However, like other print media, Landfall has found it difficult to cover the full range of significant books being published, since the number of new books increases each year.
The solution? The Landfall Review is extending out of the magazine to become The Landfall Review Online. As well as the reviews included in the two print issues each year, from today Landfall is publishing review pages online, with each monthly issue featuring six to eight reviews. An archive of back reviews will be a feature of the site.
The review pages are edited by Landfall editor David Eggleton and published with the assistance of Creative New Zealand as a one-year pilot project in reviewing New Zealand books online. Eggleton has won the Reviewer of the Year award six times and brings special expertise to the site. Typically the reviews will be substantial and will be commissioned by Eggleton from a mix of leading and emerging writers.
It is hoped that Landfall Review Online will be a service to the literary community, making readers more aware of the books that are being published, giving a wide range of New Zealand books international exposure, and leading back to the magazine as a further showcase for New Zealand writing.
See: http://www.landfallreviewonline.com/
Contact: Wendy Harrex
Publisher, Otago University Press
Tel: 03 479 4194.
Email: wendy.harrex@otago.ac.nz
www.landfallreviewonline.com
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