My week in the media for In a Word turned into a month or so, thanks to the interest of radio and TV. I did lots of interviews in the end, and had chats on Radio NZ and TVNZ, in the form of Media Watch and Media7, blabbing about words and subbing (and the book).

Mediawatch here and Media7 here.

I was very grateful for the attention, refreshed in finding that other people in the media still care about words, and hope my warbling made people who love language smile and nod and frown and shake their heads, and maybe a few pick up the book in shops to see if it's their thing.

Oddly, and it may be ironically, the papers and mags didn't make much of the book. In that I mean they hardly mentioned it. A very positive review appeared in the Your Weekend magazine that goes out in Saturday's DomPost, Press and Waikato Times, thanks, but I had hoped one of the nation's print publications, who seem to take words seriously, would have a good go at the book, spotting its strengths and weaknesses, its intent and hubris. Nup. Maybe someone in the UK press will, now it's over there.

My original week in the media is here.