Blue Smoke (book) explained

Blue Smoke: The Lost Dawn of New Zealand Popular Music 1918–1964 is a prize-winning book by Chris Bourke on the early history of music in New Zealand published by the Auckland University Press.^{[1] [2]}

Bourke is a music writer who has been writing about music since 1987.^[3] He wrote Blue Smoke while on the National Library’s research fellowship in 2006 and later as writer-in-residence at the University of Waikato.^[4]

Blue Smoke won the 2011 New Zealand Post Book awards.^{[5] [6]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Blue Smoke: The Lost Dawn of New Zealand Popular Music 1918–1964 . . 2011 . 27 July 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110927213435/http://web.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/aup/book/2010/bourke-blue-smoke.cfm . 27 September 2011 .
2. Web site: National Library of New Zealand Catalogue Quick Record View . 27 July 2011 . https://archive.today/20120711184445/http://nlnzcat.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=1381422 . 11 July 2012 . dead .
3. Web site: Articles, interviews and reviews from Chris Bourke: Rock's Backpages. . rocksbackpages.com . 2011 . 27 July 2011.
4. Web site: Beattie's Book Blog – unofficial homepage of the New Zealand book community: BLUE SMOKE . beattiesbookblog.blogspot.com . 2011. 27 July 2011.
5. Web site: Kiwi Music History Takes Top Literary Prize | Booksellers New Zealand . booksellers.co.nz . 2011 . Bourke scored a unique hat trick by also scoring the New Zealand Post General Non-fiction Award and the coveted People’s Choice Award. . 27 July 2011 . 1 September 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110901045333/http://www.booksellers.co.nz/awards/new-zealand-post-book-awards/kiwi-music-history-takes-top-literary-prize . dead .
6. Web site: Chris Bourke interview . . 2011 . Chris Bourke's book Blue Smoke has just won the New Zealand Post Book Awards' top prize. Here is our interview with Bourke from last year. . 28 July 2011.