Civilisation

Twenty Places on the Edge of the World

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Author:

Braunias, Steve

ISBN:

978-1-877551-35-2

Publication Date:

Apr 2013

Publisher:

Awa Press

Book Format:

Paperback

List Price:

USD $24.99

Book Description:

Steve Braunias travels off the grid to capture weird and wonderful goings-on in small-town New Zealand. Civilisation is full of fascinating - and sometimes disturbing - stories about people living in 20 places - their lives, loves, aspirations, and sometimes dark secrets. Places featured include- Apia, Collingwood, Greymouth, Hauraki Plains (Elstow, Te Aroha & Kerepehi), Hicks Bay, Maromaku Valley, Mercer, Miranda, Mosgiel, Mt Roskill Auckland , Ohinemutu, Pegasus, St Bathans, Scott...
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Book Details

Pages:	288
Detailed Subjects:	Travel / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):	5.772 x 8.385 x 0.702 Inches
Book Weight:	0.937 Pounds

Author Biography

Braunias, Steve (Author)

Steve Braunias was born in New Zealand in 1960. He is an award winning New Zealand author, columnist, journalist and editor. He has 30 national awards for writing, including the 2009 Buddle Findlay Sargeson Literary fellowship, the 2010 CLL Non-Fiction Award, and the supreme award as the 2006 Qantas Fellowship at the New Zealand Qantas Media Award. He has also won awards as a sports writer, food writer, and humourist.

Braunias has worked as editor of Capital Times, feature writer at Metro magazine, deputy editor of the NZ Listenerand senior writer at the Sunday Star Times. He is the author of several books and has also written for satirical TV series Eating Media Lunch and The Unauthorised History of New Zealand. He will be at the WORD Christchurch Writers & Readers Festival in 2015. He is the recipient of one of the two Nigel Cox Awards given out over the Auckland Writers Festival 2015.

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