Blue Smoke (book)
Blue Smoke: The Lost Dawn of New Zealand Popular Music 1918-1964 is a prize-winning book by Chris Bourke on the early history of music in New Zealand published by the Auckland University Press.[1][2]
Bourke is a music writer who has been writing about music since 1987.[3] He wrote Blue Smoke while on the National Library’s research fellowship in 2006 and later as writer-in-residence at the University of Waikato.[4]
Blue Smoke won the 2011 New Zealand Post Book awards.[5][6]
References
- ^ "Blue Smoke: The Lost Dawn of New Zealand Popular Music 1918-1964". Auckland University Press. 2011. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
- ^ http://nlnzcat.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=1381422
- ^ "Articles, interviews and reviews from Chris Bourke: Rock's Backpages". rocksbackpages.com. 2011. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
- ^ "Beattie's Book Blog - unofficial homepage of the New Zealand book community: BLUE SMOKE". beattiesbookblog.blogspot.com. 2011. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
- ^ "Kiwi Music History Takes Top Literary Prize | Booksellers New Zealand". booksellers.co.nz. 2011. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
Bourke scored a unique hat trick by also scoring the New Zealand Post General Non-fiction Award and the coveted People's Choice Award.
- ^ "Chris Bourke interview". New Zealand Listener. 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
Chris Bourke's book Blue Smoke has just won the New Zealand Post Book Awards' top prize. Here is our interview with Bourke from last year.