Joanne Drayton wrote about Juliet Hulme in The Search for Anne Perry. Think murder of the most sensational kind, intense local interest and some critical responses. If someone has been punished for a crime, can they go on to lead…
The World Cinema Showcase has just started in Christchurch and one of the documentaries sounds fascinating, with a local connection (library and Christchurch) which can’t be beat. Anne Perry – Interiors is a portrait of the successful detective fiction writer…
These were the words of the Crown Prosecutor, Mr A W Brown, during the opening of what might be the most notorious murder trial in Christchurch history. Two teenage girls jointly accused of the murder of one girl’s mother. A brutal and…
Last night was a big booky shindig – the New Zealand Post Book Awards. I stayed up past my bedtime following the #nzpba hashtags on Twitter last night – and there is still action on it this morning as people…
The New Zealand Post Book Awards finalists have been announced. On a purely frivolous level I love the covers. They just reflect the amazing diversity in the books which have made the final choice. The novel covers in particular seem…
So far, while exploring, I’ve mainly talked about old stuff in our Aotearoa New Zealand Collection. This time around I want to let you in on a little secret: whenever our library selectors buy New Zealand titles for the libraries,…
Because we have the amazing Joanne Drayton here to talk about her recent book The Search for Anne Perry, the clever festival people have managed to organise three screenings of the 2009 documentary Anne Perry: Interiors as a kind of hors…
Okay, the first two sessions at The Press Christchurch Writers Festival 2012 under my belt and all the usual details of the festival site now checked out. Parking – check (there is plenty available in the Botanical Gardens carpark and…
In so many words is a panel discussion on social media and books at The Press Christchurch Writers Festival. It’s on Thursday 30 August 4.30pm at the Literary PleasureDome aka the Geo Dome in Hagley Park. On the panel are…
There is lots to look forward to in the The Press Christchurch Writers Festival and if you haven’t already booked some sessions I’d recommend you pop into one of our libraries and grab a programme. For me it’s a wonderful…
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