Comet in Moominland (Puffin Books, 1971) was the first of the Moomin books I read as a child. Some of Moomin Valley’s inhabitants, notably hemulems, still show a fondness for authority, but this is regarded as a character flaw by sensible people. Read more »
Students entering stories for this year’s BNZ Katherine Mansfield Awards will be judged by one of the country’s most commercially successful writers. Read more »
Tramping, according to Shaun Barnett is ‘often rough, frequently wet, but regularly inspiring’. Non-trampers will probably be inclined to agree with the first two parts of that description, and it can sometimes seem that for trampers themselves enduring the privations of a trip into the hills brings as much satisfaction as the inspiration to be gained from the countryside. Read more »
Miranda July writes beautifully. Her dialogue crackles. Her plots writhe. Her prose floats over surfaces, hinting at what’s beneath. And, yet, I can’t think of a single person I’d recommend this book to. Read more »
Legendary San Francisco poet Michael Palmer is travelling to Wellington for a master class with poets from Victoria University’s creative writing programme. Read more »
Labour of love is a horribly hackneyed phrase, but it’s difficult to think of another that adequately sums up the exquisitely crafted work that is STOPOVER. Bruce Connew travelled to Fiji seven times over a period of as many years to record the lives of the Indo-Fijian community of Vatiyaka. Read more »
This week, with the country’s books pages filled with reviews of books released to coincide with ANZAC Day, we thought we would recommend five books documenting those brave souls that risked their lives and/or liberty resisting war. This is the first of an ongoing series of lists recommending five books on a theme. Upcoming lists include: Five Books that Made (and Keep) Me an Anarchist, by Sam Buchanan, and Five Comics that Changed My Life, by Tim Bollinger. Read more »
Booker prize-winner Keri Hulme hasn’t exactly flooded the world with words since snapping up the Booker with The Bone People, but she took the time last week to announce on a local website she wouldn’t be renewing her Listener subscription. Read more »
Bookshops, libraries, schools, publishers, authors’ societies, cultural institutions in 100+ countries are holding events maarking the annual World Book and Copyright Day, designated by UNESCO to celebrate the enduring value of the written word.
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Readers, writers, groups and organisations are invited to nominate outstanding New Zealand writers in the three genres of poetry, fiction and non-fiction for the Prime Minister’s Awards for Literary Achievement 2008. Read more »
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