Blogs in June 2020

The Masquerade of Istanbul 1st June 2020

‘Quietness is a mysterious trait.’ This is the story of Fehmi who grew up in a liberal family in Istanbul but became religious later in life. In the summer of 1998, the time when political Islam is on the...

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The Party Line 31st May 2020

An enthralling novel of individual bravery versus silent, collective complicity, set in a vividly drawn farming community in 1970s New Zealand.The Baxters do not know their place.On the first of June every year, sharemilkers load their trucks with their...

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The Forrests 31st May 2020

Dorothy Forrest is immersed in the sensory world around her; she lives in the flickering moment. From the age of seven, when her odd, disenfranchised family moves from New York City to the wide skies of Auckland, to the...

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Close to You 31st May 2020

A disgraced scholar running from her past and an entrepreneur chasing his future find themselves thrown together—and fall in love—on a Tolkien tour of New Zealand. Allison Shire (yes, like where the Hobbits live) is a disgraced academic who...

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Noticed Me Yet? 31st May 2020

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