What I’m Reading: Auckland Council Libraries’ reading engagement specialist

Ineka Vogels is a reading engagement specialist at Auckland Council Libraries. She develops promotions that encourage Aucklanders to read for pleasure and wellbeing and to explore their extensive collections. With colleague Alison Fitzpatrick co-hosts Auckland Libraries’ Books and Beyond podcast.

Like many librarians, having time off means busting the To Be Read pile. My blissful busman’s holiday is a book a day, cover to cover, rinse and repeat.

I spent Boxing Day enjoying west Auckland author Dominic Hoey’s rip-snorting yarn, Poor People with Money. Battered by a lifetime of poverty and the mysterious disappearance of her brother, Monday Wooldridge is a Muay Thai fighter and Avondale local struggling to make rent, let alone get ahead.

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