Photo taken in Whitcoul's Bookshop, Auckland, NZ, 17 Feb 2007
I've gone on a bit here about the joys of Zoetrope for writers. Rachael King, author of The Sound of Butterflies, has a level-headed post, A writer's best friend and worst enemy, about what this online community has meant to her. First stop I made after arriving in New Zealand earlier this year was Whitcoul's Bookshop. Though the chains have made their way to NZ, small bookstores and local chains, like Whitcoul's, are everywhere. It was there that I spotted Rachael's new book, well displayed with an article and, author's dream, face out on the shelf.
Note to historians: Rachael's father was Michael King, the astounding historian who wrote the definitive work, The Penguin History of New Zealand.
