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Erica @ericastretton.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

My teens are polar opposites - eldest child barely washes her clothes and they live permanently on her floor; second child puts everything to be washed the minute she takes it off. Third child (tween) is somewhere in between. And the amount of towels they use is altogether ridiculous.

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Erica @ericastretton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Oh I am sorry. That’s absolutely horrid… sending love.

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Martin Shaw @thebooksdesk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

"I love finding stuff out, planning stuff, and making up stories—so I was always going to be a librarian, a crime fiction writer, or a scheming pathological liar." @molly-cri.bsky.social on her day job's affinities with her nighttime fictional pursuits www.ketebooks.co.nz/articles/who...

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Whodunit? Ask the Librarian

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Jill McCabe Johnson @jillmccabejohnson.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Nothing makes my palms sweat like being asked Who’s your favorite poet? I don’t know. All of them?

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Erica @ericastretton.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Yes. My kid (who tutors Y10 maths) said ‘so many words. No distinct number answers. Why do they do this? Some of my students find it impossible to explain.’ Personally I would have found it easier but she does have a point.

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Martin Shaw @thebooksdesk.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Glory be, @pipadam.bsky.social's Audition is shortlisted for this year's Ursula Le Guin Prize for Fiction!! @coffeehousepress.bsky.social @strangelightbooks.bsky.social @thwupbooks.bsky.social @giramondobooks.bsky.social www.ursulakleguin.com/prize26?ss_s...

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Ursula K. Le Guin — 2026 Prize for Fiction

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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Exit strategy substack.com/pub/deadder

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NinjaKitty 忍者キティ🥷🐈‍⬛ @ninjakitty.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

NCEA gave us the ability and flexibility as teachers to assess out students outside the bullshit rigidity of exams. If you support this NACT bullshit but hated school, well done. You’ve made it go back 40 years

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scilion.bsky.social @scilion.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Sigh as a parent of kids in that early teens age gap so much of their independence is via aps even at school. Communication from high schools, sports teams, queer kids, disabled kids, ND kids, all kind of minorities find friends there. Surely under 16 it's on us as parents to monitor & guide usage.

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Char Of AotearoaNZ @kiwichar.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

My Dad, and his peers at the local bowls club, received 4 years of “fees free” university, allowing them to start their working lives completely debt free. Choices. 💭 #nzpol #OneTermGovernment #NZ www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

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Fees-free university scheme 'didn't achieve any goals', Christopher Luxon says

The scheme, which gave tertiary students their final year of study free, is being scrapped.

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Erica @ericastretton.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Loads to the Kete inbox, usually caught by the spam filter. I think they crawl the site and assume we’ve written all the titles 🙄

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Erica @ericastretton.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Dymista has made a huge difference for me too.

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Erica @ericastretton.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Only water or milk house 🤣

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wwxwashere.bsky.social @wwxwashere.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

2 lines into a book: this is the worst. it’s so slow. i don’t know what any of these names mean. what’s going on? 20 chapters into a book: i don’t know how i’m going to continue living when this book ends

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Erica @ericastretton.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

I’d been reading the news so used ‘Trump’ as my Wordle starting word yesterday. And the result, well, I like it.

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Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi @christchurchlib.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Did you know that Pride Poetry Hour is on tomorrow night at Tūranga? And that it's open to all ages? And that it's free but requires bookings? events.humanitix.com/pride-poetry... #christchurchpride

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Pride Poetry Hour

Join Ray Shipley for a special, early edition of their beloved 'Late Night Poetry Hour' in celebration of Pride 2026!

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Erica @ericastretton.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

I’m too scared to even look! My neurodiverse youngest will be one of the test subjects for it. Sigh.

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Kirsty Johnston @kirstyjohnston.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

The irony of the government being taken to court for cutting climate policies that would have significantly reduced NZ’s oil consumption from cars - our biggest user - and freight, just as the country faces an oil shock is ... difficult to ignore www.rnz.co.nz/news/environ...

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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

“But unlike 1979, we now have EVs. Except, well, actually you probably don’t. Because the Luxon/Peters/ Seymour Government spent the last two years systemically punching NZ’s car electrification movement in the face. Then, when it was out cold on the pavement, kicking it in the head.” #nzpol

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This would be the week to drive an EV. Thanks for nothing, coalition

OPINION: Unlike the oil crisis in the 1980s, today we have EVs. Except, well, actually you probably don’t.

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Erik Kennedy @erikkennedy.com · 03/03/2026

An honour for me and a lovely thing for my book. So pleased that 'Sick Power Trip' is shortlisted in the Ockhams. Full of gratitude. 🩵 🩷 @thwupbooks.bsky.social www.nzbookawards.nz/new-zealand-...

Mary and Peter Biggs Award for Poetry

Black Sugarcane by Nafanua Purcell Kersel (Satupa‘itea, Faleālupo, Aleipata, Tuaefu) (Te Herenga Waka University Press)*

No Good by Sophie van Waardenberg (Auckland University Press)*

Sick Power Trip by Erik Kennedy (Te Herenga Waka University Press)

Terrier, Worrier: A Poem in Five Parts by Anna Jackson (Auckland University Press)

* = first book

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Erica @ericastretton.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Some of my kids’ teachers and coaches use it too. The evolution of language in action.

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Tyler, from the Internet (Haunted) @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 02/02/2026

The secret to finding 100% of your typos is just to wait until the piece is published, don't worry you'll find them all

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Erica @ericastretton.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

‘We’re versing that team…’

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Leanne Radojkovich @linedealer.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Grateful for this review of Hailman - & to have it called "a really thoughtful and memorable read"... I love that. Thank you so much @kaggsy59.bsky.social & @theemmapress.bsky.social 🌨️

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Richard Hulse @richardhulse.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

This is a hammer. It is my only tool. It does not seem to be working, so this year I will swing it more frequently and with greater vigour to get us back on track.

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Nat Baker @natbaker.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

DELIGHTED to be included as a summer fiction writer for NZ Listener 🥳🙏 A wonderful way to start 2026, and in such fine company, esp @antzlapwood.bsky.social 🥂🥰

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Erica @ericastretton.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

So keen to get hold of this! Congratulations x

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Madam Snazzy @moatatamaira.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

I’ve done some catalogue searching and am fairly confident in saying that 5/10 titles in this list do not exist (1, 2, 4, 5 and 7). Sloppy, unacceptable, and a real kick in the guts to real authors with real books they’d love people to buy and read!

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Erica @ericastretton.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

And I banned mine from cooking after 10pm. Now she comes and sits on the end of my bed and discusses her life.

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Erica @ericastretton.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

I tried the morning thing. They decided to get up early as well, in rotation.

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Pip Adam @pipadam.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Today (4/12) every dollar you donate to Orange Sky Aotearoa will be DOUBLED. Orange Sky does amazing work supporting individuals & whānau experiencing homelessness & hardship through access to free laundry & warm showers. give.orangesky.org.nz/holidayappea...

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Holiday Appeal 2025

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Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Bong Joon Ho hit me up for the squad you legend deadline.com/2025/11/bong...

Bong Joon Ho took a characteristically radical approach when questioned on his thoughts around the rise of Al technology at the jury press conference of the Marrakech Film Festival on Saturday.
The Korean director, who is president of the jury, gave two responses, one measured, the other deeply personal.
"My official answer is, Al is good because it's the very beginning of the human race finally seriously thinking about what only humans can do. But my personal answer is, I'm going to organize a military squad, and their mission is to destroy AI," he said.

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Erica @ericastretton.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

My husband is just under 6ft and wears a size 11.5-12. Just has long narrow feet.

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Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi @christchurchlib.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Dublin Literary Award nominated titles are out! Kia ora to the writers from Aotearoa New Zealand on this list: 📗1985 by Dominic Hoey 📕Delirious by Damien Wilkins 📘Kataraina by Becky Manawatu and - our pick - 📙The Mires by Tina Makereti. dublinliteraryaward.ie/features/new... #Booksky #ReadNZ ^DR

A collage of nominated titles for the Dublin Literary Award

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Erica @ericastretton.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Oh, weird fruit! Leaves are a bit odd for tamarillo. Some sort of odd plum? What do they look like inside?

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Erica @ericastretton.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Teens need to get home from exams at midday, half an hour bus ride, akl city. Y11 waits 15 mins and catches bus straight home that takes 40 mins. Y9 gets impatient, catches bus to another suburb, hops on train for one stop, then catches another bus home, taking the same amount of time.

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Erica @ericastretton.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

My three have played it and don’t like it. They’re reasonably sporty too, here and there.

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