If you're a booklover, RUN don't walk to Borders in Riccarton. They've currently got heaps of books on sale, including a couple of tables’ worth for you to Fill A Bag for $10 up to a maximum 20 books. (which is fair enough, really). There isn't much poetry left, because I nabbed …
New Zealand Post Book Awards 2011
Muppet that I am, I forgot that the 2011 New Zealand Post Book Awards shortlists – including the winners of the Best First Books – were announced today. Thhis year's NZSA Jessie Mackay Best First Book Award for Poetry has gone to … Lynn Jenner’s Dear Sweet Harry (Auckland University Press). I have to admit …
The death/throes of publishing
Came across this article on a recent twist to the eBook issue on the Guardian website. Go, read, I'll wait. The thing that I found most interesting was the comments made afterwards. People who argue that “a(n e)book is only worth what someone will pay for it”. Hmm. I have to say I don't agree. …
Grief, the international currency
Just under three weeks on from the second Christchurch earthquake, and it seems the tragedies keep piling up. They're still trying to recover bodies in the city of Christchurch, and now Japan is being put to the sword. Having been through both 7.1 and a 6.3 magnitude quakes, I can't even begin to imagine how …
Book Sale Alert
Having done a preliminary fossick myself on the way home from an appointment, I would like to remind Christchurch bibliophiles that the UBS Canterbury Annual Book Sale is on right now – with some seriously good poetry specials, including a copy of Simon Armitage's version of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. (Try the sale …
A Dark Feathered Art 