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Forgiving the fines to bring in the readers
Library fines can be so scary they'll stop a borrower from ever going back. Now there's a world-wide trend to change that.
Forgiving the fines to bring in the readers
Library fines can be so scary they'll stop a borrower from ever going back. Now there's a world-wide trend to change that.
AudioBook review: Things I Learned at Art School by Megan Dunn
Airini Beautrais reviews Things I Learned at Art School by Megan Dunn, published by Penguin. Audio
Afternoons Quiz Robert Kelly
RNZ producer and onetime bookseller Robert Kelly presents his weekly quiz. Audio
Book review: The Dark by Emma Haughton
Bronwyn Wylie-Gibb of University Book Shop, Dunedin reviews The Dark by Emma Haughton, published by Hachette Bronwyn says: "The Murder. The Suspects. The Isolation… Not so much a locked room as a… Audio
Catherine Raven: an unexpected friendship with a fox
Catherine Raven lives in a remote mountain valley in Montana. She has lived more or less alone since leaving a troubled home aged 15. She was a National Park ranger for 20 years, and gained a PhD in… Audio
Book Critic: Anna Rankin
Today Anna reviews a book by Jacqueline Rose called On Violence and On Violence Against Women. It's been described as an insightful, provocative study of violence against women from the peerless… Audio
Book review People Like Them by Samira Sedira
Jenna Todd of Time Out Bookstore reviews People Like Them by Samira Sedira, published by Penguin Random House NZ. Audio
Book review: Melt by Ele Fountain
Joanna Ludbrook from Chicken and Frog books in Featherston reviews Melt by Ele Fountain, published by Allen and Unwin Audio
Book review: Count the Ways by Joyce Maynard
Jane Westaway reviews Count the Ways by Joyce Maynard, published by Harper Collins Audio
Book review: A Good Winter by Gigi Fenster
Anne Else reviews A Good Winter by Gigi Fenster, published by Text Publishing. Audio
Bookmarks with Rosie Collins
Economist Rosie Collins is trying to make her line of work a bit more fun for people. She used stand up comedy as a way to improve her communication skills and inject humour into the world of… Audio
Afternoons Quiz Robert Kelly
RNZ producer and onetime bookseller Robert Kelly presents his weekly quiz. Audio
Book Critic: Catherine Robertson
Catherine reviews Guarded by Dragons: Encounters with Rare Books and Rare People by Rick Gekoski, My Mess is a Bit of a Life: Adventures in Anxiety by Georgia Pritchett, and the Chief Inspector… Audio
Book review: The Pink Jumpsuit by Emma Neale
Anna Jackson-Scott reviews The Pink Jumpsuit by Emma Neale, published by Quentin Wilson Publishing Audio
Peter Laurenson: Connection to Khumbu
Peter Laurenson is a keen tramper, climber and photographer who has spent three decades maintaining a special connection with the Khumbu region - the gateway to Mount Everest. He first visited the… Audio, Gallery
Lying blind: hiding vision loss in plain sight
James Tate Hill lost nearly all his sight as a teenager to a rare condition called Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy. By the time he was 16, he was legally blind. But he could still pass for… Audio
Toby Morris on the beauty and power of comics
Award-winning Kiwi cartoonist Toby Morris tells Kim Hill working on his latest book Dad Man Walking was "a bit of a reprieve" from his regular gig illustrating Covid-19 explainers for the World Health… Audio, Gallery
Book review - Steve Hansen: The Legacy by Gregor Paul
Harry Broad reviews Steve Hansen: The Legacy by Gregor Paul, published by HarperCollins NZ. Audio
Wairarapa libraries wiping debt, scrapping library fines
No more throwing the book at those who don't bring back a book on time, for library users in the Wairarapa.
Wairarapa Councils are looking to get rid of overdue library fines and wipe existing debts.
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