{"id":12309,"date":"2012-03-16T06:30:42","date_gmt":"2012-03-15T17:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=12309"},"modified":"2012-03-15T23:20:50","modified_gmt":"2012-03-15T10:20:50","slug":"whats-coming-up-with-nz-book-month-starting-19-march-the-great-nz-book-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2012\/03\/16\/whats-coming-up-with-nz-book-month-starting-19-march-the-great-nz-book-race\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s Coming Up With NZ Book Month: Starting 19 March: \u201cThe Great NZ Book Race\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2011\/03\/24\/new-review-for-thornspell\/thornspellcover_small-6\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4381\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4381\" title=\"thornspellcover_small\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/thornspellcover_small1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"140\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/thornspellcover_small1.jpg 140w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/thornspellcover_small1-106x150.jpg 106w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 140px) 100vw, 140px\" \/><\/a>Starting this Monday 19th, students from <strong>Katikati College<\/strong> (Bay of Plenty)\u00a0 and <strong>Papanui College<\/strong> (Christchurch) will be supporting their local writers by reading, reviewing, and then passing on books, from person to person until they reach the other school by the end of Term Three.<\/p>\n<p>Their aim is to get their book read and reviewed by the most New Zealanders. Find out more by clicking this <a href=\"http:\/\/greatnzbookrace.weebly.com\/index.html\">link<\/a>\u2014but the featured books are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.anarubickford.com\/books.html\">Aroha<\/a><\/em> by Anaru Bickford<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.battleofthebirds.info\/\"><em>Battle of the Bird<\/em>s<\/a> by the wonderful Lee Murray (one of the organsiers of this event.)<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/christchurchkids.wordpress.com\/2011\/09\/07\/my-story-below-the-mountains-by-jean-bennett\/\">My Story: Below the Mountains <\/a><\/em>by Jean Bennett<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.harpercollins.co.nz\/fmi\/xsl\/nz\/book_details.xsl?isbn13=9781869507916\"><em>Brave Bess &amp; the ANZAC Horses<\/em><\/a> by Susan Brocker<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.janehiggins.co.nz\/cms\/index.php?page=cover\"><em>The Bridge<\/em><\/a> by Jane Higgins<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.harpercollins.com.au\/books\/Buddy-V-M-Jones\/?isbn=9781869508098\">Buddy<\/a> <\/em>by VM Jones<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Come Yesterday<\/strong><\/em> by Sue Emms<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.longacre.co.nz\/books\/DeadDanDee.html\">Dead Dan&#8217;s Dee<\/a> <\/em>by Phyllis Johnston<em><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelers.co.nz\/browse\/author\/274744-anthony-holcroft\/\"><em>The Ghost Tree &amp; Other Eerie Tales<\/em><\/a> by Anthony Holcroft<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.longacre.co.nz\/books\/Loblolly.html\">The Loblolly Boy<\/a> <\/em>by James Norcliffe<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.longacre.co.nz\/books\/OutofTune.html\">Out of Tune<\/a><\/em> by Joanna Orwin<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Parrot Parfait<\/strong><\/em> by Sue Emms<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelers.co.nz\/books\/9781869509125-sacrifice\/\"><em><strong>Sacrifice<\/strong><\/em><\/a> by Joanna Orwin<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.harpercollins.com.au\/books\/Peco-Incident-Des-Hunt\/?isbn=9781869508968\"><em>The Peco Incident<\/em><\/a> by Des Hunt<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.harpercollins.com.au\/books\/Sheep-Fourth-Floor-Leonie-Thorpe\/?isbn=9781869508159\"><em>Sheep on the Fourth Floor<\/em><\/a> by Leonie Thorpe<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beaulahpragg.com\/chronicles-of-tyria.html\"><em>Chronicles of Tyria<\/em><\/a> by Beulah Pragg<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelers.co.nz\/books\/9781869437480-sitting-on-the-fence-the-diary-of-martin-daly-christchurch-1981\/?view=gallery\"><em>Sitting on the Fence: The Diary of Martin Daly, Christchurch, 198<\/em>1<\/a> by Bill Nagelkerke<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thornspell.info\/\"><em>Thornspell<\/em><\/a> by Helen Lowe<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/lifestyle\/news\/article.cfm?c_id=6&amp;objectid=1391889\"><em>When the Kehua Calls<\/em><\/a> by Kingi McKinnon<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.susanbrocker.com\/The%20Wolf%20In%20the%20Wardrobe.html\"><em>The Wolf in the Wardrobe<\/em><\/a> by Susan Brocker<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/taurangawriters.org.nz\/TW3\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;catid=8:for-sale&amp;id=66:x-rated-by-gun-caundle\">X-Rated <\/a>by Gun Caundle<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As one of the books featured <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thornspell.info\/\"><strong><em>Thornspell<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0 has its own feature page <a href=\"http:\/\/greatnzbookrace.weebly.com\/read-thornspell.html\">here<\/a> and already has its first review.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>And for even more great <strong>NZ Book Month<\/strong> initiatives \u2014 look <a href=\"http:\/\/nzbookmonth.co.nz\/\">here<\/a>. And if you\u2019re on Twitter, check out the <strong>#nzbookmonth<\/strong> tag!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starting this Monday 19th, students from Katikati College (Bay of Plenty)\u00a0 and Papanui College (Christchurch) will be supporting their local writers by reading, reviewing, and then passing on books, from person to person until they reach the other school by the end of Term Three. 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