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Author Talk at Tūranga | Ruth Shaw

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Wed 7th August 2024 | 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
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Tūranga

60 Cathedral Square
Christchurch,

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Join us for a wonderful and warming early evening event. Amanda Cropp speaks to author Ruth Shaw about her latest projects and her life after international bestseller The Bookseller at the End of The World, and her new book Bookshop Dogs, already a NZ bestseller.

  • 4.30pm Meet the author, book sales, signing and refreshments.
  • 5-6pm Ruth Shaw and Amanda Cropp
  • Free, bookings required

 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Ruth Shaw runs a cluster of ‘wee bookshops’ in remote Manapōuri in the far south of New Zealand. She lives with her husband, Lance. In 2022 she published her first memoir, The Bookseller at the End of the World, a book that has since become a critically acclaimed national and international treasure. The Bookseller at the End of the World has been translated into Italian, Dutch, German, Turkish and Chinese and will be available in Swedish, Russian, Slovakian, Arabic and Korean soon.

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