Browsing: HOBSON’S CHOICES
Competitive words: a poem from Marcus Hobson
One of the recent National Poetry Day 2018 activities was a series of “given words”…
Marcus Hobson: Some recent New Zealand Poetry Collections
Over the last few months I have had the pleasure of reviewing several new collections…
Some Recent New Zealand Fiction Reviewed by Marcus Hobson
ARTbop Contributions Editor, Marcus Hobson, says it is always good to feature new books from…
Scandinavia’s Killer Coast: a Hobson’s Choice
Last year Auckland hosted the first New Zealand Writer’s Festival, at which an audience of…
Marcus Hobson: Fun with Reading Lists!
ARTbop Literary Editor, contributor and book reviewer, Marcus Hobson confesses to being “highly book addicted”…
Hobson chooses again: Edward Hopper – “In Sunlight and in Shadow”
Sometimes a book or an idea will come along and really blow your socks off.…
Hobson reviews Henning Mankell
There are so many books in the world that we cannot possibly read them all.…
Grim Tales – A Book of Illustrated Journeys:
Grim Tales is an amazing project. Not just as a book, which is the end…
Graham Swift’s Mothering Sunday: a Hobson’s Choice
There seems to be a trend going on at the moment for shorter novels. Perhaps…
Hobson’s thrilling escape!
The Tauranga festival that promoted itself as “the little festival with big ideas” certainly lived…