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Sentinel (Book 1 of the ‘Sentinel’ Trilogy) (Book Review)
Our film critic Sarah McMullan does more than just sitting around watching films…she can read, too! Here she is with a review of Sentinel (Book 1 of the ‘Sentinel’ Trilogy) by Joshua Winning: A savvy...
View ArticleDon’t Dream It’s Over: Reimagining Journalism in Aotearoa New Zealand (Book...
The 13th Floor’s Tim Gruar covered the launch of the book Don’t Dream It’s Over: Reimagining Journalism in Aotearoa New Zealand. Here is his report: Thursday night saw the release of a new book about...
View ArticleGrant & I, Inside And Outside The Go-Betweens: Robert Forster (Penguin)
Anyone interested in The Go-Betweens was probably uplifted by the wave of interest generated by co-founder Robert Forster’s recent NZ appearances and the publication of this book, his second. I know...
View ArticleGoneville – Nick Bollinger (AWA Press)
There are plenty of books available for the discerning music fan this time of year including new tomes by Robbie Robertson, Bruce Springsteen and Johnny Marr. But this season we have a...
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Listen To Nicky Hager & Jon Stephenson’s Press Conference
Under an almost complete cloak of silence investigative reporter Nicky Hager and war correspondent Jon Stephenson launched a new book last night that claims that New Zealand troops were involved in a...
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Roots, Radicals and Rockers: How Skiffle Changed the World – Billy Bragg (Faber)
Roots, Radicals and Rockers: How Skiffle Changed the World – by Billy Bragg / Faber and Faber $45 Told with joyous vigour, this book tells the story of jazz pilgrims and blues blowers, Teddy Boys and...
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Good Vibrations – My Life As A Beach Boy – Mike Love (Book Review)
Mike Love tells his own jaundiced version of his legendary, raucous, and ultimately triumphant five-decade career as the front man of The Beach Boys, the most popular American band in history. His own...
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Pink Floyd: Their Mortal Remains – V&A Publications
The Exhibition Pink Floyd: Their Mortal Remains is an immersive journey through the world of Pink Floyd. As with most shows at the Victoria &Albert Museum, it is touted to be an “indulgent and...
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Women Changing the World Heads Up Writers and Readers Festival Programme
Women Changing the World, a fast-paced, funny and fascinating series of talks from women doing their part to effect change in the world will open this year’s Writers & Readers. The gala event will...
View ArticleWatch: Liz Gunn Talks To Auckland Writers Festival Director Anne O’Brien
The Auckland Writers Festival is just around the corner with dates running from May 15th through the 20th. The Festival has been connecting Kiwi readers with international and local authors for the...
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Up Jumped the Devil, The Real Life Of Robert Johnson: Book Review
Up Jumped the Devil, The Real Life Of Robert Johnson Bruce Conforth and Gayle Dean Wardlow, Chicago Review Press 2019 This is the book that many blues fans, musicians and musical scholars thought would...
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