World of the Written Word

Appalled by the scenario of the future described by scientists, New Zealand newspapers are running a series of articles on climate change...

First, we had to endure that American invention, Halloween (which, thankfully, has never really taken off in New Zealand), and then we g...

Well, we worked as enrichment and destination lecturers for four exciting years, but can't say we came across much of this ... though...

According to Wellington's Dominion Post  it might not be the life you expect It sounds really great, and with the boom in luxury ya...

Now billed as the second-most famous (or notorious) ship in the world (after the Titanic ) , Equanimity is finally to be sold. Or so th...

In the middle of Wellington harbor, in plain sight of the city, there is a tiny but very important island .  For ages it has been known b...

No, it is not the Gutenburg Bible Erica Eisen's blog in the London Review of Books tells an amazing story When the wind blows t...

An inspiring story from the New York Times LONDON — The plea went out a few weeks ago from the bookstore in a port city in southern ...

From the Guardian Archaeologists have found what they believe to be the world’s oldest intact shipwreck at the bottom of the Black Sea...

From National Geographic   by Andrew Curry Enormous, rare Viking ship burial discovered by radar ARCHAEOLOGISTS HAVE FOUND  the ...