I am well into the morning-after glow of having spent an evening in the company of Lee Child, Paul Cleave and 750 of his Christchurch fans - and what a night it was! This is my first WORD Christchurch event - this one presented in association with Penguin Random House New Zealand - and I…
An Evening with Lee Child – Friday 23 November, 7pm – WORD Christchurch
Lee Child has just released his 23rd Jack Reacher book - Past Tense - and Angela can hardly wait to get her hands on it.
Annihilation
I’ve done it again. I’ve stumbled on to a book with a premise that really intrigues me and then leaves me floundering with more questions than answers. This drives me crazy. Other people love this book. I love answers. Fully committed though, I launched myself upon the movie when it turned up on Netflix. More confusion…
Strange weather: Four great reads in one
Previously, short stories have always been studiously avoided by me and I admit now, I might be guilty of misjudging them. Given that I always feel quite time poor you would think that short stories would rate quite highly with me, but this has never been the case. Until now. Joe Hill's Strange Weather is an excellent collection of four…
Armistice Day – Will you remember them?
Now more than ever it is important that we remember. As we approach the 99th anniversary of Armistice Day, on Saturday 11 November, it is good to reflect on the enormous sacrifice of our forebears, lest we ever find ourselves at war again. Armistice Day - Wreath Laying Ceremony Bridge of Remembrance, Christchurch. Saturday 11 November 10.45am Gather…
How not to ‘Halloween’…
Love it or hate it, Halloween is upon us once again. Today it is a vastly different experience than the one that the Celts traditionally celebrated. For them it marked the reaping of the harvest, the end of summer and an opportunity for the dead to cross over to the living world and scare the daylights out…
A WWI story in letters: The Last Maopo
I find myself drawn to diaries and letters that record a soldier's experiences of World War I. They are often intelligent, interesting and informative; and diary entries in particular can paint a vivid picture of what these men had to endure. It is never far from my mind that more often than not they chose…
If Blood Should Stain the Wattle
This doesn't happen nearly as often as I would like, but I can honestly say that I loved this book! I’ve only ever really thought of Jackie French in terms of children’s and young adult fiction so was pleasantly surprised to see her grown up offering - If Blood Should Stain the Wattle. Now it is probably the…
Miss Treadway & the Field of Stars
In the hunt for Iolanthe Green, Anna Treadway takes you through a simpler time in many ways, with a notable absence of all the technology and urgency that dominates our existence today. This is what I found quite charming about the book – stepping into a time where you seemed to survive on tea and…
Spontaneous!
As touted on the cover of Spontaneous, this is "A novel about growing up... and blowing up" - and it didn't disappoint. I love a good YA read and this one caught my attention from the outset as I pondered the outrageous thought of teenagers spontaneously blowing up in front of their classmates. Spontaneous Initially…
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