‘I have a commitment to social justice and equality. I don’t believe there should be poverty in New Zealand like there is now. That’s the social background to my publishing’, says Bridget Williams. The publishing office of Bridget Williams Books…
Nigel Brown Gregory O’Brien, Random Century, Auckland, 1991, $33.95 Gretchen Albrecht Linda Gill, Random Century, Auckland, 1991, $33.95 (New Zealand Contemporary Artists series) On the strength of these first two titles, anyone wishing to know more about New Zealand painting…
Doreen Blumhardt, Teacher and Potter Marion McLeod, Daphne Brasell Associates, Wellington, 1991, $21.95 In a world where books on artists and craftsmen are often loaded with jargon and preoccupied with the personal psychology of the subject, Doreen Blumhardt, Teacher and Potter,…
Alan Pearson: His Life and art Denys Trussell, Hazard Press, Christchurch, 1991, $75 Biography is one thing and hagiography quite another. Sadly, Denys Trussell has failed to realise the difference in his readable, provocative but deeply flawed biography of the painter…
Between these Hills Vivienne Plumb (ed), Between these Hills Collective, Wellington, 1991 White Feathers: An Anthology of New Zealand and Pacific Island Poetry on the Theme of Peace Terry Locke, Peter Low and John Winslade (eds), Hazard Press, Christchurch, 1991,…
Patrick White: a Life David Marr, Cape, London, 1991, $49.95 In future each issue will contain at least one review of an important book published outside New Zealand. Here A F Bellette reviews the first biography of Australia’s perhaps greatest…
The Book of New Zealand Women: Ko Kui Ma Te Kaupapa Charlotte Macdonald, Merimeri Penfold and Bridget Williams (eds), Bridget Williams Books, Wellington, 1991, $45 You could start to read The Book of New Zealand Women at the beginning and make your way…
The poetry scene today, Tony Beyer
Tony Beyer: Inspired by an affronted sense of mission: the poetry scene today That it is possible to attempt a full and satisfying existence without ever reading or thinking about poetry is demonstrated in the way of life chosen by the vast…
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