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‘I can still hear my mum reading it to me’: Kate Preece on the power of picture books

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Welcome to The Spinoff Books Confessional, in which we get to know the reading habits of Aotearoa writers, and guests. This week: Kate Preece, author of Ten Nosey Weka (illustrated by Isobel Joy Te Aho-White) which is a finalist for the The BookHub Picture Book Award at the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. The book I wish I’d written Girl A by Abigail Dean. It is the type of thriller I would want my name on – not because of…

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‘I can still hear my mum reading it to me’: Kate Preece on the power of picture books

Welcome to The Spinoff Books Confessional, in which we get to know the reading habits of Aotearoa writers, and guests. This week: Kate Preece, author of Ten Nosey Weka (illustrated by Isobel Joy Te Aho-White) which is a finalist for the The BookHub Picture Book Award at the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. The book I wish I’d written Girl A by Abigail Dean. It is the type of thriller I would want my name on – not because of…

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