Claudia Palmer

Love Letter to a library: the Bookbus

Claudia Palmer encounters Dunedin City Libraries’ mobile library service, the bookbus, and learns about its legacy across the city. After 75 years, this unique service has become much more than just a place to borrow books. It’s Wednesday, 9.38 am,…

Review: Three new nonfiction titles

Becks Popham and Claudia Palmer review New Zealand Weather, Hidden Stories of Heroism for a Peaceful Planet and My Sore Throat. I’ll freely admit I had to squash my inner judgemental imp when I received these pukapuka to review. I…

Three Pieces of Advice from Joy Cowley

Claudia Palmer attends the launch of Joy Cowley’s latest book A Lot of Silly. I didn’t follow Joy Cowley’s advice when I sat down to write this piece. Her number one tip is: don’t start with a title: write the…