I'm going to a lot of great shows this year, but In Conversation With Margaret Atwood at the Christchurch Town Hall, has to have been one of the most exciting. This was my first time in Christchurch Town Hall, since it reopened after earthquake restoration in March 2019. It's a stunning venue. There were men…
Art on the Rooftop – Painting in Plein Air
Over three evenings in January, Auahatanga | Creativity, Level 4 held "Plein Air" art sessions, focused on showcasing the unique Ngā Māra / Roof gardens at Tūranga.
Patti Smith: Year of the Monkey
In Year of the Monkey, poet, writer, rock singer and artist Patti Smith writes beautiful prose with a dream-like quality; inspired by a stay at the Dream Inn. Year of the Monkey The National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids and M Train, Smith, approaching the age of seventy, assesses her life and the decline of some…
The Scandalous Life of Sasha Torte: Deliciously entertaining
Written as a tell-all diary of a woman framed for murder, The Scandalous Life of Sasha Torte is a tale of injustice, strength, love, revenge, and patisserie-making. Setting the tale in bawdy nineteenth century Wolfftown, a fictional port town in Tasmania, Lesley Truffle (her real name!) brings to life a town of "unconventional morals" where men are men and Gentlemen have double standards…
It was never just a man’s war: The Land Girls by Victoria Purman
If you loved reading or watching the British Land Girls' series, try this perspective from 'down under.' Told with real feeling, The Land Girls is the story of a group of young women who come together from all over Australia during World War Two to serve the war effort, in the Australian Women's Land Army…
I left my heart in Idaho
Mountain bluebird, fly away Appaloosa, spotted gray Western white pine, clothed in snow The mock orange blossoms in I-da-ho Idaho Emily Ruskovich's first novel, Idaho, took out The International DUBLIN Literary Award for 2019. Impressive - she was up against Sally Rooney and Matthias Enard (among others). Ruskovich has created a powerfully moving novel which…
Call Me Evie: Winner of the Ngaio Marsh Award for Best First Novel 2019
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.
The Testaments: Best read of the year!
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…
Stephen King’s The Institute: Great events turn on small hinges…
The Master has done it again - Stephen King comes up with another winner with The Institute. The Institute The Institute takes me back. This book reminds me warmly of some of my favourite Stephen King stories, without repeating them. A remarkable achievement for someone who has been writing for a lifetime - my lifetime…
Kia tere: Tessa Duder tours Aotearoa with First Map
Fee interviews author Tessa Duder about her new book First Map.
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