겨을의 정상, 그래도 살만 합니다. 이쯤되면 세상이 온통 겨울일거라는 착각으로 살아 갈 수 있으니까요. 뿐만아니라 한국의 더위 소식은 오히려 이 겨울을 감사하게 만듭니다. 이 달의 소개 할 책들입니다. 아이 에게 읽히고 싶은 책, 윤 수천 작가의 ‘나쁜 엄마’, 작가 자신의 고뇌를 그려낸 박성원 작가의 소설집 ‘고백’ , 강윤화 작가의 ‘목숨 전문점 :당신은 살고싶습니까’, 일 인칭으…
Beautiful but doomed: Ted Dawe’s Devon Santos
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
With great sadness, we share the news that beloved author & master Maori storyteller Peter Gossage has passed away. pic.twitter.com/kDTIQ85FFx — Penguin Random House (@PenguinRandomNZ) August 1, 2016 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…
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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