Roger Ebert writing about writing (and speaking) at his blog: The novel is written entirely with that attention. You haven't even started it until you've started it the second time.…
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They say to never judge a book by its cover. In addition to filling for Graeme Tuckett on Nine to Noon whenever he gets a better offer, I've been reviewing…
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Louise Doughty on authors and public speaking: Most novelists are shy and retiring people; when we get up and read, we're like badgers who have to come up from our…
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It's the same wherever you go - that desperate search for a pub when the All Blacks are playing. Even if you are Archbishop Desmond Tutu: We meet the irrepressible…
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This morning I hustled across town to Radio NZ House on The Terrace to review Duncan Sarkies' new novel "Two Little Boys" for Nine to Noon. You can click here…
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Satirist George Saunders speaking at the Brooklyn Academy of Music back in January: He aims to “take his reader by the shirt and fling him; you send him 15 feet…
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