Rachael King

The IRA's threat to kill Margaret Thatcher has somehow ended up on Facebook as an inspirational quote Photo of Thatcher We only need to be lucky once. You need to be lucky every time.

Can’t breathe

Wasn’t Mr Tumnis working for the WW?

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Thanks! The next book is Scooby Doo vibes with a proper mystery to solve :-)

Thank you.

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Shiny shiny shiny new US/Canada edition of The Grimmelings out now (with lovely quotes on the back)! #kidlit #spookyMG

No they said once you’ve ‘used’ it ie slept on it, they can’t take it back!

THE GRIMMELINGS (McElderry/ @simonkids.bsky.social‬) by @rachaelking70.bsky.social will receive a starred review in the January/February 2026 #HornBookMagazine. Congratulations! #HBMag #HBStars www.hbook.com/story/januar...

Ugh I just bought a new mattress promising back support and it’s not firm enough and now I’m stuck with it.

Doctors and parents should make decisions about what it best for their kids' health - not politicians.

Puberty blockers: why politicians overriding doctors sets a dangerous precedent The government’s ban on puberty blockers undermines clinical expertise and targets trans youth with a policy that lacks evidence, consistency and fairness.

Jaimie Veale, the founding president of PATHA and Director of the Trans Health Research Lab at Waikato has written an excellent op-ed for the Conversation: "The government has placed a burden of proof on puberty blockers that we do not place on other paediatric care."

Thank you so much! I’m sorry your account has been labelled as a spam account. I hope you can appeal and have it fixed.

It’s an honour to have a starred review in The Horn Book, one of the most respected journals of children’s literature (for 101 years!) only to have @moderation.bsky.app label them as spam. What a disservice to children’s books, which struggle to get media coverage. How can this be fixed? #kidlit

Love The Nancys!

Oh awesome! How old is she?

Just waiting for them to take lotteries money away from CNZ and direct it towards roads.

New Zealand nominees are Becky Manawatu, Dominic Hoey and our colleagues Tina Makereti and Damien Wilkins - congrats everyone!

Government blocks puberty blockers for new patients The coalition government has announced a ban on new patients accessing gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogues - also known as puberty blockers - from next month. Professional Association for Transge...

I spoke to Midday Report at RNZ - you can listen to the interview here: www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...

“Trust us! Marginalising these communities more will absolutely bring down the cost of a KG of Mince and get your job back!”

They illegally blocked a best practices document the government commissioned from experts and then disregarded it.

If you’re in Ōtautahi right now, I hope you’re outside

The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa is delighted to announce that Fleur Beale is the NZSA 2026 President of Honour, who will deliver the prestigious NZSA Janet Frame Memorial Lecture in 2026. Congratulations Fleur!
authors.org.nz/nzsa-announc...

Both shops hold literary events. We specialise in New Zealand and international literature, poetry, history, and nonfiction as well as stocking the best new releases by award winning authors of both fiction and non-fiction in all genres.

Tomorrow at 1230pm, Ingrid Horrocks will appear in conversation about her brilliant new book of stories, All Her Lives - check it out! (Ingrid is also teaching an MA workshop at the IIML next year for which we're still accepting last minute applications...)
www.unitybooks.co.nz/news-and-eve...

Do you mean music-related or just any?

Does anybody know if Wellington hospital still gives out new baby packs to all babies including a picture book? It was there when I had my baby 19 years ago. I’d love to see that for all NZ children along with encouragement to start reading straight away. I saw some amazing research about benefits.

Phew, what a pain.

8 hours? All you had to do was cancel your subscription and they immediately offered the old plan back without it!

It was the publisher, not the authors, who are both very well respected writers with long careers. 😞

Any books?