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‘A Wrinkle in Time’ and Its Sci-Fi Heroine – NYTimes.com. A great read for lovers of Meg Murray and A Wrinkle in Time.
January 30, 2012
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Two leading New Zealand fiction writers have been announced as the recipients of the annual Buddle Findlay Sargeson Fellowship for 2012. The two new fellows, David Lyndon Brown and Anna Taylor, will each spend five months in residence at the Sargeson Centre in central Auckland and receive a $20,000 grant. Buddle Findlay National Chairman Peter Chemis says the fellowship continues to play a key role in developing New Zealand’s literary talent. “We offer our congratulations to David and Anna and, as with so many high quality fellows who have gone before them, we’re sure they’ll make great use of the freedom from distractions the Sargeson Centre provides,” he said. Anna Taylor completed a Master of Arts in Creative Writing at the International Institute of Modern Letters in 2006. Her writing has been published widely in literary journals and anthologies including Sport, Turbine, and The Penguin Book of New Zealand Short Stories (2009). Anna’s first collection of short stories, Relief, was published by Victoria University Press in 2009 and [...read more...]
Originally published in the New Zealand Herald on Sunday, 15 January 2012. Reproduced here courtesy of the NZ Herald. Snuff By Terry Pratchett (Doubleday, $55) Long time readers of my blog know well my fondness for Sir Terry Pratchett, so it will come as no surprise that I loved Snuff. Pratchett returns us to the City Watch of Ankh Morpork, and more specifically to Commander Sam Vimes who is about to go on holiday. Vimes isn’t much good at holidays, however, so it’s just as well that crime seems to follow him, wherever he goes. Sam Vimes has become a complex, admirable and likeable character, and I’d venture to say one of the best in modern writing. Pratchett never disappoints. The Glass Harmonica – a sensualist’s tale By Dorothee E. Kocks (Rosa Mira, $11, ebook) Music, love, virtue, sex, desire – it all comes together in The Glass Harmonica, a [...read more...]
AbeBooks cattifies classic literature! These are my favs: The Best Pun Title Award goes to:
Jan 042012
The Millions have a fairly good handle on the first half of the year… Most Anticipated: The Great 2012 Book Preview These caught my eye (plus I love a good excuse to post cover pictures):
Extra BookieMonster Blathery Goodness!