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• Let’s Look at the 2026 Booker Prize Longlist Titles

  Another big book award lineup was announced at the end of February, and I am a little behind on mentioning it, but the Booker Prize for 2026 has an outstanding longlist of thirteen books. The main criteria for these books are that they are “long-form fiction or collections of short stories translated into English and…

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  March 8, 2026

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• NZ Ockhams 2026 Shortlists Announced

  The Ockhams 2026 finalists have been released, and I have been pleasantly surprised by the line-up. I think it is pretty safe to say that I have more books to read over the next month, as these sixteen shortlisted titles provide a great range of reading and voices to appreciate and experience. Let me remind…

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  March 4, 2026

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• The 2026 New Zealand Ockhams Longlist Has Been Announced

  Earlier this month, the Ockhams 2026 longlist was announced, and with the number of phenomenal books mentioned, I just have to share them with you all. The Ockhams are one of our biggest literary awards, covering fiction, poetry, illustrated non-fiction, and general non-fiction. From well-known authors to debut names, the longlists have so much to…

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  February 8, 2026

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• Be Enchanted by Madeleine Thien’s Stunning Novel Do Not Say We Have Nothing

  In an endeavour to read more historical fiction written by a diverse range of voices, Madeleine Thien’s Do Not Say We Have Nothing came across my radar at the end of 2025, and I added it to my list of books to read in 2026. This novel won the Scotiabank Giller Prize in 2016 and…

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  January 30, 2026

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• Anthony Doerr’s All The Light We Cannot See Is So Profoundly Beautiful

  All The Light We Cannot See has been making the rounds lately with its Netflix miniseries garnering praise but I can’t help but note one massive downfall with the miniseries, something that pales considerably to the novel, and what makes the novel so mesmerising and compelling. Any guesses? You see, the core of the story…

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  March 23, 2024

  Historical Fiction

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