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.
The adventure stories of Karl May set in the American
Southwest have charmed millions of Germans, but especially Hitler, who
patterned Nazi policies on their plots.
It would pay any reader of Westerns to have a look at The Inconvenient Indian, by Thomas King (2012). It throws a whole new light on print and film portrayals of cowboys and Indians.
It would pay any reader of Westerns to have a look at The Inconvenient Indian, by Thomas King (2012). It throws a whole new light on print and film portrayals of cowboys and Indians.
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