How To Read A Book: Ginger Series Volume 8

For award-winning writer Kelly Ana Morey, growing up in Papua New Guinea meant that in order to satisfy her hunger for the written word, she had to read whatever she could get her hands on. Fortunately many of us have a much wider range of material to choose from - yet most of us stick with the authors and genres we know."How to Read a Book" is a witty, insightful, and engaging journey through the books that have influenced, inspired and captivated Morey - from childhood to the present day. Along the way she offers tried-and-tested advice for the avid reader on how to expand their literary horizons - without having to cut back on the pleasure reading can bring.

Born in 1968 of Ngati Kuri, Te Rarawa and Te Aupouri descent. She was the recipient of the Todd Young Writers' Bursary in 2003. Her first novel was the critically-acclaimed Bloom. This was followed by Grace is Gone and On an Island, with Consequences Dire. Since 2002 Kelly Ana Morey has worked at the RNZN Museum as the oral historian; Service to the Sea is the Royal New Zealand Navy's history. She has won both a Montana first novel prize and the Janet Frame Award for Fiction. Kelly Ana Morey spent much of her ridiculously magical and intensely imaginative childhood in Papua New Guinea. Her teenage years found her located between the maunga and the sea in Taranaki. Watching. Two degrees, a B.A. in English and a M.A. specialising in contemporary Maori art, were followed by a third, a M.A.Lit. She is currently writing her PhD on the use of museum collections in contemporary New Zealand art. Her story 'Maori Bread' featured in the first Tandem 100 Short, Short Stories anthology and 'The Gardenia Tree' is found in the fourth edition of the same series. In 1997 her story 'Tangiweto' was a finalist in the Huia Maori Writing Awards and subsequently published in the 1997 Huia anthology of Maori writing. In 2001 'Cartography' was published in another Huia anthology of Maori writing. And although thr

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