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Lady Barker in New Zealand Audiobook
I’m very pleased to release this audio book–a New Zealand classic. Find it for sale in all the usual places. ***NEW ZEALAND’S LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE*** Two New Zealand Classics—now available with an introduction by Amberley Ember. The year is 1865. 34-year-old Annie, freshly married, sets sail for New Zealand where she will serve […]
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Wheat in the Ear by Alien
I considered recording this New Zealand classic as an audiobook, and set about simplifying the text for a contemporary listening audience–and also, to help myself concentrate on it. But I gave up the idea. I’m not sufficiently in love with it. However, it’s still interesting to read some 1800s Aotearoa melodrama. Below you’ll find the […]
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From Rain Man to The Maid: Autistic Archetypes in Contemporary Fiction
Autism Awareness (TM) is starting to impact reader interpretations of texts which seem to star Autistic main characters.
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The Remains Of The Day Film Study
The Remains Of The Day by Kazuo Ishiguro won the 1989 Booker Prize. Ishiguro was 35 years old at the time and this was his third novel. The book was adapted for film in 1993, starring Anthony Hopkins as Mr Stevens and Emma Thompson as Miss Kenton.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen: Novel Study
Various notes collected about Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice