The New Zealand Book Council is a dynamic organisation with a wide range of activities and programmes designed to promote books and reading by bringing readers, writers, publishers, editors and schools together.

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Book Council Events

An evening with Emily Perkins

Author of the bestselling Novel About My Wife. A chance to hear Emily Perkins in person with Fergus Barrowman (Victoria University Press) talking about her latest novel. Don't miss out!
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Join us for drinks and nibbles and a special free post-AGM event on Friday 25 July at 6.30pm.Come in out of the cold and hear poet Geoff Cochrane and novelist Elizabeth Knox talk about their work and life in this city they inhabit, with Book Council CEO and event chair Noel Murphy. We encourage you all to attend.
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