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In these disarming true stories, Kate Camp moves back and forth through the smoke-filled rooms of her life: from a nostalgic childhood of the Seventies and Eighties, through the boozy pothead years of the Nineties, and into the sobering reality of a world in which Hillary Clinton did not win. ' Never apologise, never explain' , Kate' s mother used to say, and whether visiting her boyfriend in ... Read more

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In these disarming true stories, Kate Camp moves back and forth through the smoke-filled rooms of her life: from a nostalgic childhood of the Seventies and Eighties, through the boozy pothead years of the Nineties, and into the sobering reality of a world in which Hillary Clinton did not win. ' Never apologise, never explain' , Kate' s mother used to say, and whether visiting her boyfriend in
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How to Be Happy Though Human

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A timely collection of new and previously published work by one of New Zealand’s most acclaimed poets, How to Be Happy Though Human introduces Kate Camp’s eclectic and musical poetry to international audiences for the first time.How to Be Happy Though Human: New and Selected Poems is Kate Camp’s seventh book of poetry and the first to be published outside New Zealand. Incorporating a grouping of ... Read more

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A timely collection of new and previously published work by one of New Zealand’s most acclaimed poets, How to Be Happy Though Human introduces Kate Camp’s eclectic and musical poetry to international audiences for the first time.How to Be Happy Though Human: New and Selected Poems is Kate Camp’s seventh book of poetry and the first to be published outside New Zealand. Incorporating a grouping of
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Makeshift Seasons

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Kate Camp's poetry has been described by readers as fearless, affable and 'containing a surprising radicalism and power'. In her new collection, she is ever alert to the stories unfolding all around us and inside our own bodies. As she is striding away from hope, she is also holding on tightly to the promise of morning. The poems move between distant planets and Chappies Dairy, between Mont-Saint ... Read more

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The Mirror of Simple Annihilated Souls

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Taking a dark turn, this important New Zealand poet explores the legacy of a heretic who was burned at the stake in 1310 for writing a thesis called Simple Annihilated Souls. Answering back, modern souls offer their own lamentations in poems such as "The Tired Atheist" and "Driving on the Bypass." ... Read more

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Taking a dark turn, this important New Zealand poet explores the legacy of a heretic who was burned at the stake in 1310 for writing a thesis called Simple Annihilated Souls. Answering back, modern souls offer their own lamentations in poems such as "The Tired Atheist" and "Driving on the Bypass."
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Wellington

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Series Book 4 - Our City
Wellington has always boasted a strong literary tradition, from its most famous daughter, Katherine Mansfield, to the richly talented young writers who have graduated from Victoria University's creative writing class in recent years. In this impressive collection of short stories, poetry and extracts from novels and memoirs, Kate Camp captures the character of a unique city. Her anthology ... Read more

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Wellington has always boasted a strong literary tradition, from its most famous daughter, Katherine Mansfield, to the richly talented young writers who have graduated from Victoria University's creative writing class in recent years. In this impressive collection of short stories, poetry and extracts from novels and memoirs, Kate Camp captures the character of a unique city. Her anthology
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Greyscale: 41 Photos For Over 150 Creative Writing Prompts

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Do you want to write? Do you get stuck on what to write about? Greyscale offers forty-one black and white photos to spark your creative self. Use the photos themselves or use over one hundred and fifty creative writing prompts to get your hand moving across the page or your fingers tapping on the keyboard. Greyscale can be used to prompt free writes, or to develop your creative thinking. ... Read more

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Hypotheticals

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For a long time, people have looked to science as a way to understand their own lives. But while science has proven itself a useful metaphor, it has just as often been exposed as being as fallible as the flawed humans who lean on it. Newcomer Leigh Kotsilidis's lively, thoughtful and refreshingly speculative first collection engages and questions the linguistic roots of the hypothetical, both as ... Read more

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For a long time, people have looked to science as a way to understand their own lives. But while science has proven itself a useful metaphor, it has just as often been exposed as being as fallible as the flawed humans who lean on it. Newcomer Leigh Kotsilidis's lively, thoughtful and refreshingly speculative first collection engages and questions the linguistic roots of the hypothetical, both as
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My first Pike

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Join this enthusiastic angler as he takes witty and soft hearted look back at the moment he finally overcome his biggest stumbling block; his first ever pike! With humour, modesty and the ability to poke fun at his own limitations, the author takes you into his world and frees you up to feel proud of your own angling achievments- great or small. ... Read more

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Join this enthusiastic angler as he takes witty and soft hearted look back at the moment he finally overcome his biggest stumbling block; his first ever pike! With humour, modesty and the ability to poke fun at his own limitations, the author takes you into his world and frees you up to feel proud of your own angling achievments- great or small.
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A walk in the woods turns into a funny, philosophical and irresistibly charming mini-adventure.In this witty tale of insistent parents and talking animals, a child questions his purpose.In the country, there's nothing to do, except: admire. It's the same as being bored, but with your eyes wide open.The hilarious story of grumpy city-child Leonard, forced to go for country walks with his greenery ... Read more

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