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Claire Mabey

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Claire Mabey is a literary programmer and festival maker originally from Tauranga. She lives in Te Whanganui-a-Tara with her partner Andrew and her son, Charlie.

Katherine Shanks from the Publishers’ Association of New Zealand with Eboni Waitere from Huia (Photo: Supplied)

Huia Publishers wins big at Bologna

Aotearoa's leading indigenous publisher is taking Māori stories to the world.

By Claire Mabey | 9th April, 2024

Parliamentary Library (Photo: Claire Mabey, spooky design: Tina Tiller)

Ghosts, gargoyles and a mystery box: What’s inside our Parliamentary Library?

Join us for a nose around parliament's own library, and the books its patrons have been borrowing.

By Claire Mabey | 4th April, 2024

Just some of the many writers in Auckland Writers Festival 2024. (Image: Tina Tiller)

The Auckland Writers Festival 2024 lineup is here, and it’s a belter

Our top picks from the hefty programme that landed this week.

By Claire Mabey | 15th March, 2024

Good Books, good dogs (Image: Tina Tiller)

What we lose when we lose a good book shop

Another beloved bookstore in Wellington is closing down. Why – and what does it mean for the industry?

By Claire Mabey | 13th March, 2024

Image design: Tina Tiller.

Ladies and gentlemen, your 2024 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards shortlist

The 16 books still in the running for Aotearoa's biggest literary prizes.

By Claire Mabey | 6th March, 2024

From left to right: Sheila E., Lionel Ritchie, Quincy Jones, and Michael Jackson. Image design: Tina Tiller.

‘Check your ego at the door’: Why you should watch The Greatest Night in Pop

Relive the highs and lows and unimaginable stress of getting the biggest stars in world music in a room to record 'We Are the World'.

By Claire Mabey | 29th February, 2024

Image: Tina Tiller

How to read a poem: For a Five-Year-Old by Fleur Adcock

A short poem about not squashing snails? Or a gripping insight into the hypocrisy of parenting?

By Claire Mabey | 25th February, 2024

Image: Tina Tiller

Painful melancholy: A menopause reading list

Books to help us figure out just what the hell is going on.

By Claire Mabey | 21st February, 2024

All 44 longlisted books. Image by Tina Tiller.

Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2024: The longlist has landed

The 44 books still in the running, with thoughts and predictions.

By Claire Mabey | 1st February, 2024

Astrid Jorgensen, creator and leader of Pub Choir. (Photo: Claire Mabey / Design: Tina Tiller)

Pub Choir is the most wholesome time you can have with a beer in your hand

What happens when 450 Wellingtonians squash into San Fran to learn a Crowded House song in three-part harmony?

By Claire Mabey | 31st January, 2024