Craig Sisterson, bless him, is a tireless advocate of Kiwi
Krime. Obviously there has to be a better collective name for crime novels
written by New Zealanders. He said on the Ngaio Marsh Book Awards’ Facebook page that Scottish
crime fiction was called Tartan Noir and
Irish crime fiction was called Emerald Noir, so what should we call New Zealand
crime fiction? “Greenstone Noir? Pauashell Noir? Flax Noir? Kauri Noir?”
The Book Council’s Stephanie Soper came up with Yeah,
Noir. Which is brilliant, and definitive. Yeah Noir it is.
So here are my favourite coasters, bought in Cambridge, made
in Raglan. Ethically sourced! Tomorrow I shall try to commission the maker to make one
that says “Noir”.
1 comment:
Love it, but wonder how long it will take NZ Libraries to take notice and add it as a search term.
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