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.
Friday, November 27, 2009
ARTS ON SUNDAY, RADIO NEW ZEALAND NATIONAL November 29, 2009
230:pm Chapter and Verse -
Vanda Symon continues her detective series starring Sam Shephard*..and Jenny Haworth sets her new novel in Paris just after the Armistice.
Tania, I read that review and thought it was appalling. A really bad piece of reviewing, not because it was negative, but its reasons for being negative (eg the female detective swears more than a woman should). I'm surprised the ODT ran it, and how frustrating for the author and publisher when review space is so limited in papers these days.
da Symon continues her detective series starring Sam Shephard*..and Jenny Haworth sets her new novel in Paris just after the Armistice.
I was nonplussed with the review in the ODT last week which actually was awful but. here we go, I LOVED the book.
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IMHP - gREAT.
Tania, I read that review and thought it was appalling. A really bad piece of reviewing, not because it was negative, but its reasons for being negative (eg the female detective swears more than a woman should). I'm surprised the ODT ran it, and how frustrating for the author and publisher when review space is so limited in papers these days.
ReplyDeleteTKR RK - I missed the review (and I *get* the ODT!)- who was the reviewer?
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Keri, it was Geoff Adams.
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