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, March 28, 2016
Colm Tóibín, Anne Enright, Roddy Doyle ... the Easter Rising 100 years on
A grandfather with a rifle under the floorboards, a granny whose hero was Patrick Pearse and playing ‘Insurrection’ in the playground – Irish writers reflect on what the 1916 rebellion has meant for them and their country.
Irish rebels during the Easter Rising in 1916. Photograph: Mondadori via Getty Images
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