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Patricia Grace is one of New Zealand's most celebrated writers. She has published six novels and seven short story collections, as well as a number of books for children and non-fiction. She won the New Zealand Fiction Award for Potiki in 1987, and was longlisted for the Booker Prize in 2001 with Dogside Story, which also won the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Fiction Prize. Her children's story The Kuia and the Spider won Children's Picture Book of the Year. Patricia was born in Wellington and lives in Plimmerton on ancestral land, in close proximity to her home marae at Hongoeka Bay. Previous novels by Patricia Grace- Mutuwhenua- The Moon Sleeps, Potiki, Cousins, Baby No-eyes, Dogside Story, Tu. Short story collections- Waiariki, The Dream Sleepers and Other Stories, Electric City and Other Stories, Selected Stories, Collected Stories, The Sky People, Small Holes in the Silence. Books for children- The Kuia and the Spider/Te Kuia me te Pungawerewere, Watercress Tuna and the Children of Champion Street/Te Tuna Watakirihi me Nga Tamariki o te Tiriti o Toa, The Trolley, Areta and the Kahawai, Maraea and the Albatrosses. Non-fiction- Wahine Toa, Ned & Katina- a True Love Story.
Title: Clifton in Pictures <br>Author: Derek B. Johnson <br>Publisher: Fairfax Station Connection <br>Date: 1/28/2009 <p><br>For Clifton resident and historian Lynne Garvey-Hodge, using mostly pictures to tell the story of Cliftonas history was a tall order. She wrote over 100,000 words for her original manuscript. Arcadia Publishing, known for its Images of America series, limited her to 18,000, 350 for every chapter and just 70 per caption. She joked that it was an exercise in brevity. <p><br>On Sunday, Jan. 25 Garvey-Hodge hosted a book signing event for Clifton at The Canary Cottage bed and breakfast she operates on Main Street of town. From 1-4 p.m., a gathering of friends, colleagues and residents filled the main floor while Garvey-Hodge signed copies of her book at the rear of the home. <p><br> Clifton uses photographs from a multitude of different sources to paint a timeline of the townas history stretching back to its purchase by Englishmen in 1710 to the Civil War and subsequent change to the townas current name through the modern progressive era. Garvey-Hodge said in addition to the photos she was able to procure from her town neighbors, some of whom have lived in Clifton for generations, she also spent a good deal of time researching at The Virginia Room in Fairfax and the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.. Because the book was a pictorial essay, some aspects of the townas history without photographic evidence, like the string of reported UFO sightings in 1952, didnat make it into the book. Still, Garvey-Hodge said the format had its advantages. <p><br> I knew it was something I could do without years and years of research, she said <p><br>Garvey-Hodge saidClifton represented a very affluent cross-section of the countryas history <p><br> I really think we are what America is all about these days, she said. <p><br> Clifton by Lynne Garvey-Hodge is available at major retail outlets including Borders, and Barnes and Noble for $21.95. It is also available in local stores within Clifton such as The Clifton General Store on Main Street and The Cottage Arts on Chapel Road and from internet outlets such as Amazon.com.
