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Bruce Ansley is one of New Zealand s most experienced and respected writers. He has worked in Great Britain and New Zealand, on such papers as the Christchurch Star and the London Sun. For many years he was a staff writer at The New Zealand Listener. Since then he has freelanced and written a number of bestselling books, including A Long Slow Affair of the Heart and God, an account of a canal boat trip through France which develops into a journey within a journey as the internal shifts within a marriage threaten to destroy it, and Gods and Little Fishes, the acclaimed memoir of a childhood in New Brighton. His writing has covered such diverse topics as undercover detective work, a history of Christchurch suburb New Brighton, a tribute to the heritage buildings destroyed in the Christchurch earthquakes, and the tale of legendary high-country station Mesopotamia (of Samuel Butler fame). He has won fellowships to Oxford University and Cambridge University, and a number of journalism awards. He has written for radio and television, including writing for A Week of It and McPhail and Gadsby. A keen sailo