The Journal of Urgent Writing 2017 [Paperback]

This annual journal of provocative, passionate and argumentative essays is made for anyone who thinks theres little to stimulate intelligent well-informed debate in the media anymore and who hungers for some brain food.

Featuring:Morgan Godfery on identity Jess Berentson-Shaw on social investment Andrew Judd on racism Carys Goodwin on climate change Conor Clarke on dirt David Cohen on Popper, Plato, Hegel and Marx Emma Espiner on a tikanga Maori world Gilbert Wong on growing up Chinese Giselle Byrnes on why universities matter Jo Randerson on dying Mamari Stephens on our threatened marae Victor Rodger on being actually brown Maria Majsa on Johnny Rotten Max Harris on dreams Mike Joy and Kyleisha Foote on dams Raf Manji on a new progressive agenda Sarah Laing on menstruation Sylvia Nissen on youth and politics Teena Brown Pulu on three Tongan funerals Tim Watkin on explaining Trump Simon Wilson on a radical centre.

Great minds share great ideas and strong views

Simon Wilson is a senior writer with theNew Zealand Herald. He is a former editor ofMetro,CuisineandConsumermagazines, and has also been chief subeditor for theNew Zealand Listenerand a commissioning editor for book publisher AH & AW Reed. Simon was chair of the non-fiction judges panel at the 2016 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. His novelThe Age of Lightwas published in 1994. He is the winner of many journalism awards, both as a writer and an editor, including magazine of the year (for both?Cuisine?and?Metro), feature writer of the year (twice), first-person essayist of the year, opinion writer of the year and reviewer of the year. He is a recipient of a Presidents Award and the Auckland Cup from Te Kahui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects.