Shayne Carter

Shayne Carter is a musician, most famously of Straitjacket Fits and Dimmer. His memoir Dead People I Have Known (VUP) has just won the general non-fiction category of the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards.

Books
May 12, 2020

Please welcome to the stage: Shayne Carter

A short extract from Shayne Carter's memoir Dead People I Have Known, which just won the General Non-Fiction category at the New Zealand Book Awards.

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Music
Jan 9, 2017

'All I had to do was listen': Shayne Carter on how he fell deeply in love with classical music

The long journey that turned Shayne Carter, one of New Zealand's great guitar heroes, into a classical piano music fan.

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