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Welcome back to Papercuts, our monthly books podcast hosted by Louisa Kasza, Jenna Todd and Kiran Dass.Book newsOckham resultsCongratulations to all the winning and shortlisted authors, and especially to Becky Manwatu for her sweep of Best First Fiction and the Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction.Auckland Writers Festival 2020 Winter Online Series Watch live via the Festival’s YouTube and Facebook channels, and then on their website.WORD Christchurch now running October 30 - 1 NovemberThey need your help to stage this year's festival! WORD is a charitable trust, and it's now easier than ever to donate. More information here. VERB Wellington confirmed for 6-8 November, with Litcrawl on 7 NovemberNZ Bookstores experiencing boom in Level 2 - Guardian article The price of literature: writers take on Government over fair pay by Kelly Dennett"This proposition that writers just do their work for love is a scurrilous attack on the integrity of all authors," says Dame Fiona Kidman.Book reviews KD: A Terrible Country by Keith Gessen (Fitzcarraldo Editions)LK: The Secret History by Donna Tartt (Penguin)JT: Ripiro Beach by Caroline Barron (Bateman Books)Not booksKD: Los Angeles is Burning by Anna Rankin on Newsroom LK: The Good Place on Netflix and The Wondrous Adventures of Mittens JT: Nat’s What I Reckon on YouTube (with a mention of