Call Me Evie is the award-winning debut novel from J.P. Pomare, taking out the Best First Novel category at the 2019 Ngaio Marsh Awards. It was also nominated in the Best Fiction category.
Otto Gustav Rosenau: Picturing Canterbury
Contributor's note: Otto Gustav Rosenau a Jewish refugee from Germany who worked with my Grandfather Max Ogilvie for a time on his orchard in Horotane valley and then went to enlist on the 26th December 1939 ( Papers Past). The paper describes the novel way in which the rally aroused interest in recruiting for the…
Behrouz Boochani: Writing from Manus Island – WORD Christchurch
Mark reports on the Behrouz Boochani WORD Christchurch event on Friday 29 November. His book recounting his experience on Manus Island - No Friend but the Mountains - was typed out on a mobile phone in Farsi, before being translated to English, and eventually published.
Dear Santa, I’ve been good this year
Did you ever write a letter to Santa? I did, every year, and once I got a reply. I don't know when I stopped writing, but I do know that it happened then I was told that I was too old. I didn't know there was an age limit around contacting Santa. After all, NASA astronaut Jim Lovell saw Santa.
Michael Pedersen, Omar Musa, and Dominic Hoey return to WORD
Michael Pedersen, Omar Musa, and Dominic Hoey return to WORD Christchurch.
Christchurch Photo Hunt 2019 – The Winners
Photo Hunt 2019 was an outstanding success with a record number of entries — 543 entries.
Podcast – Same sex parents
Christchurch City Libraries hosts a series of regular podcasts from specialist human rights radio show Speak up - Kōrerotia. This show is created by Sally Carlton. Same-sex couples wanting children will likely face many emotional and legal hurdles as they navigate the complexities of surrogacy, egg or sperm donation, adoption, etc. Same-sex parents Chris Hunter…
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