Peta CareyPeta Carey

Peta Carey is a Queenstown writer, and mother of Billie. She is the author of the 2017 book A Place for the Heart: The Life and Work of Dave Comer, Photographer and Film Location Scout, published by Craig Potton. Peta was born in Hamilton in 1963.

Book of the Week: The man who discovered Middle-earth

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Dave Comer was a film location scout who is credited with finding many of the spectacular locations for Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings. His widow Peta Carey introduces her new book of his photographs. It’s an odd affair, a book launch. Particularly your first book launch. My very kind publisher had warned me, “It’s … Read more