Brian Turner’s poetry, Owen Marshall’s prose and Grahame Sydney’s paintings combine to capture the people and places of heartland New Zealand.
Timeless Land, published by Longacre Press, is a glorious tribute to Central Otago.
In Place, Turner writes: Once in a while/you may come across a place/where everything/seems as close to perfection/ as you will ever need . . .
Once in a while you may come across a book in which everything seems as close to perfection as you will ever need. This is such a book, one to linger over, read and re-read.
Post 20 in the post a day for New Zealand Book Month challenge.
Deborah at In A Strange Land posts on Matariki by Melanie Drewery, illustrated by Bruce Potter.
Oswald Bastable posts on Jim Henderson’s Open Country and Shooting from the HipLip by Lee Hughes.
Shooting from the LIP
Thanks Oswald. That’s my second slip today – I’m not aiming for a hat trick.
Yes, a wonderful book. Text, images and design all working together to create something greater than themselves.