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Pear Jam Books celebrated its worldwide launch on 14th December 2011 at Auckland’s Stardome, with authors and illustrators mingling with stars including Oscar nominee Keisha Castle-Hughes.

It is a milestone year for Ngā Kupu Ora 2011, the third Māori Book Awards. For the first time the awards will celebrate a winner for fiction, and a book written completely in te reo has taken out the Te Reo Māori category.

Tina Makereti has won the first-ever Fiction award for Once Upon a Time in Aotearoa, a book of short stories that puts traditional Māori myths and legends into a contemporary context. Makereti is thrilled to be recognised for her first book.

Chris and Warren Baskett have owned Books a Plenty in Tauranga’s central shopping area for eleven years, so they’ve learned to surf the peaks and troughs of trading over that time.

Mighty Ape’s lair is no lush jungle, just a bland warehouse in the Auckland’s Albany industrial area, a warehouse with conference room and offices above.

A designer may have had a hand in the conference room with its lit alcoves and massive crafted table. No such luck for the worker bees in utilitarian grey cubicles.
Still, who needs a seductive retail environment in real life when business is online?One visit to their online store adn you'll quickly see the ambience is different.

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