Ted Dawe is coming to the WORD Christchurch Writers and Readers Festival this month, so I thought I'd better get up to date with his latest book Into the World, the final entry in his Devon Santos trilogy (although chronologically it is the middle instalment). Into the World joins together 2003's Thunder Road, a fast-paced…
Haere rā Peter Gossage
https://twitter.com/PenguinRandomNZ/status/760220707431211008 Haere rā to Peter Gossage who died last weekend. His stories and art are familiar to many New Zealanders, and Peter was renowned for retelling the myths of Aotearoa. His Storylines profile delves into his career: Peter Gossage has worked as a display artist at the Auckland War Memorial Museum, and as a graphic…
Resistance is futile
Have you ever seen a book and known you just had to read it--not because you thought you would actually like it necessarily, but because not reading it was just--inconceivable? Well, that's how I felt when I saw Star Trek, Green Lantern: The Spectrum War. I've never really gotten into reading graphic novels, unless you count…
Quick questions with Danyl Mclauchlan – WORD Christchurch
We are asking four quick questions of writers and thinkers coming to the WORD Christchurch Writers and Readers Festival on from 24 to 28 August. Danyl Mclauchlan is a biologist who has written two novels, Unspeakable Secrets of the Aro Valley and Mysterious Mysteries of the Aro Valley. What are you looking forward to doing…
Poetry at Parklands: the Poet Within
2016 Phantom Billstickers National Poetry Day 2016 hits New Zealand on Friday 26 August and the celebration unleashes the power of poetry all around our great nation with lots of events and poetry competitions. Parklands Library draws on “the poet within”, within the Christchurch City Libraries that is. That's right, many of our librarians are…
A short blog about a long list
Every year at around this time, the Man Booker Prize Long List is published. Thirteen new fiction books, each and every one selected to push you to your limits as a reader. All with engaging titles and eye-catching covers that scream out Pick Me! Read Me! The long list is for the real die-hards, here's what…
Te Rerenga Kōrero – Tau kē Aotearoa!
Kia ora. To encourage the use of Te Reo Māori Te Taura Whiri i Te Reo Māori - The Māori Language Commission publish weekly Māori phrases that can be used to support or cheer someone on. Tau kē Aotearoa! Awesome Aotearoa! Full list of 50 rerenga kōrero for the year Browse our Te Reo Māori resources Previous…
Celebrating Cook Islands Language Week 2016
Kia ariki au i toku tupuranga, ka ora uatu rai toku reo To embrace my heritage, my language lives on Sunday marked the start of Cook Islands Maori Language Week (31 July - 6 August). Cook Islanders make up the second largest Pacific Island group in New Zealand (behind Samoan) and there are more Cook Islanders…
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