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It’s Auckland Anniversary 2003. On a summer beach in the Coromandel, Stewart holidays with his family, relieved to put the stresses of the old year behind them. They swim and sunbathe, and watch the launch of a hot-air balloon in a nearby park. Life seems good again; their love is strong. But then one of the children goes missing and as Stewart and Sylvia search, the certainties of their world begin to crumble.
Twenty years later, it will take another generation to make sense of that day on the beach and to come terms with its legacy. Published by Constellation Books, NZ Signed copies available from Fishpond in NZ and Australia. Available worldwide from Amazon. |
WELCOMEDavid is a British-born geographer, environmental scientist, writer and poet.
After a career in academia in England, during which he published widely, he moved to New Zealand in 2009. He now lives in Mapua, near Nelson, where he devotes himself to creative writing, in the company of his wife and their two dogs. His debut novel, The Direction of Our Fear, was published in September 2016, by New Zealand publishers, BMS Books Ltd . By the Tracks We Leave, written earlier, was later reissued through KDP. The Claim, was published by UK publishers RedDoor Press in 2019. The book was long-listed for the Michael Gifkins Prize in 2018, and has been short-listed for the 2020 NZ Booklovers Award. Zarrin - a story of a Syrian refugee trying to escape to Europe, was released by RedDoor Press in July 2022. His latest novel, The Day of the Red Balloon, was published under the Constellation Books imprint in March 2024. All his novels are available through Amazon. Several of his poems have also been published, and have won prizes for poetry both internationally and in New Zealand. Reflections, a collection of poems and photographs compiled with photographer JF Robert, was published by The CopyPress in December 2020. Links to more about David Briggs:
David in the New Zealand Society of Authors David's website for dog-walkers David on geology David's work on climate change David on Researchgate David on Amazon |
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