Heidi Thomson (@hthomson.bsky.social)

Reads more, writes less | Leest veel, schrijft soms | Emeritus Professor English Literature, Victoria University of Wellington Te Herenga Waka | Wellington, New Zealand, via Gent, Belgium

Heidi Thomson @hthomson.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 05:16 UTC

Remembering the fabulous writing of Vincent O'Sullivan (1937-2024)
ojs.victoria.ac.nz/jnzs/article...

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Claire Mabey @clairemabey.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 28, 2024 at 23:40 UTC

thespinoff.co.nz/books/29-04-...

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Heidi Thomson @hthomson.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 02, 2024 at 05:20 UTC

Compelling and sobering, excellent restraint on a disturbing topic

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Heidi Thomson @hthomson.bsky.social
[ View ] Dec 22, 2023 at 03:54 UTC

All reading suggestions welcome!

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Heidi Thomson @hthomson.bsky.social
[ View ] Dec 17, 2023 at 00:27 UTC

Mine included Hari's Stolen Focus, Young's Behind the Seams, Espiner's The Drinking Game,McCarthy's Grand, Boyd's The Romantic, Ebner's Going Dark, Baylis' Dice, Cho's People Person, Perkins' Lioness, E Espiner's There's a Cure for This, Topp Twins' Untouchable Girls, and Austen, Mansfield, Couperus

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Heidi Thomson @hthomson.bsky.social
[ View ] Dec 17, 2023 at 00:26 UTC

What were your 2023 reading delights?

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Heidi Thomson @hthomson.bsky.social
[ View ] Dec 11, 2023 at 08:26 UTC

Health equity in NZ, a desperate situation

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Joanna Kidman @joannakidman.bsky.social
[ View ] Dec 07, 2023 at 04:28 UTC

thespinoff.co.nz/politics/07-...

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Joanna Kidman @joannakidman.bsky.social
[ View ] Nov 30, 2023 at 18:25 UTC

Double standard? Aotearoa has been run by drunk blokes in Parliament for most of its colonial history.
www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...

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Heidi Thomson @hthomson.bsky.social
[ View ] Nov 30, 2023 at 18:31 UTC

Thanks for posting this, Joanna. I recently read Guyon Espiner's The Drinking Game, a real eye opener on how alcohol rules NZ

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Jorie Graham @joriegraham.bsky.social
[ View ] Nov 30, 2023 at 17:21 UTC

Thank you @davidcorn.bsky.social

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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IIML @modernletters.bsky.social
[ View ] Nov 30, 2023 at 03:05 UTC

Anna Smaill discovers clothes in Tokyo

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serena 🌙 @serena.nz
[ View ] Nov 29, 2023 at 03:51 UTC

If you want to petition the new government to keep the Smokefree Act of 1990 and amendments, please voice your support here: petitions.parliament.nz/a2eaafbd-ded... Repost for visibility 🫶🏼

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Heidi Thomson @hthomson.bsky.social
[ View ] Nov 29, 2023 at 06:55 UTC

NZ's new government making international headlines. As an ex smoker I know how hard quitting is. This is a murderous decision, disgusting beyond belief.

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Sharon Murdoch @domesticanimal.bsky.social
[ View ] Nov 28, 2023 at 18:23 UTC

Alchemy. My cartoon today for Stuff.

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Carwyn Jones @ahikaroa.bsky.social
[ View ] Nov 27, 2023 at 02:38 UTC

I had a few minutes on RNZ this morning to share some thoughts on the new govt's anti-Māori, anti-Tiriti policy programme www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...

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