Image: John Walsh, 51% Smoke (2013)
The Valley of Unlikely Acquaintances
A NOVEL BY TERRI TE TAU
$ 38.00
A remarkable debut that follows one close-knit Māori community and the Wairarapa forest they are fighting to restore.
Available in Australia from
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FRI 11 SEP, 6PM
Palmerston North City Librarywith Bruce McKenzie Booksellers
SUN 13 SEP, 2PM
Te Wānanga Taiao o ManukuraPūkaha, Mt Bruce
TUE 15 SEP, 6PM
Unity BooksTe Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington
THU 17 SEP, 5:30PM
ObjectspaceTāmaki Makaurau Auckland
TUE 29 SEP, 5:30PM
The Physics Room with Scorpio BooksŌtautahi Christchurch
leaf litter
broken twigs
scat
a spoor is a scent
a track or trail
a trace of an animal
up ahead.
The name is inspired by our whippet Mishti Boy. Dogs read the world with their noses to the ground, using a spoor to trace where other animals have been and track where they’re going. The metaphor captures what books have been for readers: a way to spoor through the dense thicket of ideas towards imaginative clearings.
PHOTO
Balamohan Shingade and Erena Shingade with Mishti Boy.CONTACT
spoorbooks@gmail.comDISTRIBUTION & STOCKISTS
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NGĀ MIHI
Our heartfelt thank you to Katie Kerr for design, Foundation Northfor funding, Peter Dowling for guidance, and Rosabel Tan for conversations.