Books Discussion Scheme
Books Discussion Scheme
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Reading together for a fairer, kinder, more connected Aotearoa New Zealand. At Book Discussion Scheme, we believe book groups can be places of learning, inspiration, connection and personal growth. There are currently around 13,000 Kiwis experiencing the benefits of a book group, but we're not stopping there.
Would you do us the honour of raising a toast to our golden anniversary? ? With over 1,300 book groups across Aotearoa New Zealand, we'd struggle to celebrate with you all in person, but you can connect with other book groups in your area by hosting (or attending) a Winter Mixer: ✨Choose a date and time for your Mixer ✨Register your event with BDS. ✨BDS will notify all the groups in your surrounding area of your event, and list it on our website. ✨Groups (and individuals) will..
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?WELCOME? Ten more book groups have joined the BDS whānau and can look forward to regular dispatches of their chosen books very soon. Among this month's new groups are a school and a prison — we subsidise membership for groups like this as they meet our ✨Social Agenda✨ criteria. Our Social Agenda is all about promoting reading and connection where it can have an outsized benefit. Learn more at bds.org.nz/social-agenda Happy Reading everyone!
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//NON-FICTION NZ// When the Lafaele family arrived in Auckland from Samoa in the 1960s, it was the era of the dawn raids, with no welcome mat in sight. There was much to endure, and endure they did, with Vitale, the eldest son, going on to be not only one of the few civilians to be selected for the SAS, but to become one of New Zealand’s top-ranking policemen. Engaging and easy to read, this is the inspiring memoir of a humble, determined man, of the immigrant experience and of courage and..
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NZ author Lauren Roche has been visiting Northland BDS book groups who have read and are meeting to discuss her novel "Mila and the Bone Man". WHANG 003 (aka 'On the Same Page Book Club') recently hosted Lauren and member Jenny Caston wrote of their time with the author: "We enjoyed a fabulous evening on the stunning Tutukaka Coast with local author Lauren Roche (holding the cat). Lauren shared her journey of writing with us and unpacked 'Mila and the Bone Man' which was our April read. She..
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//NON-FICTION NZ// New Zealand is often regarded as ‘God’s-own country’, but in this hard-hitting exposé, journalist Jared Savage details just how it has become a paradise for gangs. Drugs, guns and money, and with the influx of ‘501’ deportees from Australia into the territory of local gangs, the outcome is inevitable… Confronting and thought-provoking, this is an eye-opening examination of the complex web of organised crime in New Zealand and the challenges it presents to law..
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//FICTION NZ// It starts with a daguerreotype, recording for posterity a brutal act of colonial violence…one hundred and sixty years later Māori detective Hana Westerman and her team face a race against time to stop a suspected serial killer at large in Auckland. But these are no ordinary murders, and in the twists and turns of the pursuit that follows, the complex history of Māori and Pākehā interaction is laid bare, driving this gripping and thought-provoking thriller. Comments from..
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//NON-FICTION NZ// Subtitled ‘A journey between two cultures’, this book tells the story of the life of journalist, clergyman and activist John Bluck, alongside the story of New Zealand’s bicultural evolution. Offering the unique perspective of an experienced commentator pondering one’s place in a bicultural society, this is a thought-provoking exploration of Māori and Pākehā relations in Aotearoa New Zealand, past, present and future. Comments from BDS Reviewers: ?"The book..
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//WELCOME// Six new book groups joined us in March, including a new school-based group in Mount Maunganui ?. School-based groups sign up for a tailored BDS programme which means their book club can run during the first-half of the year, freeing up the latter part of the year for assessments. As one of our Social Agenda groups, they also pay a reduced fee. If you'd like to run a book club in your school, our resources make it easy and affordable. Learn more at..
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We love hearing about what your book group means to you ? "I love our group because we are a group of diverse folk, from many backgrounds with reading as a wonderful common denominator. Each of us feels comfortable with the whole group and we are encouraged to have our own opinion " — Jacquelene (Blenheim) Book Discussion Scheme make book club simple and fun, taking care of the logistics while your group focuses on enjoying the books and your time together. Visit www.bds.org.nz for all..
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//FICTION// Four lives, entwined forever by decisions made in a time of conflict. But what happens decades later when they unexpectedly converge once more? Trang and Quynh: sisters who leave their rural village for the bustling city of Saigon, desperate to find work to help their impoverished parents. When they take jobs as 'bar girls', paid to flirt with American GIs, they must decide whether they are willing to turn their backs on the people they used to be. Phong: one of the thousands of..
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