EDGE #242: World Fantasy Award for Anna Smaill, Morgan Marquis-Boire on digital authoritarianism, Endace’s Medusa system, Lisa Harrow in Coriolanus + Tape Face + more ++

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News of Global New Zealanders From Brian Sweeney, producer NZEDGE.COM | 23 November 2016 | #242 | New York Writers | Victoria University of Wellington 21 November 2016 World Fantasy Award for Novelist Anna Smaill Author Anna Smaill’s debut The Chimes won best novel at the 2016 World Fantasy Awards in Ohio, United States, a “wonderful honour”, the Victoria University lecturer said. “I’m really happy. The authors on the shortlist are all remarkable, and to have my… Music | Strad (The) 22 November 2016 Violinist Benjamin Baker Wins NY Music Prize Violinist Benjamin Baker, 26, has been named one of four first prizewinners at the 2016 Young Concert Artists (YCA) International Auditions in New York.The four… Business | British Chamber of Commerce in Japan 21 November 2016 Jacky Scanlan Dyas Wins Person of the Year Award Jacky Scanlan Dyas, a Kiwi from Gisborne and a corporate partner at Hogan Lovells’ Tokyo office, has won the Person of the Year Award at this year’s… News | Telegraph (The) 21 November 2016 All Blacks Exact Immediate Revenge in Dublin Thriller “Two weeks after their 18-game winning run was ended by a 40-29 defeat to Ireland in Chicago, New Zealand reasserted their hegemony with a… X Files | YouTube 18 November 2016 Domino’s Delivers Pizza by Drone in New Zealand Domino’s Pizza in New Zealand has started to deliver pizzas using drones in Whangaparaoa. Watch this clip to see how it all works. Business | BBC 23 November 2016 NZ Model Set Up Luxury Travel Firm After Dare “It’s often said that the inspiration for starting a business can come from anywhere. For Stephanie Chai it was a dare,” writes Sarah Porter for the BBC. The… Adrenalin | Times of India (The) 22 November 2016 Bollywood Star on Power-Packed NZ Adventure Trail Bollywood superstar and adventure junkie Sidharth Malhotra, 31, was in New Zealand recently shooting a social media video highlighting New Zealand’s… Writers | This is Local London 21 November 2016 Heavy Metal Drummer Reprints WW2 Book New Zealand-born author and musician Lawrence Paterson has recently reprinted his fourth book, Hitler’s Grey Wolves: U-Boats In The Indian Ocean, which originally came out in 2004 and… Theatre | Guardian (The) 20 November 2016 Tape Face Captivates in Milton Keynes Fresh from a stint on America’s Got Talent, New Zealand comedian Sam Wills, aka Tape Face, recently preformed in Milton Keynes, delivering “a captivating set of skits that [brought]… Fashion | Los Angeles Times 19 November 2016 Rebecca Taylor Says Logoff and Buy in Store Rebecca Taylor started her fashion line two decades ago, cutting and sewing at a kitchen table in New York that she had built herself. Since then, the New Zealand-born… New Zealand | Independent (The) 19 November 2016 48 Hours In Wellington Wellington “is a small city and practically everything in the downtown district is in a straight line between the mountains that rise to the west and the bay to the east,” writes Christopher Beanland in an article for The… Science/Tech | Intercept (The) 18 November 2016 Keeping an Eye on Endace Designed by little-known New Zealand company Endace, a powerful piece of technology called the Medusa system, had one main purpose: to vacuum up vast quantities of internet data at an astonishing speed. And it was created for… Music | Hamilton Spectator (The) 18 November 2016 NZ String Quartet Communicate a Culture If you were to listen to the New Zealand String Quartet (NZSQ) with your eyes closed, could you tell that they were from halfway around the world? The Hamilton Spectator classical… Theatre | New York Times (The) 17 November 2016 Lisa Harrow’s Coriolanus Role Lauded A New York Times reviewer describes Auckland-born actor Lisa Harrow’s performance as “superb” in her role as Volumnia in Red Bull Theatre’s “gripping new production” of… Science/Tech | Ars Technica 17 November 2016 Morgan Marquis-Boire Talks Tech Tough in California New Zealand-born security researcher, hacker and journalist Morgan Marquis-Boire recently spoke on digital authoritarianism at an Ars Technica… Rugby | South China Morning Post 16 November 2016 Peter Duncan Takes up New Rugby Role in Hong Kong New Hong Kong Rugby Union president New Zealander Peter Duncan is “honoured” to be in the job after a 16-year hiatus.Duncan was first involved… See all stories and an 11,500 story archive of international New Zealand news 2000-2016 at NZEDGE/MEDIA. Researched and edited by Jane Nye (Berlin), Andrew Conn (New York), Henrike Forschler (Auckland). Web published by Henrike Forschler (Auckland). Fern symbol by www.nzflag.com founded by Lloyd Morrison.