Erica
@ericastretton.bsky.social
writer, reviewer, editor at Kete Books.
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The secret to finding 100% of your typos is just to wait until the piece is published, don't worry you'll find them all
February 2, 2026 at 1:38 AM
The secret to finding 100% of your typos is just to wait until the piece is published, don't worry you'll find them all
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Grateful for this review of Hailman - & to have it called "a really thoughtful and memorable read"... I love that. Thank you so much @kaggsy59.bsky.social & @theemmapress.bsky.social 🌨️
On the Ramblings today, for #readindies I explore an intriguing book from @theemmapress.bsky.social - more here! kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2026/02/02/s...
“…something painful twisted free.” #readindies @TheEmmaPress
The first book I want to share for #ReadIndies is from a small, Birmingham-based outfit called The Emma Press. I’ve featured their titles on the Ramblings before, and like previous books, thi…
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February 4, 2026 at 5:56 AM
Grateful for this review of Hailman - & to have it called "a really thoughtful and memorable read"... I love that. Thank you so much @kaggsy59.bsky.social & @theemmapress.bsky.social 🌨️
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No xxxx company, I do not want to form a fucking relationship with you.
I simply want to buy cheaper than the usual extortionate price and I want silence between transactions.
I simply want to buy cheaper than the usual extortionate price and I want silence between transactions.
January 22, 2026 at 12:06 AM
No xxxx company, I do not want to form a fucking relationship with you.
I simply want to buy cheaper than the usual extortionate price and I want silence between transactions.
I simply want to buy cheaper than the usual extortionate price and I want silence between transactions.
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This is a hammer. It is my only tool. It does not seem to be working, so this year I will swing it more frequently and with greater vigour to get us back on track.
January 19, 2026 at 7:01 PM
This is a hammer. It is my only tool. It does not seem to be working, so this year I will swing it more frequently and with greater vigour to get us back on track.
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DELIGHTED to be included as a summer fiction writer for NZ Listener 🥳🙏 A wonderful way to start 2026, and in such fine company, esp @antzlapwood.bsky.social 🥂🥰
January 7, 2026 at 9:38 PM
DELIGHTED to be included as a summer fiction writer for NZ Listener 🥳🙏 A wonderful way to start 2026, and in such fine company, esp @antzlapwood.bsky.social 🥂🥰
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I’ve done some catalogue searching and am fairly confident in saying that 5/10 titles in this list do not exist (1, 2, 4, 5 and 7).
Sloppy, unacceptable, and a real kick in the guts to real authors with real books they’d love people to buy and read!
Sloppy, unacceptable, and a real kick in the guts to real authors with real books they’d love people to buy and read!
#4 sounds like a lovely book but I didn't write it. Have had whānau up and down the country send me clippings lol
Whoever put together this list that has been circulated to regional papers, didn't fact check.
Whoever put together this list that has been circulated to regional papers, didn't fact check.
December 25, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I’ve done some catalogue searching and am fairly confident in saying that 5/10 titles in this list do not exist (1, 2, 4, 5 and 7).
Sloppy, unacceptable, and a real kick in the guts to real authors with real books they’d love people to buy and read!
Sloppy, unacceptable, and a real kick in the guts to real authors with real books they’d love people to buy and read!
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Today (4/12) every dollar you donate to Orange Sky Aotearoa will be DOUBLED. Orange Sky does amazing work supporting individuals & whānau experiencing homelessness & hardship through access to free laundry & warm showers.
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Holiday Appeal 2025
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December 3, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Today (4/12) every dollar you donate to Orange Sky Aotearoa will be DOUBLED. Orange Sky does amazing work supporting individuals & whānau experiencing homelessness & hardship through access to free laundry & warm showers.
give.orangesky.org.nz/holidayappea...
give.orangesky.org.nz/holidayappea...
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Bong Joon Ho hit me up for the squad you legend deadline.com/2025/11/bong...
November 29, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Bong Joon Ho hit me up for the squad you legend deadline.com/2025/11/bong...
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How cool is this!
Metallica donate $20,000 to Auckland Women’s Centre
www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainmen...
Metallica donate $20,000 to Auckland Women’s Centre
www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainmen...
‘Feminist allies’: Metallica donates $20k to Auckland Women’s Centre
Maia Hall first thought the heavy metal band’s donation offer was an online scam.
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 20, 2025 at 9:38 PM
How cool is this!
Metallica donate $20,000 to Auckland Women’s Centre
www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainmen...
Metallica donate $20,000 to Auckland Women’s Centre
www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainmen...
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Wrote a #shortstory abt sneaking smokes & pills, taking photos, & setting a doll on fire. Huge thanks to @lostballoon.bsky.social for giving Double Image a home 🌿 tinyurl.com/mtsn5yha
Double Image by Leanne Radojkovich
I was sixteen, finished with school, and couldn’t see a way forward. Went to stay at Uncle Ray’s. He’d been clearing the guttering and had fallen off the roof. Mum and I went down to look after him…
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November 20, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Wrote a #shortstory abt sneaking smokes & pills, taking photos, & setting a doll on fire. Huge thanks to @lostballoon.bsky.social for giving Double Image a home 🌿 tinyurl.com/mtsn5yha
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Dublin Literary Award nominated titles are out!
Kia ora to the writers from Aotearoa New Zealand on this list:
📗1985 by Dominic Hoey
📕Delirious by Damien Wilkins
📘Kataraina by Becky Manawatu
and - our pick - 📙The Mires by Tina Makereti.
dublinliteraryaward.ie/features/new...
#Booksky #ReadNZ ^DR
Kia ora to the writers from Aotearoa New Zealand on this list:
📗1985 by Dominic Hoey
📕Delirious by Damien Wilkins
📘Kataraina by Becky Manawatu
and - our pick - 📙The Mires by Tina Makereti.
dublinliteraryaward.ie/features/new...
#Booksky #ReadNZ ^DR
November 19, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Dublin Literary Award nominated titles are out!
Kia ora to the writers from Aotearoa New Zealand on this list:
📗1985 by Dominic Hoey
📕Delirious by Damien Wilkins
📘Kataraina by Becky Manawatu
and - our pick - 📙The Mires by Tina Makereti.
dublinliteraryaward.ie/features/new...
#Booksky #ReadNZ ^DR
Kia ora to the writers from Aotearoa New Zealand on this list:
📗1985 by Dominic Hoey
📕Delirious by Damien Wilkins
📘Kataraina by Becky Manawatu
and - our pick - 📙The Mires by Tina Makereti.
dublinliteraryaward.ie/features/new...
#Booksky #ReadNZ ^DR
Teens need to get home from exams at midday, half an hour bus ride, akl city. Y11 waits 15 mins and catches bus straight home that takes 40 mins. Y9 gets impatient, catches bus to another suburb, hops on train for one stop, then catches another bus home, taking the same amount of time.
November 6, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Teens need to get home from exams at midday, half an hour bus ride, akl city. Y11 waits 15 mins and catches bus straight home that takes 40 mins. Y9 gets impatient, catches bus to another suburb, hops on train for one stop, then catches another bus home, taking the same amount of time.
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That’s the kind of kneejerk dismissive advice that makes me violent. Telling people to just grow their own food is tantamount to telling them to eat cake.
On Threads, the usual suspects are telling ppl about to lose SNAP benefits to just start a garden. As a gardener, I had to laugh. You need at LEAST an acre of land to feed a family of 4. Start-up costs are enormous. But yes, subsistence farming on the balcony of your rental apartment is the answer
October 23, 2025 at 7:33 PM
That’s the kind of kneejerk dismissive advice that makes me violent. Telling people to just grow their own food is tantamount to telling them to eat cake.
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So the Prime Ministers new attack on teachers is their 12 weeks of school holidays which we all know many teachers work through.
Regardless. NZ Parliament has 20+ weeks of recess each year including a far longer summer break than most professions including teaching!!!
Regardless. NZ Parliament has 20+ weeks of recess each year including a far longer summer break than most professions including teaching!!!
October 20, 2025 at 7:28 PM
So the Prime Ministers new attack on teachers is their 12 weeks of school holidays which we all know many teachers work through.
Regardless. NZ Parliament has 20+ weeks of recess each year including a far longer summer break than most professions including teaching!!!
Regardless. NZ Parliament has 20+ weeks of recess each year including a far longer summer break than most professions including teaching!!!
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650 Principals are saying 'are you fucking mad', Lord give me the confidence & ignorance of a conservative politician.
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If the curriculum ain't broke, don't fix it
From Auckland University - Opinion: How much did the Govt pay for a curriculum that is so inferior to the version already mandated in our schools? And how else might we have spent that money?
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October 20, 2025 at 7:19 PM
650 Principals are saying 'are you fucking mad', Lord give me the confidence & ignorance of a conservative politician.
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Since the election, there are 37,243 fewer 15-19 year olds in filled jobs. The jobs market for young people is as bad - if not worse - than the GFC. So adding 6% to the cost of tuition fees and halving apprenticeship boost support makes life even harder. Brilliant work National.
October 5, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Since the election, there are 37,243 fewer 15-19 year olds in filled jobs. The jobs market for young people is as bad - if not worse - than the GFC. So adding 6% to the cost of tuition fees and halving apprenticeship boost support makes life even harder. Brilliant work National.
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I'm so embarrassed for my country right now. Luxon is an empty suit, so shameful, such an unprincipled coward.
September 27, 2025 at 1:40 AM
I'm so embarrassed for my country right now. Luxon is an empty suit, so shameful, such an unprincipled coward.
I had the most wonderful time at the Surrey last year and am very grateful to have had the opportunity. Congratulations to all on this year’s longlist!
Horray for the long list!! 🥳
Famed cook & fungus lady among Surrey finalists newsroom.co.nz/2025/09/17/f...
Famed cook & fungus lady among Surrey finalists newsroom.co.nz/2025/09/17/f...
Famed cook & fungus lady among Surrey finalists
Announcing the shortlist of the Surrey Hotel writers residency award
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September 16, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I had the most wonderful time at the Surrey last year and am very grateful to have had the opportunity. Congratulations to all on this year’s longlist!
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The books sector sets out a new five-year plan.
Authors lobby Govt - good luck with that
newsroom.co.nz
September 15, 2025 at 7:46 AM
The books sector sets out a new five-year plan.
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WORD Christchurch Festival 2025 is over - what a great ride it has been! Kia ora and congratulations to our friends at #WORDChch & all the WORD workers. Thanks to the writers, and readers who came along to sessions.
Check out our coverage at
my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/word-christc...
Check out our coverage at
my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/word-christc...
August 31, 2025 at 8:35 AM
WORD Christchurch Festival 2025 is over - what a great ride it has been! Kia ora and congratulations to our friends at #WORDChch & all the WORD workers. Thanks to the writers, and readers who came along to sessions.
Check out our coverage at
my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/word-christc...
Check out our coverage at
my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/word-christc...
Climate.
former kids who read too many books and didnt know how to pronounce the words you learned gang say hey
August 31, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Climate.