John Freeman: international reader says the internet is a 'giant distraction'Deborah TreismanWriter and editor John Freeman has crossed the world in search of good writing. These nicely-judged summaries remind you that before he edited Granta, Freeman was a prolific book reviewer and interviewer of authors. John Freeman appears in the WORD Christchurch Writers and Readers Festival, August 25 and 26. Can the world really be as crazy as it seems? One of his WORD Christchurch Writers and Readers Festival sessions is about whether books can change the world.

Source: Stuff August 11, 2016 18:45 UTC