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David Atkinson @davidatkinsonpoet.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

There is a stillness here, a meditation on memory and loss. Little autumn details carry feelings, hold a relationship in the mind The speaker caught in today, caught between yesterday & tomorrow "Forever will be a day like this / strung perfectly on the necklace of days" #poetry #poemoftheday

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

Just @molly-cri.bsky.social, top of the NZ fiction charts this week with her glorious debut crime novel The Body and the Blood! newsroom.co.nz/2026/09/11/t...

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Martin Shaw @thebooksdesk.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

“This book delivers in so many ways, it’s thrilling, compelling, beautifully written and queer as a Ripley novel. i love it and can’t wait to read more crime from @molly-cri.bsky.social” @pipadam.bsky.social in convo with Molly on Better Off Read! better-read.com/2026/08/26/e...

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Ep 163: Molly Crighton and pip adam talk about The Body and the Blood

i loved talking to Molly Crighton earlier this month about her new novel The Body and the Blood out with Hachette New Zealand Molly Crighton Image description: Molly stands in front of thick green …

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Martin Shaw @thebooksdesk.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

“One of the great joys of teaching is when you encounter a student whose ability just blows you away,” @liammcilvanney.bsky.social says. “In 3 decades of university teaching, I have awarded a mark of 100% precisely twice.” On @molly-cri.bsky.social’s debut, out now! www.otago.ac.nz/news/newsroo...

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Turning to crime pays off for Otago author

A criminally good book has just hit the streets of Dunedin. The perpetrator? Otago kaimahi Molly Crighton.

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Martin Shaw @thebooksdesk.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

"Emerging from @liammcilvanney.bsky.social's Otago University classes on crime writing,.. @molly-cri.bsky.social shows she’s a quick study, delivering a terrific first crime novel that feels fresh and invigorating while delivering plenty that long-time fans of the genre will enjoy." Craig Sisterson

Molly Crighton's debut crime novel The Body and the Blood

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Martin Shaw @thebooksdesk.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Deal news! So delighted to share the cover of this phenomenal debut from Dunedin’s @molly-cri.bsky.social! As @liammcilvanney.bsky.social says, “it’s rare to encounter a debut as assured & accomplished as this”. Out in August from Moa Press/Hachette! www.hachette.co.nz/molly-cright...

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