This information is paraphrased because that website doesn’t understand active tense and I value my SEO rating. “This is an enormous shame and a huge missed opportunity on the part of American publishers large and small, any one of which should be leaping at the chance to publish something this important, this beautiful, and this much fun.” An official New Zealand government website on Elizabeth Knox In his review, titled “This New Zealand Fantasy Masterpiece Needs to Be Published In America, Like, Now”, Kois describes the book as “majestic” and “brain-bending”, lamenting that it hasn’t been picked up by an American publisher. Why do you enjoy browsing in libraries and bookshops? On The Absolute Book by Elizabeth Knox coming to America (much better than that Eddie Murphy movie): In an interview you said you want readers to understand what it is they’re wishing for.
In the Absolute Book, Taryn had to decide what it was that she really wished for, what she really wanted. You said, “we need sustainability, not growth” in your novel and in an interview. Please tell us about your latest novel, the Absolute Book. (Remember the “good old days” before Covid19 when Australia was burning and the federal government repeatedly turned down international aid, permitting the fires to get well and truly out of control?) She auctioned a manuscript assessment to raise money to support Australia’s firefighting challenge early in 2020. I planned to talk about the Authors For Fireys challenge that Elizabeth Knox supported. (Admittedly I haven’t read Knox’s other books yet but I’ve decided to give myself a “break” and read some older books. Elizabeth Knox was a guest on DMZ in 2020 the podcast is here and on all good podcasting platforms. Loads of websites have reviews and interviews. And, if you want more information, google is your friend.
You can find Elizabeth on Twitter and her website. She teaches World Building at Victoria University and lives in Wellington, New Zealand with her husband, Fergus Barrowman, and her son, Jack. Knox has a very very long list of other awards. The Prime Minister acknowledged her services to literature in various ways. Knox is an Arts Foundation of New Zealand Laureate.
Knox, a New Zealand author, was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2002 for her services to literature then was promoted to Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to literature, and an honorary doctorate in Literature from the Victoria University of Wellington. In this podcast (link above and on all good podcasting websites), Nalini Haynes interviews Elizabeth Knox.
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