The Double Life of Bob Dylan Volume 2: 1966-2021: 'Far away from Myself'

Clinton Heylin

The second volume of Clinton Heylin's magisterial biography takes us from Dylan's 1966 motorcycle accident to the present day. We meet a man who is determined to confound expectations; yet whatever he does only seems to confirm his iconic status to fans and critics alike.There are peaks and troughs. Lo...

Dear Colin, Dear Ron - The Selected Letters of Colin McCahon and Ron Reilly

Peter Simpson

This substantial book of letters selected by esteemed Colin McCahon scholar Peter Simpson shines a light on one of the most remarkable relationships in New Zealand art. The painter Colin McCahon and the librarian Ron O'Reilly first met in 1938, in Dunedin, when McCahon was 19 and O'Reilly 24. They rem...