Narnia
Ian Brodie's New Zealand
After many months of waiting I am thrilled to announce the release of Ian Brodie’s New Zealand. It is now available in all good bookstores in New Zealand or from Amazon in the UK.
I am so pleased with the book, and very proud to have a book that shows the diversity and uniqueness of our country.
Over the next few weeks I will be promoting the book via television and radio in many towns. One interview I am really looking forward to is with Kim Hill on National Radio. If you would like to listen please tune in at 11-00am on Saturday 06 December.
I am so pleased with the book, and very proud to have a book that shows the diversity and uniqueness of our country.
Over the next few weeks I will be promoting the book via television and radio in many towns. One interview I am really looking forward to is with Kim Hill on National Radio. If you would like to listen please tune in at 11-00am on Saturday 06 December.
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Radio New Zealand Interview
Last night I had the great pleasure to talk with Chris Witta on the Radio New Zealand National Programme. I love talking with the people from National Radio - they are all consummate professional radio personalities.
The interview is below in podcast format - I talk a little about many things but especially the Warbirds Over Wanaka airshow.
Ian Brodie Warbirds RNZ 141008
The interview is below in podcast format - I talk a little about many things but especially the Warbirds Over Wanaka airshow.
Ian Brodie Warbirds RNZ 141008
Farewell Pauline Baynes
06/08/08 15:40 Filed in: The Hobbit
It is very sad to see the death of Pauline Baynes, as reported by my friends at TheOneRing.net.
When I first started reading Tolkien the imagery of these strange sounding places demanded I needed a map to follow these journeys. Even as a child I had a love of geography, spending hours poring over contours to find hidden places and secret glens. I distinctly remember (like it was yesterday) searching everywhere to find a map of Middle-earth, and eventually one was ordered in for me from our local Whitcoulls.
All of a sudden the adventure was real, progress could be followed. There were even little illustrations of places that until then I had only imagined. It was a treasure. It was drawn by Pauline Baynes.
That map hung on my bedroom wall in a home-made wooden frame constructed by my Uncle for over ten years and every reading of the book was punctuated with glances at that map on the wall.
Of course, Pauline Baynes accomplished much more; her images on the slip cover version of The Lord of the Rings provided me with a glimpse into Middle-earth and what it might look like.
In 2006 when I worked on Cameras in Narnia it was again a Pauline Baynes illustration of Lantern Waste that looked at me from the cover of my copy of The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe.
Thank you Pauline for all you have created in the fantastical worlds that I have had the opportunity to live in. Your achievements will live with us for ever.
When I first started reading Tolkien the imagery of these strange sounding places demanded I needed a map to follow these journeys. Even as a child I had a love of geography, spending hours poring over contours to find hidden places and secret glens. I distinctly remember (like it was yesterday) searching everywhere to find a map of Middle-earth, and eventually one was ordered in for me from our local Whitcoulls.
All of a sudden the adventure was real, progress could be followed. There were even little illustrations of places that until then I had only imagined. It was a treasure. It was drawn by Pauline Baynes.
That map hung on my bedroom wall in a home-made wooden frame constructed by my Uncle for over ten years and every reading of the book was punctuated with glances at that map on the wall.
Of course, Pauline Baynes accomplished much more; her images on the slip cover version of The Lord of the Rings provided me with a glimpse into Middle-earth and what it might look like.
In 2006 when I worked on Cameras in Narnia it was again a Pauline Baynes illustration of Lantern Waste that looked at me from the cover of my copy of The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe.
Thank you Pauline for all you have created in the fantastical worlds that I have had the opportunity to live in. Your achievements will live with us for ever.