Islands of Excellence - Peter Biggs

Reviewed memorably as the unbearable lightness of Biggsy, this is a book of speeches and talks by Featherston Booktown’s Peter Biggs back in the period when he was chair of Creative New Zealand and actively involved in the advertising industry.

Think of this book as a series of takes on the arts sector and the arts in Aotearoa. Plenty of memorable zingers, it is by an advertising executive after all, and exhortation to celebrate the arts and develop the creative sector. 

In her foreword, Dame Fiona Kidman writes that the book is a collection of provocative ideas from a thoughtful, generous man, whose words demand our attention if the arts are to survive and flourish in this country. 

Graciously signed by the author. 

Steele Roberts, 2004. Paperback, 166 pages. 

Condition: secondhand paperback in very good condition.