The NZhistory.net.nz team have come up with 30 reasons to love NZ books and writing specially for NZ Book Month. "There is a different story for each day in September about some of the people, events, books and other publications that are part of this country's literary heritage. " It's not intended to be a definitive list of NZ literary history - they'd need more than 30 days for that!
Todays reason to love NZ Books and writing is Barry Crump. His first book "A good keen man" was published in 1960. It's a series of stories about the life of a deer culler in the North Island. Crump also appeared in a sequence of ads for Toyota as a farmer driving his city slicker mate around in a ute. The library has a number of books about his life and times including one by Robin Lee-Robinson, one of his wives.
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