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Youtube - NZ Book Council - Going West - a wondermous animation of cutout paper in a book. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_jyXJTlrH0 12/20/2009 |
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Going West By Maurice Gee
The Rumpus.net —
Video from The New Zealand Book Council
Amazing Book Video
B O O K L U S T —
I shared this link with Maree last night, but then realized that I should show it to everyone because it is so wonderful. Those Kiwis really know how to write (and read and make movies literally out of) really wonderful books. Needless to say, Going West has now been added to my TBR list! Enjoy! ...
Stunning Papercraft/Book art video
Reading Copy Book Blog —
Sometimes, life sucks. It can be difficult or dreary, monotonous or mountainous, but regardless of the specifics, “sometimes life sucks” is a pretty accurate statement for anybody, I think.
I’ve always appreciated the ability of a book to alleviate that, for me, without any of the nasty side effects of drugs, alcohol, skydiving without a parachute, gambling etcetera. If I’m in the right frame of mind/mood for it, a good book can transport me thoroughly out of my own reality into dusty deserts, lush African veldts, wild west saloons, gritty depression-era streets - anywhere, into a story so separate from mine as to be ...
Tip Top Trailer
CMIS Evaluation Fiction Focus —
The game has been lifted with book trailers. Check out this professional offering from the New Zealand Book Council for Maurice Gee’s Going West (1993), which just goes to show that a book doesn’t have to be freshly published to get top trailer treatment.
Via twitter and numerous RTs – it came to us from @misrule_au
Paper Dreams
The Book Bench —
There is more than one way to experience the New Zealand writer Maurice Gee's vivid Auckland novel "Going West," and this is the most magnificent, courtesy of the animation studio Andersen M. I watched it seven times in a row last night before going to bed, and had fascinating dreams I can't remember. Why can't the world be made of paper and ink?
(Via Reading Copy.)
Afternoon Viewing: New Zealand Book Council, Going West
Author Scoop —
Prepare to be amazed. (From the YouTube description - Film for NZ Book Council Produced by Colenso BBDO Animated by Andersen M Studio)
Cynsational News & Giveaways
CYNSATIONS —
The Eyeball Collector by F.E. Higgins (Feiwel & Friends 2009): a recommendation by Greg Leitich Smith from GregLSBlog. Seven Characteristics You Need to Get Published by Carolyn Kaufman from QueryTracker.net. Peek: "The first thing every real writer needs is a willingness to learn and grow. All agents or editors—no matter how busy—are interested in quality work." 2009 Cybils Widget is now available from JacketFlap. Show your support by adding it to your blog! Balancing Acts by Kelly Bingham from Through the Tollbooth. Peek: "How do you take all those reams of writing advice, all ...
Paper Trails
Paper Cuts —
This stop-motion advertisement from the New Zealand Book Council is a delight for ink-on-paper fetishists everywhere. Check it out. (Acquisition editors take note: the Kiwi classic featured in the video, Maurice Gee ’s 1993 “Going West,” hasn’t been published in the United States.)
Condalmo. — Posted in Books, Movies & Film Tagged: Books, Video
Holiday Weekend Video Break: "Going West"
mediabistro.com: GalleyCat —
You may have seen this video making the rounds—we discovered it through Smart Bitches, Trashy Books and quickly discovered The Rumpus had featured it as well—but those of you who haven't seen it yet are in for a treat. After watching the short film, produced by the New Zealand Book Council, we wanted to learn more about the author who inspired it, Maurice Gee, and we found a very helpful page on the NZBC website, but we also discovered that almost nothing of Gee's work seems to be in print in the U.S. at the moment—save ...
Book Cinema
Red Room Library —
Though I wouldn't advocate doing this to an actual book, this is pretty cool.
New Zealand Book Council promo
Reading Matters —
Words fail me. This is just brilliant.Via @thefictiondesk
New Zealand Book Council ad
pages turned —
Has anyone actually read Maurice Gee's Going West?
Where books come to life
Mental multivitamin —
>Master M-mv sent me the link to this video, which takes as its inspiration Maurice Gee's 1993 novel, Going West. We read Gee's 1995 novel, The Fat Man, a decade ago. [Insert sighing observation about time-flies and starfish hands and letting go.] ...
This Week in Publishing
Nathan Bransford - Literary Agent —
The number of links this week may set a TWIP record, but holy cow was there good stuff out in the publishophere this past week. Let's get to it! But first, before we get to the links, today may be your last chance to see the award winning (not really) circa-1999 design of this blog, featuring its square, awkwardly fonted logo and its "I slapped this thing together in a weekend" design ethos. Barring technical catastrophe the blog will be transitioning over the weekend to a fresh new look courtesy of the wildly talented web designer Sean Slinsky. Pardon our dust as we get things running. And there may just be a few more surprises in ...
where books come to life
Nonsuch Book —
Book Comes to Life
MYSTERIES in PARADISE —
Many thanks to Nick Gadd, Australian author of the Ned Kelly Award winner GHOSTLINES for pointing this New Zealand Book Council animation of GOING WEST by Maurice Gee If the embedded video doesn't work go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_jyXJTlrH0 ...
BOOK ART
Sarah's writing journal —
So. Friggin. Cool.
Career Limiting Moves —
Thanks to The Afterword for posting this.
Going West
Bibliobibuli —
Produced for the New Zealand Book Council, isn't this one of the best adverts for the joy of books ever? The excerpt being read is from Maurice Gee's Going West. Gee is recognised as one of New Zealand's greatest novelists and you can find out much more about him and his books here. ...
The house that books built…
5th Estate —
Today’s topic is buildings made of books. Why? Because they’re awesome.
La Scala, Milan
From DesignBoom.com:
“Mario nanni’s ’la luce della musica’ is a visual and musical experience, projected onto the façade of milan’s opera teatro alla scala. the piece is a tribute to the opera ‘Carmen’ by georges bizet, which opens the opera season at la scala. Nanni has used video projections and light to highlight and compliment the architecture of giuseppe piermarini.”
From ...
Video: When Books Come Alive
SF Signal —
Oh, I like this!
[via Bruce Sterling]
Great Video
A Garden Carried in the Pocket —
This is a fascinating video from the New Zealand Book Council:
Who knew books were so versatile?
Ghost Word —
A hat tip to Allison Hoover Bartlett, author of The Man Who Loved Books Too Much, for sending this to me
Where Books Come to Life
Book Chase —
This very clever video presentation comes from the New Zealand Book Council. In it, Maurice Gees' Going West comes to life before your eyes. Take a look.
