The Human Mind

Posted 4:11am Monday 28th March 2011

Author: Robert Winston. Publisher: Bantam Books (4/5) The Human Mind captivates the reader with the characteristically informative, entertaining and fascinating style Robert Winston has become renowned for. The moustachioed presenter of the TV series “The Human Body” this time focuses Read more...

Barefoot

Posted 4:24am Monday 14th March 2011

Author: Michelle Holman. Publisher: Harper Collins (2/5) Barefoot is a loose sequel to Michelle Holman’s debut novel Bonkers. She claims that she felt compelled to tell Sherry and Glenn’s story after they featured as more minor characters in their siblings’ story.   Read more...

August

Posted 4:21am Monday 14th March 2011

Author: Bernard Beckett. Publisher: Text Publishing (4/5) New Zealand author Bernard Beckett’s latest novel is described as a ‘philosophical thriller’. While I’m not sure that it’s quite a thriller, the combined tension of the characters’ back stories and Read more...

The Uninvited

Posted 4:13am Monday 14th March 2011

Author: Tim Wynne Jones. Publisher: Walker books (3/5) Mimi leaves the stress of the Big Apple for the tranquillity of her father’s house in small-town Canada, only to find that she is not the only one who thought it would be the perfect getaway. It doesn’t take long for Mimi to Read more...

DUD: The Dunedin Comic Revue

Posted 1:49am Tuesday 8th March 2011

Author: The Dunedin Comic Collective (3/5) In stark contrast to The Good Book, the Dunedin Comic Collective’s first comic revue is blissfully unpretentious.   A long time coming, this publication is a selection of works by members of the Dunedin Comic Collective and friends. It Read more...

The Good Book

Posted 1:47am Tuesday 8th March 2011

Author: Lucinda McMeeken and Trudy Cockroft. Self Published (2/5) When you choose such a name as The Good Book, you’re giving yourself awfully big shoes to fill and it doesn’t appear that Dunedin’s ‘fresh young designers’ have particularly large feet. Obvious Read more...

Permanent Vacation

Posted 1:42am Tuesday 8th March 2011

Author: Kerry Ann Lee. Self Published (4/5) Kerry Ann Lee knows her stuff. She’s been producing zines for at least a decade, with the result that her latest appears effortless and polished. Permanent Vacation is essentially a collection of musings on travel; what it’s like to be an Read more...

Pretty Monsters

Posted 4:21am Tuesday 10th August 2010

Author: Kelly Link Publisher: Text Publishing (4/5)    If you are looking for something short and bittersweet, this is the book for you. Pretty Monsters is a collection of short stories featuring everything from your childhood nightmares – werewolves, aliens, Read more...

King Lear.

Posted 3:45pm Sunday 11th July 2010

Author: Gareth Hinds Publisher: Candlewick Press (4/5) Gareth Hinds’ graphic novel adaptation of Shakespeare’s King Lear bridges the gap between prose and performance with seductive, original artwork. The famous tragedy follows King Lear’s descent into madness after his Read more...