive with detail and military models type – or just a military buff then check out Mr Monster’s site at www.militarymodels.co.nz – he’s running a huuuuuge Father’s Day sale over there! Plus he’s all real clever and stuff. We loves him. ♥ Awwwwwwwww.

The Widow’s Daughter – a different perspective

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Category : Book Reviews, Book Trade News, New Releases

One of the great things about the interwebs is reading all the perspectives and opinions on books – a perfect example is the new novel by New Zealand author Nicholas Edlin, The Widow’s Daughter, which as you know I didn’t enjoy – but for a totally different and much more positive experience of the same book check out this great review by A Certain Book :

The Widow’s Daughter by Nicholas Edlin

The Widow's Daughter

Cabbage Patch Kids (and Awful Library Books)

Category : Book Trade News, Fun Stuff

One of my favourite (other) blogs to read is Awful Library Books – a simple but delightful concept.

Today’s entry was standout – a tribute to the ’80s and my beloved ’80s toy – the Cabbage Patch Kids. I had four. My mum actually did make them clothes (though sadly none of these)! And I had matching outfits!

It was a simpler time.

Cabbage Patch Kids

Lots of links for you to love

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Category : Book Trade News, BookieMonster News, Fun Stuff

Ujala Sehgal at The Millions writes a fricken brilliant essay on The Search for Iago and references lots of books I love, including Geek Love by Katherine Dunn. Fan-damn-tastic.

Vanda Symon has a nice review of North Pole South Pole by Gillian Turner – sounds like a great non-fiction read.

The Well Read Kitty has another review up for The Nile – and this sounds like an amazing read.

The Vicbooks blog has a great post about the news that Hodder want to update Enid Blyton. And why did I not know about the Vicbooks website – it’s fantastic, people!

News roundup

Category : Book Trade News, BookieMonster News, Fun Stuff

Author Beryl Bainbridge has died, aged 75. I have to confess I haven’t read enough of her prodigious output but what I have read has been most enjoyable, so I will be making the effort to seek out more titles. There’s an excellent Guardian.co.uk obituary here.

The shortlist for the 2010 Text Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing has been announced! And it includes two New Zealand authors – Jane Higgins and Philippa Werry. Congratulations and best luck to them!

And a recommendation – Stella Matutina - an awesome book blog by Memory, who has recently moved to Auckland to live for a year. Not only do you get great book reviews but her pleasure at living in Auckland and her enthusiastic descriptions of the joys of our fair city are enough to bring a tear to the eye of the most hardened Auckland heart.

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