As well as co-winning the 2019 Booker Prize with Bernadine Evaristo, Margaret Atwood has been nominated in two categories for the Good Reads' Best Reads this year; in Fiction for The Testaments, and in Graphic Novels for The Handmaid's Tale. The Testaments The sequel to The Handmaid's Tale was worth the wait. It's compelling, thrilling…
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Eels / tuna: Picturing Canterbury
Eels being fed on Oxford Terrace. 28 July 2019. Tuna (freshwater eels) are an important source of mahinga kai for Ngāi Tahu. The eels pictured here are New Zealand longfin eels (Anguilla dieffenbachii). Although the eels of the Ōtākaro-Avon River hunt live food at night, they have grown accustomed to being fed by people from…
Behrouz Boochani, Writing from Manus Prison – WORD Christchurch
Mark talks about Behrouz Boochani and his WORD Christchurch event on Friday 29 November 2019.
Charles Upham VC and Bar: Remembering New Zealand’s Greatest War Hero
Charles Upham, New Zealand’s greatest soldier and an internationally renowned war hero, is one of only three people to have received the Victoria Cross twice and, remarkably, the only combat soldier to have achieved this.
Katzenjammer Castle, New Zealand International Exhibition, 1906-7: Picturing Canterbury
N.Z International Exhibition 1906-7. No. 8 -Katzenjammer Castle. [Dutch, Photo] Smith & Anthony Limited. 1906 - 1907 Named after a German term which can be rendered as "confusion", the Katzenjammer Castle was a common sideshow attraction found at exhibitions and amusement parks in many countries throughout the Edwardian period. After purchasing their ticket, visitors would…
The less you know, the sounder you sleep… or do you?
Isn't that title intriguing? It turned out to be a very intriguing read. The Less You Know the Sounder You Sleep I would characterise this as being a "fictional biography". The story is Juliet Butler's take based on the fascinating lives of Russian conjoined twins Dasha & Masha Krivoshlyapova. Born in 1950s Soviet Russia the twins…
Remember the Wonky Donkey? Meet his daughter Dinky!
Remember the Wonky Donkey? Meet his daughter Dinky! Craig Smith has written a new book called The Dinky Donkey.
WORD Christchurch: An evening with Zadie Smith
On Wednesday night at Christchurch's beautifully restored Town Hall, Zadie Smith, one of this generation's most important literary voices, took the mic at a WORD Christchurch event, her only New Zealand appearance. A writer apart In her introduction, WORD Christchurch director, Rachael King, quite justifiably described Zadie Smith as being on her dream literary festival…
1918 influenza volunteer certificate: Picturing Canterbury
Alex Struthers with a certificate for the help he provided to people during the 1918 influenza epidemic as a boy scout in the Sydenham area. 10 January 1983. Alexander Hewson Struthers was the son of Charles and Caroline Struthers. His father was a labourer and at the time of the epidemic they lived at 6…
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