e-books

I was reading the latest Bear Grylls book Mud Sweat and Tears (which by the way, is excellent and perfect for 14+) and came across this great quote from John F. Kennedy;

E-books, supply chain, IndieBound and the state of the industry locally and globally were among the topics covered at a two day meeting in Wellington last week.

Last year Chris Bourke took home the country’s top literary honour – the New Zealand Post Book of the Year Award – for his work Blue Smoke: the Lost Dawn of New Zealand Popular Music 1918-1964. This year he heads up the judging panel for the same award.

A respected writer, reviewer, music historian and radio producer, Chris is well known as a former long-time producer for Radio New Zealand National’s Saturday Morning programme and as a staff writer and arts and books editor for print publications including The Listener.

Renée Lang - writer for The Read - talks to Guy Somerset, the New Zealand Listener’s arts and books editor, about what he’s been reading and about his recent travels.

Not long back from a six-week sojourn with his family in Britain and Europe, Somerset is about to undertake the New Zealand Listener’s annual round-up of the 100 best books of the year.