Nice to see three in the writing community honoured in the New Year Honours List:
Carol Beu
Paula Morris
Rosemary Wildblood
Warmest congratulations.
Monday, December 31, 2018
New Zealand and the Sea
Edited by Frances Steel
Bridget Williams Books | RRP $59.99
print, $20.00 ebook
New Zealand’s history
has been dominated by the presence of the ocean. Until very recently, everyone
who came to New Zealand did so after long weeks at sea. Even today, most people
live near the coast. The sea provides employment, transport and leisure; it is
at the forefront of our imaginations, and days at the beach are, for many,
synonymous with summer and childhood.
Yet when we think about
history, we readily imagine it from the land. Our stories of the past take
place in towns and cities, across farmlands, in the mountains and the bush.
When the sea appears at all, it is a temporary barrier, an interruption to pass
over quickly.
New Zealand and the Sea marks a significant new direction in historical thinking about this country.
It explores New Zealand’s relationship with the sea across many facets of life, from early origins until the present day, and challenges the conventional belief that history unfolds on land.
This volume brings together leading and emerging scholars to highlight the dynamic, ocean-centred history of these islands and their inhabitants, offering fresh and fascinating perspectives on New Zealand’s past to open up our thinking about our places and nation.
About
the Editor: Frances Steel, a New Zealander, teaches at the University of
Wollongong. Her research connects histories of empire, mobility and the sea in
the Pacific World. She is the author of Oceania
under Steam: Sea Transport and the Cultures of Colonialism, c.1870–1914
(Manchester University Press, 2011), and with Julia Martinez, Claire Lowrie and
Victoria Haskins, Colonialism and Male
Domestic Service across the Asia Pacific (Bloomsbury, 2018).
New
Zealand and the Sea marks a significant new direction in
historical thinking about this country.
It explores New
Zealand’s relationship with the sea across many facets of life, from early
origins until the present day, and challenges the conventional belief that
history unfolds on land.
This
volume brings together leading and emerging scholars to highlight the dynamic, ocean-centred
history of these islands and their inhabitants, offering fresh and fascinating
perspectives on New Zealand’s past to open up our thinking about our places and
nation.
About
the Editor: Frances Steel, a New Zealander, teaches at the University of
Wollongong. Her research connects histories of empire, mobility and the sea in
the Pacific World. She is the author of Oceania
under Steam: Sea Transport and the Cultures of Colonialism, c.1870–1914
(Manchester University Press, 2011), and with Julia Martinez, Claire Lowrie and
Victoria Haskins, Colonialism and Male
Domestic Service across the Asia Pacific (Bloomsbury, 2018).
The End of the Golden Weather
With best wishes for
Christmas and the New Year from Takapuna Library.
The End of the Golden
Weather
Tuesday 25 December 10.30am to
11.30am Free
Celebrate Christmas Day with Stephen Lovatt
performing a scene from the iconic play, The End of the Golden Weather, by
Bruce Mason.
Christmas Day in
Takapuna in the 1930s from a child's point-of-view. The performance lasts half
an hour. Gold coin koha to Oxfam.
Held on Takapuna Beach Reserve, between the children's playground and the boat club. Please bring a chair and a picnic.
If it is raining on the day, the event will be held in the Takapuna War Memorial Hall on The Strand.
Held on Takapuna Beach Reserve, between the children's playground and the boat club. Please bring a chair and a picnic.
If it is raining on the day, the event will be held in the Takapuna War Memorial Hall on The Strand.
Saturday, December 29, 2018
Off the Shelf
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Publishers Lunch
Senior editor Ira Silverberg is leaving Simon & Schuster at the end of the year, after a little more than 3 years with the company. Publisher Jonathan Karp calls the forthcoming HARK by Sam Lipsyte, acquired by Silverberg, something "we expect to be one of our fiction highlights in 2019." He notes, "Ira has been an ardent champion of his authors, a keen observer of international literary talent, and valued colleague."
Forthcoming
Diana Gabaldon previewed her ninth book in the Outlander series, GO TELL THE BEES THAT I AM GONE, a couple of months ago but said she was still at work and there was no publication date. On December 22 on Twitter, she told a reader that the book will indeed "be out in 2019" -- and Recorded Books has an audiobook release currently listed for October 1, 2019.
Bookselling
Carol Besse and Michael Boggs of Carmichael's Bookstore in Louisville will retire and pass on the store to their daughter Miranda Blankenship, and their niece Kelly Estep. The store has been in operation since 1978.
Obits
Israeli novelist Amos Oz, 79, a longtime candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature, died Friday from cancer. "To those who love him, thank you," his daughter Fania Oz-Salzberger posted on Twitter in announcing Oz's death.
Picks
Heart by Sandeep Jauhar is the January pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club.
The Book of the Month Club chose Madeline Miller's Circe as its Book of the Year, based on members' votes.
Barack Obama posted a list of his favorite books he read in 2018. Books published this year include his wife's book as well as: An American Marriage by Tayari Jones; Educated by Tara Westover; Asymmetry by Lisa Halliday; Warlight by Michael Ondaatje; Feel Free by Zadie Smith; Florida by Lauren Groff; and more
Thursday, December 27, 2018
Most read stories on The Bookseller last week
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The Best of 2018
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Saturday, December 22, 2018
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