How many more stories can they add to this large-scale building project? I don’t know, but let’s hope they never run out of material. Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton’s incredibly successful book series gets another addition in October. Of course, with potential delays in shipping and printing due to Covid-19, we’re loathe to put a specific date on when it will be available, but if you put your name on the reserve list here, you’ll be notified as soon as a copy is ready for you!
Susanna Clarke’s Piranesi has won the Women’s Prize for Fiction. Piranesi is a mind-boggling book, a philosophical work that might just make you question your own reality. It’s quite different from her earlier work Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell but no less… shall we say dreamlike? Piranesi is about a man trapped in a crumbling labyrinth, but then again, maybe it isn’t about that at all. Personally I think it’s about how our minds work, and how we can be persuaded to think things. Congratulations to Susanna!
You can watch the acceptance speech here.
And you can reserve the book from the Palmerston North City Library here.
Separate from, but aligned with, Maori Language Week, Waiata Anthems Week brings you top musicians from Aotearoa playing sublime music and singing in te reo Maōri.
Their mission: “An industry-wide initiative, Waiata Anthems Week will be a celebration of the best new waiata and a chance to honour the champions and pioneers of te reo Māori who paved the way for future generations, supporting the emergence of a truly bilingual musical landscape.”
Here’s the website, where you’ll find links to the music on various platforms.
And don’t forget that Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori runs from Mahuru (September) 13th – 19th. Get some inspiration from the Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori website.
Kia kaha te reo Māori!
Yes, way back in Common Era 2000, library staff plus fellow enthusiasts (including LOTR actor John Rhys-Davies) accepted the challenge of reading The Lord of the Rings in its entirety. It took several days, and it was all filmed on good old VHS tapes, which are probably still hanging around somewhere.
Has anyone else come across memorabilia like this while tidying up their house during Lockdown..? (I even still have my invitation to the opening of the “new” Library in 1996!)
Craig.
Another great album by PoP! If you’re in the mood for moodiness, a swirl of sounds, and ethereal vocals, you’re in luck. The creator, Daniel Brown, has tagged this release as noise-pop, indie rock, lo-fi… I’d probably add in shoegaze or post-rock.
https://polaroidsofpolarbears.bandcamp.com/album/this-is-what-i-heard
Lung did quite well for themselves back in the day. Main Lung guy Dave White ran The Stomach for a while, and he was always anarchically encouraging, and ready to push you into doing something musically weird if you felt like it. (Anecdotes in the comments, please!) Far-flung Lung toured overseas, and I seem to recall they did well in some European countries. Anyway, come 2021 and they said “let’s do that stuff again”, so they did a tour of Aotearoa. I’m told that all the energy and attitude from the Nineties was still present and correct!
https://www.undertheradar.co.nz/news/17926/LUNG-Summer-Tour-Of-Aotearoa-Announced.utr
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