Gordon Campbell On The Life And Works Of Arnold Lobel
The Werewolf essays on classic children’s books focusses this week on the much admired, widely mourned creator of Frog and Toad, Owl at Home and […]
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Gordon Campbell On The Cricket In Times Square
In the Werewolf series on classic children’s books, this week’s essay is about George Selden’s charming story of interspecies friendship There’s no logical reason for […]
Gordon Campbell On The Owl Service By Alan Garner
In this entry in the series on classic children’s books, the owls are not what they seem, but the English stay true to type. For […]
Gordon Campbell On The Links Between Go Dog. Go!, The 1950s Red Scare And Shakespeare’s Sonnets
This week’s essay in the series about classic children’s books features P.D. Eastman’s hymn to perpetual motion… Once read, this book is never forgotten. Like […]
Gordon Campbell On Tom’s Midnight Garden By Philippa Pearce
This week’s essay on classic children’s books features Philippa Pearce’s great YA novel about memory and loss. The image of Ely Cathedral is from circa […]
Gordon Campbell On The Hunger Games By Suzanne Collins
The Werewolf essays on classic children’s books focusses this week on Suzanne Collins’ trilogy about war’s on children True, it may seem weird to try […]
Gordon Campbell On Abel’s Island, By William Steig
More than anything else, Abel’s Island is a tale about love enduring through peril. It is also about the beauty of solitude. Over the course […]
Gordon Campbell On The Indian In The Cupboard
The Werewolf series on classic children’s books continues this week with “The Indian in the Cupboard” by Lynne Reid Banks. Usually, fantasy offers a means […]
Gordon Campbell On Harriet The Spy
The Werewolf series of essays on classic children’s books continues this week with Harriet The Spy by Louise Fitzhugh. Ever since Harriet the Spy was […]
Gordon Campbell On Goodnight Moon By Margaret Wise Brown
The Werewolf series on classic children’s books continues this week with the bedtime favourite Goodnight Moon, and the brief life of the tragic genius who […]
Gordon Campbell On Classic Children’s Books: Badger’s Parting Gifts
Every Friday, Werewolf is re-publishing some essays about classic children’s book, that I began writing in 2009. This essay on Badger’s Parting Gifts has been […]
Gordon Campbell On Frank Gehry’s Lost Vision For Te Papa
On December 5th, Frank Gehry died at the age of 96. That’s a reason to recall one of the great wasted opportunities in New Zealand’s […]
Gordon Campbell on Qatar, Joyce Carol Oates and Mimi Parker
The FIFA World Cup has kicked off amid laments about Qatar’s terrible human rights record, and FIFA’s greed in awarding them the Cup hosting rights […]
Gordon Campbell on the Erebus memorial in Parnell
Social media can be a wonderful tool for bringing people together in a common cause. It can also be a seedbed and spreader of mis-information […]
Gordon Campbell on Malcolm Turnbull, and rugby mania
When Malcolm Turnbull took over as PM across the Tasman, much was made of him citing the populist touch of Prime Minister John Key – […]
Gordon Campbell on copyright, the Authors Guild case and the TPP
A few days ago, Google finally and comprehensively won a very long-running case brought against it by the Authors Guild which had claimed that Google’s […]
Gordon Campbell on the Cullen Review of our security service
Whatever the conflicts and point scoring between them on other issues, National and Labour have always spoken virtually as one on free trade and the […]
Gordon Campbell on Rick Ellis as Te Papa’s new CEO
The recent appointment of former TVNZ boss Rick Ellis to head Te Papa has copped a fair bit of criticism. Much of it has been […]
Milestone Movies : Cave of Forgotten Dreams ( 2010)
This time, Werner Herzog’s process of turning obsession into art begins with art
From The Hood : “John Key PM” Wins 2011 Walters Prize For Modern Art?
Is he a natural clown or the nation’s greatest conceptual artist?
On the Latest stage of The Hobbit drama
So, according to Sir Peter Jackson and Philippa Boyens all that Warners are asking for in an uncertain world is certainty. A surety that no […]
Gordon Campbell on the trade unions vs Peter Jackson wrangle over 'The Hobbit'.
If the production of The Hobbit does finally move to eastern Europe, it would not be because of the actors’ wage bill or any fresh […]