About the Book: Winner, Michael Gifkins Prize, New Zealand, 2022 Laura is tired of being asked where she’s really from. Her family has lived in Aotearoa New Zealand for four generations, and she’s ambivalent at best about her Chinese heritage. But when she’s asked to write about the Chinese New Zealander experience for a work project, Laura … Continue reading Book Review: Backwaters by Emma Ling Sidnam #AYearofNZLit
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Book Review: Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton
About the Book: Birnam Wood is on the move... Five years ago, Mira Bunting founded a guerrilla gardening group: Birnam Wood. An undeclared, unregulated, sometimes-criminal, sometimes-philanthropic gathering of friends, this activist collective plants crops wherever no one will notice, on the sides of roads, in forgotten parks, and neglected backyards. For years, the group has … Continue reading Book Review: Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton
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