Ngai Tahu lens focuses on South’s great hikoi
Much has been written with a Pakeha lens on journeys through the Southern Alps from Charlie Douglas in the 19th century (Mr Explorer Douglas) to Geoff Spearpoint in the 21st (The Great Unknown).
The write stuff
The write stuff
It is the gift of time to hone their craft that most University of Otago fellows appreciate the most, and Heather McQuillan is no exception. The children’s writer in residence talks to ...
The words that sparkle
The words that sparkle
The new poetry editor of the Weekend Poem plans to champion the diverse, she tells Tom McKinlay.
Book explains condition
Book explains condition
What you see is not the full story for Dunedin’s Tayla Sloot.
Loving Negroni
Loving Negroni
Author Matt Hranek shows his love for the classic Italian cocktail, the Negroni, in a book dedicated to it.
Writing promise fulfilled with candour
Writing promise fulfilled with candour
Matt Chisholm delivers a whale of a yarn about a life that has amounted to so much more than ‘‘Survivors, are you ready?’’
First Great Write Inn writers’ event to be at Olveston
First Great Write Inn writers’ event to be at Olveston
Olveston Historic Home has been chosen as the inaugural setting for a new writers’ event in Dunedin.
Digging up some good reads
Digging up some good reads
Gillian Vine makes the most of lockdown and takes a look at some new garden books.
Poetry valuable outlet for for national award runner-up
Poetry valuable outlet for for national award runner-up
Poetry has been a form of self expression for Darcy Monteath for many years and now the young Dunedin poet has received national recognition for her way with words.
Blunt yarn by Kiwi character
Blunt yarn by Kiwi character
Kiwis love a good character. Someone who’s a bit cheeky, who thumbs their nose at the authorities. Someone who’s ballsy and can spin a yarn.
Best sports book of year
Best sports book of year
Gregor Paul provides real insight into how Steve Hansen transformed from the gruff, relatively unlikeable figure who terrified everybody into an almost beloved father of the nation.
Collection a tour of New Zealand
Collection a tour of New Zealand
Jim Sullivan enjoys an intriguing collection combining memoir and reporting.
Good reasons for relocation
Good reasons for relocation
A change is as good as a rest, they say - and after 40 years of collecting, sorting and selling books and donated items to raise funds for Dunedin’s premiere theatre, the Regent Theatre book sale team reckoned they deserved one or the other.
Book offers insights on gay writer
Book offers insights on gay writer
A series of journals by a trailblazing New Zealand author, locked away in the Hocken for decades after his death, has been revealed by a Dunedin professor.
Children’s book authors find beauty in disaster
Children’s book authors find beauty in disaster
A broken leg and a job redundancy were exactly what a Christchurch couple needed to fulfil a dream they’ve never had time to embark on.
Peanut Butter king promotes ‘have a go’ at business message
Peanut Butter king promotes ‘have a go’ at business message
"It's just being real." That’s what Nelson peanut butter king Pic Picot credits his success in the food industry to, a business which has grown from a market stall to a factory employing 55 people, exporting the spread worldwide.
Women become ‘books’ in storytelling gathering
Women become ‘books’ in storytelling gathering
The phrase "don’t judge a book by its cover" got a whole new meaning yesterday in Southland.
An unwelcome history
An unwelcome history
The surprisingly early, enduring, shockingly excluded existence of Indians in New Zealand is the subject of historian Jacqueline Leckie’s new book, writes Bruce Munro.
Presenter Chisholm’s life story makes for confronting read
Presenter Chisholm’s life story makes for confronting read
Matt Chisholm knows his way around the Kiwi vernacular. That has helped the TV reporter and presenter connect with audiences and subjects from the Kiwi backblocks to New Zealand’s biggest cities....
A heart of darkness
A heart of darkness
One of Owen Marshall’s darker tales is about the hit the big screen. He tells Tom McKinlay how it came to be.