Something for everyone: The Nelson Book Fair is attracting people of all ages and walks of life, who enjoy browsing books and finding treasures. john selkirk/Stuff Images from the 1981 Springbok tour. Anne Kayes’ impressive novel In Our Own Back Yard does this – and more – with cogency, bringing a power and intensity to the events of four decades ago while contrasting them with the pandemic. Challenged by her children to remember an event that, when she was a teenager, affected the entire country, Liza starts writing her memories of the Springbok tour. It’s clear much research, some of it involving first-hand interviews with prominent figures in the anti-tour movement, has gone into the book.

Source: Stuff July 17, 2021 16:52 UTC