Canterbury and New Zealand lost a well-known and much-loved son with the recent death of notable historian Gordon Ogilvie. Author, biographer, teacher and one of nature's gentlemen, he was a man who wore his learning lightly. The deep knowledge of our part of New Zealand displayed in his books helped many of us with our school…
Off the shelf: January 2017
As followers of our blog will know, voracious reader Robyn has been sharing with us on a regular basis the titles that she has been adding to her For Later shelf. Here are some more titles that have recently graduated to her Completed shelf. Frieze A - Z of Contemporary Art Not so much a flick through…
Reading Poetry Around the World
All the seats were taken and the truly dedicated stood for an hour to listen to people talk about poetry at Scorpio Books on Thursday the 26th of January. The chance to hear poet and world renowned poetry scholar Stephen Burt in a conversation with Victoria University Press editor Fergus Barrowman, chaired by University of Canterbury Professor of English Paul Millar…
For Later: Stephen Burt, visiting poet
Permissible and not mad to add two poetry books by Stephen Burt, The Poem is You and Belmont, to the For Later Shelf this week because I'm giddying up to see them at a WORD event at Scorpio Books on Thursday 26th January at 6pm. Good poet (at least I think so after attending a reading last…
For Later: January 2017
My For Later shelf is now more of a For Later library but somehow the Just Ordered list comes out and every week the shelves just grow. These titles sneaked on recently: Thug Kitchen (subtitle could cause offence). Gwyneth Paltrow loved it. Not sure if that's a recommendation but I'm all for a bit of cursing…
Who Likes What
A favourite end of year time-waster is looking at Best of lists compiled by writers I admire. If books appear on more than one list they must be really good. Surely. Does the opinion of a Man Booker Prize winner count for more than a non-winner? Yes if it's Anne Enright and the book is…
Festival Faves – WORD Christchurch
A few of my favourite things at WORD: Canadians. Who would win the nicest people in the world smack down? Us or them? I think them. I'm going to read every book Elizabeth Hay ever wrote. And I might start reading a poem a day at breakfast time just because she does. Ted Dawe's shirt. Possibly…
Off the Shelf (4)
As followers of our blog will know, voracious reader Robyn has been sharing with us on a regular basis the titles that she has been adding to her For Later shelf. Here are some more titles that have recently graduated to her Completed shelf. Maker & Muse: Women and Early Twentieth Century Art Jewelry This truly is a…
A sum up of New Zealand Festival Writers Week
Observations from the 2016 New Zealand Festival Writers Week Every person I sat beside had a fit bit thingy instead of a watch. Science sells - by far the biggest attendance at any of the sessions I went to was at Adam Rutherford (no relation). The person I sat beside there went to sleep immediately…
Off the shelf (3)
As followers of our blog will know, voracious reader Robyn has been sharing with us on a regular basis the titles that she has been adding to her For Later shelf. This time she reports back on some of the titles that have graduated to her Completed shelf. Some lovely books that have come off the…
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