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Category Archives: Books
Book Launch: Sacrifice
Tonight I went to a book launch for Sacrifice by Joanna Orwin. The launch was held at the University Book Shop. They put on a good spread, with generous amounts of food and drink. About 30 people gathered to hear … Continue reading
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Book Launch: A Different Hunger
Ripley and I went to a book launch for fellow SpecFicNZer Lila Richards. Her book is called A Different Hunger, and is about vampires arriving in NZ in the 1860s. The launch was held in a nice old homestead, Risingholme, … Continue reading
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Book Launch! The Heir of Night by Helen Lowe
Join the blog party going on over on Helen’s blog!
AussieCon4
Here is my report on my experiences of AussieCon4. And here is the full gallery of images.
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Au Contraire!
I have spent the last few days at Au Contraire!, the 2010 New Zealand National SF Convention. I had a fantastic time. You can read my reports here, and see my gallery of images here.
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An Hour with Elizabeth Knox
I went along to the latest in Women On Air‘s series of conversations with writers on Wednesday night. This time it was with Elizabeth Knox, most famous for her book The Vintner’s Luck. I have not read any of her … Continue reading
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An Evening with John Connolly
I went tonight to see a talk by John Connolly, the Irish crime novelist. These events usually take the form of a “conversation” between the writer and an MC, but in this case, once the MC introduced Connolly, he was … Continue reading
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Armageddon
I went to Armageddon over the weekend. You can read my report here.
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An Evening with Andrea Levy
Last night I went to see Andrea Levy, noted UK novelist, who was in Christchurch to support her new book, The Long Song. The format of the talk was a conversation between Levy and Christchurch writer Helen Lowe. The two … Continue reading
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New(?) Game=>Book Trend
While perusing the SF&F section at UBS today I noticed two examples of a new (to me anyway) development: novels based on computer games. These were Assassin’s Creed: Renaissance, based on Assassin’s Creed 2, and Eve: The Empyrean Age, based … Continue reading
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