Who have already sent me one polite note. I'm sure I've mentioned this before, but I always found it odd to encounter, in fiction, book-mad children who had deep sympathetic bonds with their local librarians. In converse, my relationships with libraries involve a superficial layer of civility covering the fact that they have BOOKS and I want to take them all home (the books, not the librarians) and keep them, especially the ones that I would appreciate better.

( Jennifer Sey, Chalked up. )

( Edited by Witi Ihimaera, Where’s Waari? A history of the Maori through the short story. )

( Cindy Pon, Silver Phoenix. )