‘Makes me feel better with humanity’: Hannah Tunnicliffe’s favorite writer

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Well -Vinding to Spinoff Books Confessional, in which we know the reading habits of the writers and guests of Aotearoa. This week: Hannah Tunnicliffe, author of New Mystery Book for Children Detective Stanley and the mystery of the museum (illustrated by Erica Harrison).

The book I would like to write

Anything from Barbara Kingsolver! She is a genius, but she can maintain a warmth about her characters and readers I really admire. Prodigal summer It’s my favorite title of her, but I would like to have written The Poisonwood Bible, the gap or Demon Copperhead also. Ok, you can probably say I want to be Barbara Kingsolver. Sigh.

The book I want to be buried with

I have a copy of Anne of Green Gables that I love. There is a tear in the Tempest chapter on a teapot and has a mysterious spot of green ink. The book has already bathed with me, so I think it won’t mind being buried with me.

The book I pretended to read

I am hopeless to reach some of the latest best selling Hype books. I missed reading all the books by David Nicholls and most Sally Rooney. As their books were adapted to TV, I watch the shows and thin I read them.

The book that haunts me

I read The bell jar by Sylvia Plath in high school and this completely triggered me. I felt her dissolve as the protagonist and all the king’s horses fought to join again. I recently read with my book club again and was much less destabilizing. But I still remember the first reading and I have adraised Plath ever since. (PS: A orange clock was second for this question.)

From left to right: one of the books Tunnicliffe wants her to have written; the book with which it would be buried; And the book that haunts it.

The book that made me laugh

Anything and absolutely everything for David Sedaris. Calypso is my favorite newsroom collection so far, but I will read anything he writes until he stops doing so because his work is hilarious and makes me feel better with humanity.

The character in the book I relate most

Anne with Anne of Green Gables’s important “E”: almost certainly thriving with ADHD, romantic, rebellious, full of love for her friends and any body of water of water or flowering tree. It can be a cliche for the authors of a certain crop to love Anne and, if it is, I have it.

Largest writer in New Zealand

Patricia Grace It is a national treasure. Potiki exploded my tiny mind: I love how much grace can say so much with so few ornaments. I saw her at the Auckland writers festival and cried. Yes, I am that person.

Best thing about reading

I heard that books and writings are the art forms that offer the most interiority. In other words: the best way to crawl inside a head, time or place. I agree. This is the best thing about reading.

From left to right: Potiki by Patricia Grace, favorite writer of Aotearoa de Tunnicliffe; The book she is reading now; and your own book.

Best place to read

In a network! I recently bought a second -hand network and added a fifth star to my summer experience. The only feedback I would give to networks in general is that there should be an easy place to store drinks.

What are you reading now

I just received my copy of See as they fall, Rachel Paris’s debut novel, and I can’t wait to read. From what I heard, it is a criminal novel from Netflix-Adaptation on a powerful family dynasty, set in Sydney. Local Author, Big Splash – Vá Rachel!

Detective Stanley and the mystery of the Hannah Tunnicliffe Museum and illustrated by Erica Harrison ($ 25, Flying Eye Books) It is available for purchase through unit books.