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Karapu Lit:  Ngā Wahine o Te Moutere o Long Island
Long Island, New York

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E PAINGIA ana e rātou te pānui me te kōrero, ko ēnei moutere o Long Island LadiesIna hoki, kua 14 tau rātou e pānui pukapuka ana, e kōrero ana hoki. Āe, i kōrero kē tātou he tino pai ki a rātou te pānui pukapuka me te kōrero?



Āe. He pai ki a koe te "pānui me te kōrero." He aha atu anō tāu e taea te kōrero mai ki a mātou?
Āe, e pai ana mātou ki te whakaae, ā, e pai ana hoki ki te whakahē. Ā, e pai ana hoki mātou ki te whakaae kāore mātou e whakaae.

Āe—he kupu hei oranga mōu! Nā te aha koe i tīmata ai?
I te wā i kitea ai he mate pukupuku a Susan, ka whakatau ia kua tae ki te wā ki te whakaoti i tana rārangi whāinga. Ko te whakatū i tētahi karapu pukapuka tētahi o ngā mea kei runga i te rārangi.

Tekau mā whā tau i muri mai, e harikoa ana mātou ki te kī kei te ora a Susan—ā, pērā anō hoki mō tā mātou karapu pukapuka!

Ngā mihi nui—he kōrero pai. E hia ngā mema?
Tekau katoa, tokoono nō te tīmatanga mai anō.

He aha ngā mea kua pānuihia e koe i ēnei rā?
Anei tā mātou rārangi mō te tau kua hipa:

Te Mea Ngaro a te Tāne
Te Haerenga Manuhiri Tūpono o Harold Fry
Whare Taonga o ngā Mea Whakamiharo
Big Little Lies
Te kōtiro i runga i te tereina
Ngā Māhanga Hukapapa
Te Hinga o ngā Marigolds
Kotiro Waimarie Ora

He tino pai ki a koe ngā mea katoa?
Kotahi Mano Ngā Wahine Pākehā—I aroha mātou ki tēnei mō tōna auahatanga me te kōrero i whakaohokia e ia, tae atu ki ngā take tika o ngā wāhine.

Te manaaki ia Hakopa—I aroha mātou ki te mea ngaro o te pukapuka, ki tō mātou kore e mōhio ki te wāhi e haria ai mātou e te pūrākau, me ōna tirohanga ki ngā take o te mātua me te aroha—arā, kia pēhea te tawhiti e haere ai tētahi o mātou ki te tiaki i tā mātou tamaiti?

Ko te Kaituhi—Ko ngā pakiwaitara hītori tētahi o ngā tino pukapuka rongonui a tēnei rōpū, ā, i tino pai mātou ki tēnei pukapuka, tae atu ki a Pope Joan and The Book Thief.

He ētahi atu mea tino pai ki a mātou—
He Taurite Pai
Whare Oneone me te Kohu
Ko te Island
Kaihanga Toi
Puawai Hukarere me te Kaiwhaiwhai ngaro
Te ātea i waenganui i a Tātou
Te Ingoa
Ko te Āwhina
Tuhinga o mua...

Ina hoki, ka taea e tāua te haere tonu mō ake tonu atu... i te mea kua 14+ tau tāua e tūtaki ana. Heoi, i a tāua e pakeke haere ana, ka uaua ake te maumahara ki ā tāua "Painga me ngā Ngāwari" katoa.

He aha ngā mea e pouri ana koe?
He torutoru:
Ngā Ture Whare Cider—Kāore i taea e tetahi te pānui i roto.
No te Herenga Tangata—Kāore tetahi i hiahia ki te pānui i te pukapuka katoa.
kino—Kāore i taea e tetahi te mārama ki tōna tikanga.
Te Wahine a te Kaitiaki o te Whare Kararehe—Kāore tetahi i aro ki ngā kōrero pūtaiao roa i roto.

Ngā kōrerorero pai rawa atu?
Ko te Kaituhi—He nui ngā tautohetohe, he mea ngahau tonu tēnā.
Te mea ngaro a te tane—He maha ngā whakaaro, pērā anō hoki…
Te Kimi i a Jake—Ngā raruraru mātua: Tērā pea ka pā mai tēnei ki ahau?
Murihiku—I pānuihia e mātou tēnei i ngā tau maha kua pahure, ā, i kitea he kōrero whakamīharo—i mua atu i ngā huringa katoa kua puta i ēnei rā.
Room—Me pēhea rā tēnei e tupu ai? I kōrero mātou mō te kaha o te wairua tangata.
Ko te Whakapono Pukapuka—E pā ana ki te āhua o te tangata, ā, e kōrero ana hoki mōna.
Ngā Māhanga Hukapapa—I tino pai mātou ki tēnei, ā, i tino pai ki a mātou te kōrero mō te wairua... te hinengaro rānei?

Me pēhea tāu whiriwhiri i ō pukapuka?
I ētahi wā ka raru mātou ki te whiriwhiri i tētahi pukapuka, engari ko ā mātou whiringa katoa e hangai ana ki te whakaae whānui. Ka puta mai ngā whakaaro mai i ngā mema, i ngā hoa, me ngā whanaunga. Ka tirohia e mātou te New York Times Rārangi Pukapuka Hokona Nui, Pukamata, Goodreads, LitLovers me ētahi atu pae ipurangi.

Ka tirohia hoki e mātou tō mātou whare pukapuka o te rohe. Ā, i ētahi wā, ka whakamahia e mātou te "Karapu Pukapuka i roto i te Pēke"—ka kohikohia e tō mātou whare pukapuka tae atu ki te 10 ngā pukapuka me ngā Aratohu Pānui katoa.He maha ngā whare pukapuka kei a rātou ēnei kaupapa. Tirohia tā mātou āhuatanga, ""Karapu Pukapuka hei Haere" mai i Monterey, California—Etita.]

Ā, me pēhea ngā ture o te karapu?
He maha ā mātou:
  1. Kotahi anake te tangata ka taea te kōrero i te wā kotahi (he uaua ki te whai i ētahi wā).
  2. Mā te Kaihautū te hui e whakahaere, e whakarato hoki i te whakarāpopototanga o te pukapuka, ngā kōrero mō te kaituhi, me te rārangi pātai.
  3. Me whai tūranga manaaki te katoa.
  4. E $5.00 te moni ka hoatu e ia mema mō ia hui, ā, ka kohia e tā mātou kaitiaki moni, ka penapenahia mō tā mātou Pāti Hararei o Tīhema.

Kei te whai wāhi koe ki tētahi mahi hapori?
Nō nā tata nei mātou i kaha ai ki te mahi i roto i ngā PUKAPUKA KI TE PUPURI.Tirohia tā mātou pou rangitaki LitLovers—Etita.]

Waihoki, kei te whai wāhi takitahi mātou katoa ki ngā kaupapa hapori maha—te mahi tūao i ngā Animals Shelters, Dogability Center, The INN, CHADD, Cancer Charities, hei tauira noa iho. E tautokona ana ēnei rōpū katoa me ētahi atu e ō mātou mema.

He kupu poroporoaki mō ngā wāhine ataahua o Long Island?
I te tīmatanga i mahi katoa mātou. Ināianei kua reti te tokomaha, engari he pukumahi katoa mātou me ngā whānau me ngā hoa. I te nuinga, he rōpū wāhine rerekē mātou, he kaha ki te kōrero i roto i te hapori... ā, he pai ki te pānui me te kōrero.