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.
Monday, October 17, 2016
What Does Margaret Atwood Think Our Obsession With Dystopias Teaches Us?
“‘All dystopian novels are telling you to do is make sure you’ve got a lot of canned goods and a gun.’ Do you have canned goods and a gun in Toronto? ‘I’m too freaking old. I’m probably not going to make it through the zombie apocalypse anyway.'”
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