Menopause (Inspired by an essay by Ursula K Le Guin, “The Space Crone”, 1976). Ursula urges me to become a Crone to not bemoan my declining hormones to wear grey hair catch a space ship somewhere out there so…
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Boyznbooks, Rose Lovell-Smith
And Did Those Feet Ted Dawe Longacre Press, $18.99, ISBN 9781877361494 Single Fin Aaron Topp Random House, $18.99, ISBN 1869417844 Castaway: The Diary of Samuel Abraham Clark, Disappointment Island, 1907 Bill O’Brien Scholastic, $16.99, ISBN 1869437500 Boyznbikes Vince Ford Scholastic,…
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Tagged with: Aaron Topp, Bill O’Brien, Issue 78, Longacre Press, Random House, Rose Lovell-Smith, Scholastic, Ted Dawe, Vince Ford, Winter 2007
Posted in Children, Fiction, Literature, Young adults
Posted in Children, Fiction, Literature, Young adults
The hum of their parts, Anna Jackson
Paperchase G Brassi Scholastic, $17.00, ISBN 1869437098 Thieves Ella West Longacre Press, $18.99, ISBN 1877361488 Genesis Bernard Beckett Longacre Press, $18.99, ISBN 9781877361524 These three novels are all presented as thrillers. It is interesting to see thrillers being written especially…
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Tagged with: Anna Jackson, Bernard Beckett, Ella West, G Brassi, Issue 78, Longacre Press, Scholastic, Winter 2007
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults
Beautiful and organic, Christine Johnston
Dwelling poetically, Dougal McNeill
Brainpark Anna Sanderson Victoria University Press, $29.95, ISBN 086473543X After the Dance Michele Amas Victoria University Press, $24.95, ISBN 0864735421 Secret Heart Airini Beautrais Victoria University Press, $24.95, ISBN 0864735413 The Unbelievable Lightness of Eggs: Light Poems and Verse Bernard…
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Tagged with: Airini Beautrais, Andrew Fagan, Anna Sanderson, Bernard Gadd, Dougal McNeill, Hallard Press, HeadworX, Issue 78, Michele Amas, Victoria University Press, Winter 2007
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Back to the Spanish front, Keith Ovenden
Defence of Madrid Geoffrey Cox Otago University Press, $39.95, ISBN 1877372382 The republication of Geoffrey Cox’s short work Defence of Madrid (1937) is a corrective to many contemporary assumptions about the Spanish Civil War. It is an eyewitness account of…
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Tagged with: Geoffrey Cox, Issue 78, Keith Ovenden, Otago University Press, Winter 2007
Posted in Media, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Media, Non-fiction, Review
Songs from the liberal hymn book, Mike Grimshaw
Wrestling with God: The Story of My Life Lloyd Geering Bridget Williams Books, $34.99, ISBN 1877242365 A Religious Atheist?: Critical Essays on the Work of Lloyd Geering Raymond Pelly and Peter Stuart (eds) Otago University Press, $39.95, ISBN 1877372374 The…
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Tagged with: Bridget Williams Books, Issue 78, Lloyd Geering, Mike Grimshaw, Peter Stuart, Raymond Pelly, Winter 2007
Posted in Non-fiction, Religion, Review
Posted in Non-fiction, Religion, Review
Getting knowledge to the people, Hilary Stace
Geoffrey Alley, Librarian: His Life and Work W J McEldowney Victoria University Press, $59.95, ISBN 0864735340 New Zealanders of all ages can relate to the transformative experience of accessing free library services. The National Library, after a few wobbles in…
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Tagged with: Geoffrey Alley, Hilary Stace, Issue 78, Victoria University Press, W J McEldowney, Winter 2007
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review