Awa Book Of New Zealand Sports Writing, The
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Awa Book Of New Zealand Sports Writing, The
By (Author) Harry Ricketts
Awa Press
Awa Press
31st May 2010
New Zealand
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Reportage, journalism or collected columns
796.0993
Physical Properties
Paperback
400
Width 146mm, Height 217mm, Spine 27mm
440g
Description
New Zealand is a nation of sports-lovers and this is reflected in this collection of 80 superb pieces of sports writing by many of our most acclaimed journalists, novelists, biographers, essayists and poets. From surfing to cycling, angling to archery, running to rugby ...from the joy of the victors to the tears of the vanquished ...the roar of the crowd to the solitary moment ...this is a book of endless pleasure.
Author Bio
Harry Ricketts was born in London in 1950 and lived in England, Malaysia and Hong Kong, before moving to New Zealand in 1981. His twenty published works include How to Catch a Cricket Match, The Unforgiving Minute: A Life of Rudyard Kipling, How to Live Elsewhere, and eight collections of poems. He teaches creative non-fiction and English at the Institute of Modern Letters at Victoria University, Wellington, co-edits the review-journal New Zealand Books, and is a regular book reviewer for Radio New Zealand.
