Studies in Travel Writing special issue on New Zealand

From Ian Conrich

Some of you may not have been aware that a special issue of this important refereed journal was devoted to New Zealand. Published by Routledge, copies can be ordered at the special price of £16/US$25/€19 from the following link

Studies in Travel Writing Vol 14 No 4 (2010)
Published by: Routledge

Special Issue on New Zealand - edited by Tim Youngs and Ian Conrich
   •    Travel Writing and New Zealand: An Introduction Ian Conrich and Tim Youngs
   •    Travel Writing and the First Marists in New Zealand William Jennings
   •    The Democratic Traveller: Henry Demarest Lloyd's Visit to New Zealand, 1899 John Wilson
   •    Travel, Tourism and Booster Literature: New Zealand's Cities and Towns at the Turn of the Twentieth Century
          Dominic Alessio
   •    'Familiar London': New Zealand Travel Writing and the Imagined Metropolis, 1890-1940 Felicity Barnes
   •    Palettes and Palates: Jacqueline Bullmore's Florentine Diary Penelope Jackson
   •    A New Zealand Diary Geoffrey Moorhouse edited by Susan Bassnett
          Book Reviews
   •    Robyn Handel, New Zealand Through the Eyes of American Women (Tom Brooking)
    •    Neville Peat, Detours: A Journey Through Small-Town New Zealand (A Generation On) (Reg Eyre)
    •    Hamish Beaton, Under the Osakan Sun: A Funny, Wonderful, Account of Three Years on Japan (Mark Meli)
    •    Duncan Fallowell, Going as Far as I Can: The Ultimate Travel Book (Gregory Woods)
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New book

Easter Island , Myths and Popular Culture, by Ian Conrich
An exhibition catalogue has been published to accompany the travelling exhibition, Easter, Island, Myths and Popular Culture. The book is heavily illustrated and contains all of the text from the exhibition’s 39 panels. The book can be ordered from Amazon at http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0860830837>, and costs just £7.95. The book includes a discussion of the stone figures (moai), the Easter Islanders, and explorers such as Captain Cook and Thor Heyerdahl. It’s main focus is an extensive consideration of the representation of the island in comic books, cartoons, computer games, music, animation, and film. With subject contributions from Roy Smith, Martyn Harris, Frieder Wahl, and Dan Bendrups.
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Travelling exhibition and new website on Easter Island
 The exhibition Easter Island , Myths and Popular Culture, has just finished 6 months at the Kon-Tiki museum in Oslo. Previously, it was on display for 6 months at the Captain Cook Birthplace Museum, in Marton, Middlesbrough. It is estimated that it has now been seen by more than 90,000 people. This exhibition of 39 panels and nearly 300 objects, weighing nearly half a ton, will next be moved to Easter Island, where it will be the first ever international exhibition to be displayed in the Island’s museum. Images from the exhibitions and much more can be found on the supporting website , with significant information on the Events page. The Popular Culture and Education pages are currently being developed to support schools. The exhibition team is:
Curator: Ian Conrich
Assistant Curators: Martyn Harris, Roy Smith
Associate Curators: Teresa Jambur, Lauren Jenkins, Patricia Porumbel
Consultants: Dan Bendrups, Frieder Wahl, Grant McCall, Phil Philo