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Peter Simpson

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Peter Simpson is an Auckland writer, editor and curator. His book Bloomsbury South: The Arts in Christchurch 1933-53 was published by Auckland University in 2016.

The human scale of it: Peter Simpson remembers the composer Jonathan Besser

The human scale of it: Peter Simpson remembers the composer Jonathan Besser

Jonathan had always wanted to be a writer. Shortly before he died, he was able to hold a finished copy of his memoir.

By Peter Simpson | 19th April, 2022

Book of the Week: Bloomsbury South by Peter Simpson

Book of the Week: Bloomsbury South by Peter Simpson

Peter Simpson writes exclusively for the Spinoff about his new, much talked-about book on the all-painting, all-chattering intelligentsia of Christchurch in the 1930s.

By Peter Simpson | 28th July, 2016

Books: The Best Books of 2015 According to a Panel of 10 Experts. Our Fourth Expert – Peter Simpson

Books: The Best Books of 2015 According to a Panel of 10 Experts. Our Fourth Expert – Peter Simpson

All week this week we feature 10 readers who choose their favourite books of 2015. Come in, expert number four: Peter Simpson.

By Peter Simpson | 1st December, 2015

Books: Shock Claim – The Novel That Won the 2015 Man Booker Prize Doesn’t Entirely Suck

Books: Shock Claim – The Novel That Won the 2015 Man Booker Prize Doesn’t Entirely Suck

Are you feeling up to the challenge of taking on all 688 pages of the novel that won this year's Man Booker Prize?

By Peter Simpson | 27th October, 2015