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On songSimon Sweetman

On song

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"On Song is my first book. The Commissioning Editor for Non-Fiction at Penguin approached me at the beginning of last year. He had been a follower of my blogs and reviews and Facebook posts. We got chatting about his concept. It very quickly became our concept, in that the book was a commissioned piece but it tells my story too – it was not simply something I signed on to complete. On Song looks behind 30 New Zealand songs – songs that everyone should know; songs that I feel could only have come from this part of the world. It questions just what a New Zealand song is as much as it celebrates…

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  • Other · English · 2012
    On song : stories behind New Zealand pop classics
    Penguin · 298 pages · 9780143568162
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