Tag: Book

  • Read: Gironimo!

    Read: Gironimo!

    Books. Who remembers those? The sub-30s now are scratching their heads; huh, books?! They are something in old movies, aren’t they? Huh, movies?!  It’s easy to just dismiss books as old technology, and hit play on a five-minute (if you have an exceptionally long attention-span) video. Why read when everything you need is in your pocket? Because that…

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  • Read: The Swart Brothers

    Read: The Swart Brothers

    When you meet Russell Jones, you know straight away that he’s a cycling tragic. His enthusiasm for and knowledge of the sport, its history and its protagonists is second to none, and sometimes you’ll be thinking he is going to burst as he talks excitedly and non-stop for the duration of the time it takes…

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  • Topp Honour For Hucking Cody

    Topp Honour For Hucking Cody

    Hawkes Bay mountain biker, surfer, award-winning author and all-round good guy Aaron Topp has been nominated as a finalist in the New Zealand Book Awards For Children And Young Adults for his excellent teen fiction novel Hucking Cody. Topp previously won an Honour Award at the 2007 NZ Post Children’s Book Awards’ Best First Young Adult Fiction Book…

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