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		<title>Making Heavy Weather of the Rena</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Black Tide: The Story Behind the Rena Disaster” By John Julian. Hodder Moa. (2012.) $40 Review by Alison McCulloch Oil is still washing up along the Bay of Plenty’s beaches. Head out near my place at low tide without jandals and you’re likely to come back with black splotches decorating the soles of your feet. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Review: Beastly Things by Donna Leon</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 23:14:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beastly Things by Donna Leon (Random House 2012) Review by Ruth Brassington Leon’s crime writing discloses Venice in all her glory – and gory – as we wander with Police Commissioner Guido Brunetti through myriad alleys and canals in search of clues. Beastly Things populates this labyrinth with a gentle man, an amoral woman, a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wellington: We Are Immortal Launch</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 23:13:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We Are Immortal Launches Today Friday 27 April Media release For immediate release A limited edition journal showcasing the work of two local artists will launch in Wellington this evening. We are immortal is the collaboration between photographer Emma Anderson and writer Jenah Shaw, both recent graduates and young artists at the beginning of their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scoop Link: Review &#8211; Side by Side &#8211; Parallel Histories of Israel-Palestine by Jim Miles</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 22:44:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Side by Side &#8211; Parallel Histories of Israel-Palestine. Ed. Sami Adwan, Dan Bar-On, Eyal Naveh. New Press, New York, 2012. Reviewed by Jim Miles Full Review: Review &#8211; Side by Side: Israel and Palestine &#124; Scoop News This is an intriguing work of historical writing. For the parameters that it has set itself it succeeds. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mike Nicolaidi Book Launch A Greekish Trinity &#8211; Wellington.Scoop</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 01:48:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=44298 From Wellington.Scoop Friends and former colleagues attended this week&#8217;s launch of a new book written by Mike Nicolaidi. The event was held at the Film Archive in Wellington. Ian Fraser, a former Arts Council colleague of Mike Nicolaidi, launched the book, watched by the publisher Roger Steele of Steele Roberts. Then it was time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Review: Imagine: The Science of Creativity by Jonah Lehrer</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 01:57:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Imagine: The Science of Creativity by Jonah Lehrer The Text Publishing Company, 2012 Reviewed by C P Howe Imagine: The Science of Creativity, by an implausibly young Jonah Lehrer (he was just 30 when this book was published) taps into the increasingly popular genre linking science with popular culture and the arts. Lehrer pitches himself [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book Release: My Little Geek</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 02:27:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My Little Geek Press Release Educational ABC book keeps parents and kids entertained from Android to Zombie. Palmerston North, New Zealand – April 17, 2012 – A tech-inspired ABC book for children looks to revolutionise educational books by introducing a fun, geeky twist. Available from retail stores in a printed version or online for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Review: Trafficked by Sophie Hayes</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 04:19:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Trafficked by Sophie Hayes, published by HarperCollins (2012) Reviewed by Mamoon Alabbasi Even if one is familiar with stories of human trafficking, one never ceases to be shocked when hearing the details of new ones. And shocked you will be when you read &#8216;Trafficked&#8217;, an autobiographical account by Sophie Hayes, a young British salesgirl who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Review: Floundering by Romy Ash</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 02:30:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Floundering by Romy Ash (Penguin Books Australia, 2012) Reviewed by C P Howe Ash’s first novel, set in Australia, is distinctive and memorable. Whether it does enough to gain the widespread support that some early commentators seem to think it deserves is another matter. The story is centred on Tom, his older brother Jordy, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Review: Sr Citizen by Charles Olsen</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 02:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sr Citizen by Charles Olsen Reviewed by Helen Heath You can, I think, immediately pick up when reading Olsen&#8217;s poetry that he is a musician and visual artist. The rhythm of flamenco taps through his poems, which are frequently snapshots, fragmented images and instances captured. The intense otherness we often feel when travelling is constantly [...]]]></description>
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