book reviews on RNZ's Nine to Noon

The Crane Wife: a memoir in essays by CJ Hauser

My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

An Orchestra of Minorities by Chigozie Obioma

When I Hit You, Or: A Portrait of the Writer by Meena Kandasamy

You Think It, I’ll Say It by Curtis Sittenfeld

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

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writing and other appearances

Forging new paths in youth engagement, a piece for Civica’s The One Thing Series on Library Leadership.

Laura was on the judging panel for the 2022 New Zealand Book Awards for Children & Young Adults

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Library marked on the world stage for their music: “Fun-loving staff at a Canterbury library have won fourth place in an international library song challenge with their original song 'Down at Your Library'.”

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The many languages of our local Auckland library, for stuff.co.nz - a piece about learning Te Reo Māori for Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori 2018

Down at your Library — Watch ‘Down At Your Library’, Waimakariri Libraries original song. Down At Your Library came 4th in the 2021’s IFLA NPSIG International Song Competition.

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More about Reading between the Wines, with RNZ’s Jesse Mulligan

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About Laura

Laura is a librarian and book reviewer based in Ōtautahi, Christchurch, New Zealand. She has a Graduate Diploma in Journalism from the University of Canterbury, a Masters in Information Studies from Victoria University of Wellington, and is professionally registered with LIANZA. Laura spent several years as a Community Library Manager for Auckland Libraries before returning to the Mainland in 2019. She now works as the Operations Manager for the Arts, Culture and Lifelong Learning Team at Selwyn District Council and is the LIANZA representative on the New Zealand Book Awards Trust Te Ohu Tiaki i Te Rau Hiringa. She is currently working towards her Level 5 Diploma in Te Reo Māori at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa.

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Visit the New Zealand Book Awards Trust Te Ohu Tiaki i Te Rau hiringa

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