– The Ockham New Zealand Book Awards, 11th May 2022 It's a lovely night on Queen Street, downtown Auckland. But there are roadworks everywhere, and the Uber driver apologises. Do my best to get you there in time. I’ve lived here most of my life, but never been to the Q Theatre before. Is it …
Just one more day to the Ockhams …
1652252400 days hours minutes secondsuntilOckham NZ Book Awards Ok. Just one more sleep and I’ll be winging my way to Auckland. One more sleep, a flight and a taxi ride, and I’ll be ensconced in my Auckland hotel. One more sleep, a flight, a taxi ride and an ensconcement, and I’ll be wandering the streets …
Six days to the Ockhams …
1652252400 days hours minutes secondsuntilOckham NZ Book Awards The stress dreams are getting quite specific – sitting in the audience in street clothes, suddenly realising that it’s the actual ceremony and I’m up next, and don’t even know what I’m reading. I start desperately scrabbling around in my bag, and for some reason I seem …
Two weeks to the Ockhams …
1652252400 days hours minutes secondsuntilOckham NZ Book Awards Just under two weeks to go, and I just discovered that the three posts I had set to publish since the shortlisting have not published themselves … because I somehow managed to set them for 2023. Sigh! Oh well, this one will be a bit of a …
A Dark Feathered Art 