Former leading New Zealand publisher and bookseller, and widely experienced judge of both the Commonwealth Writers Prize and the Montana New Zealand Book Awards, talks about what he is currently reading, what impresses him and what doesn't, along with chat about the international English language book scene, and links to sites of interest to booklovers.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
From Harper's Weekly
Sarah Palin published a memoir, "Going Rogue," in which she offered her views on evolution ("I didn't believe in the theory that human beings--thinking, loving beings--originated from fish that sprouted legs and crawled out of the sea"), the war on terror ("I knew the history of the conflict, to the extent that most Americans did"), and political experience ("There's no better training ground for politics than motherhood").
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