Children’s Books with Kate De Goldi
I enjoy studying Children’s literature – but I find listening to Kate De Goldi talk a bit stressful. It’s hard to focus on what she’s saying because she sounds so rushed and jumpy. I wish she would relax and slow down a bit.
I just looked her up and there’s a funny story on her profile at the NZ Book Council.
“When I was three years old I swallowed some pills of my aunt’s and had to have my stomach pumped (an exceptionally vile experience). I knew the hospital staff wouldn’t be able to get the pump in if I kept my mouth shut tight so I clamped my teeth together and resisted their entreaties for quite a while (kicking and punching them at the same time, when possible). But they tricked me by asking me a question and since I can never resist talking I opened my mouth to answer and they shoved the tube in. Unspeakable horror! After it was over my Dad bought me a massive hokey pokey ice cream. He was rather traumatised so he had an ice cream too. I’ve disliked hospitals ever since – though the doctors and nurses appeared generally benign. ”
More about Kate:
Christchurch City Libraries – kids interview
Waiting For Mummy sounds interesting.
Max Gimblett
I really enjoyed this interview.
I’d never heard of Max Gimblett. He was born in NZ but has lived in the US for a long time. Sounds like a nice guy. I like the way he randomly said and did odd things throughout the interview.
He is a Jungian. I’d never heard of that before.
Jungian
adj. of or relating to the Swiss psychologist Carl Jung (1875-1961) or his system of analytical psychology.
n. a follower of Jung or his system
Interesting what they were saying about marketing + making art.
I like the way Kim talks about stuff that she might not believe in with an open mind.
30:30
Kim: What were you in the last life?
Max: I was a Japanese woman.
I found this on YouTube:
Very cool.
