Every song has a story to tell and New Zealand’s pop classics are full of great stories. Freelance music writer and Stuff blogger Simon Sweetman had the job of picking out 30 of the best Kiwi pop songs to feature in this book and I have to say it’s a task I would have struggled […]
■ REVIEW: On Song
Well-tuned mix of Kiwi songs Read Post »
It was a case that shocked everyone on both sides of the world: Malcolm Webster was convicted of murdering one wife in Scotland and trying to kill a second wife in New Zealand. Award-winning journalist Charles Lavery has followed the case closely and in The Black Widower he examines the crimes of this callous and
■ REVIEW: The Black Widower
Killer’s web of deceit ably described Read Post »
I’m more than a little fed up with the whole vampire craze so I am enjoying the resurgence of interest in the other undead: zombies. Author Fredrik Brouneus has taken the zombie apocalypse theme and given it an awesome southern flavour with this young adult sci-fi novel set in Otago and Southland and the result
