This is why I mask indoors when sharing air with others, regularly test, use air purifiers, and get a COVID booster every six months, most recently on Monday. Saddens and infuriates me governments and organisations are letting us down despite all the evidence these protections are still needed.

Kelly Ana Morey, remembered by Catherine Chidgey

A wonderful weekend read. Rest in Peace, Kelly Ana. newsroom.co.nz/2025/09/06/s...

Lovely to read! www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...

David Hill, you get an 'excellent' for your report card. & yay for all our other authors' thoughts, too. newsroom.co.nz/2025/08/18/a...

Heart-warming publishing story open.substack.com/pub/alisav/p...

There's a novel The Giver by Lois Lowry which has a utopian community that has NO KNOWLEDGE of the past except two members: The Receiver of Memories and The Giver of Memories. Our protagonist is The Receiver but he's so disturbed by these memories, he risks everything to take the knowledge to all

Sunday morning (re) read! e-tangata.co.nz/reflections/...

Our 50th celebrations begin — coming soon, 23 August – 7 December 2025! christchurchartgallery.org.nz/exhibitions/...

Next week, I'll be joining some cool kids' book people in Ōtautahi for the Books Alive/Word Chch sessions for the 2025 NZ Book Awards for Children & Young Adults! #nzcya Schools can book here: www.nzbookawards.nz/new-zealand-...

Celebrating some new work! medium.com/spiral-colle...

Thank you, Mandy Hager, for initiating this letter for writers, publishers etc to sign. mandyhager.com/2025/07/07/a... #aotearoa #gaza

We can help! www.thearts.co.nz/boosted/proj...

Beautiful news. Warmest congratulations to Selina Tusitala Marsh! www.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2025...

In cinemas today! www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu... Mānawatia a Matariki mā Puanga!

Looking forward to teading lots of these. womensprize.com/announcing-t...

Brilliant! So much to think about. bsky.app/profile/tani...

And now it is a comic.

Yikes! But totally fascinating. & I hadn’t realised that a copyright holder has to give permission to show an art work in public, had always thought whoever owned the work could choose. www.courtsofnz.govt.nz/assets/cases...

New draft government procurement guidelines would remove wage protections for thousands of low-paid workers in New Zealand - taking away the gains they have made from the Living Wage. Why? A 🧵https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/going-growth-new-procurement-rules

Health Minister Simeon Brown announces decision to reallocate money for earlier bowel screening of Māori and Pasifika, to the general population. My Stuff #cartoon today #BowelScreening #HealthNZ #NZpol #Māori #Pasifika

Writers! Check out Riley Chance's article re his nightmare experience with the Public Lending Right? Maybe it's time for more letters to Brooke van Velden? newsroom.co.nz/2025/03/11/d...

Some follow-up thoughts on BF today about our friend R. E. Burke if you want to know more about her contributions to the UK comics community. She's one of the kindest and most generous people I've worked with at BF and her detention by ICE is horrific. - Andy www.brokenfrontier.com/bring-becky-...

Beautiful.

Women's Prize for Fiction Longlist www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...

Poet mates! Is this for you? commonwealthfoundation.com/opportunity/...

I 🥰 indie bookstores. Thanks for this, @bookpeople.bsky.social and @bookpeoplekids.bsky.social, Austin, Texas.

From the Topp Twins: We will not be intimidated We will not stand for violence We are vibrant, strong, beautiful,and loving We will not go away

Another stunning e-tangata essay! e-tangata.co.nz/reflections/... #poverty #aotearoa #hope (Hope, like love, means taking risks and being vulnerable to the effects of loss...recognizing the uncertainty of the future and making a commitment to try to participate in shaping it — R Solnit)

Tonight at Unity Books the poetry year gets underway with the launch of the debut collection by 2022 Biggs Family Prize in Poetry winner Nafanua Purcell Kersel: come and welcome it into the world!

Oyez oyez! 🎉🎉🎉🎉 This is big!

The cover of the french language edition of 'Charlie Tangaroa and the Creature from the Sea' publication date is end of March 2025 auventdesiles.pf/a_paraitre/c...

'Fighting Words for Despairing Times'. Powerful. Utterly beautiful. From Karlo Mila and Friends & free to download. drive.google.com/file/d/1oDt8...

In this week's episode, we chat with The Last Showgirl screenwriter Kate Gersten bout drawing from her own experience of Las Vegas nightlife, her transition from writing for television (The Good Place, Mozart in the Jungle) to film, and more. 3rdandfairfax.libsyn.com/ep-393-kate-... #WGAWPod

Check out the updated COVID safety resource list! ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Still a few sleeps for you North Americans to discover @pipadam.bsky.social's Dublin-longlisted Audition, but a heads-up in any case! Out in June from these stellar presses! Canada: www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/760990... US: @coffeehousepress.bsky.social coffeehousepress.org/products/aud...

substack.com/@disinterpre.... Excellent resources for RSB submissions #nzpol

Waiting for this!! www.theguardian.com/film/article...

Spent the best of the arvo watching this marvel! Don't miss it! thespinoff.co.nz/pop-culture/...

In cinemas this week! Loren Horsley wrote and directed and her work is as awesome s she is!

Beautiful Sunday read!

Stacey Gregg & her latest book, Nine Girls, which sees her storytelling take a turn into te ao Māori for the first time.