Winner of a copy of The Commonplace Book by Elizabeth Smither

In her new book, distinguished writer and former Te Mata Poet Laureate Elizabeth Smither takes readers on a journey into a writer’s life, using her favourite quotations from other writers as signposts.

In The Commonplace Book (Auckland University Press) Smither makes fascinating connections between her own writing life and the quotations she has selected; the two illuminating each other in ways that are both surprising and appealing.

Thanks to Auckland University Press, we had a copy of The Commonplace Book to give away.

Congratulations to Cindy Kane from Auckland who has won this prize.