Yearly Archives: 2001
When Famous People Come to Town Damien Wilkins On Kissing Kate Camp On Longing Vincent O’Sullivan Four Winds Press, $14.95 each, ISBN 0958237506; 0958237514; 0958237530 Shortly after these little books, none much longer than 50 pages, were published in September…
The Cars We Loved John McCrystal Penguin, $36.95, ISBN 01401004517 Killing Us Softly: The Kiwi Culture of Complaint John Bluck Shoal Bay Press, $24.95, ISBN 1877251100 Kiwiana! The Sequel Richard Wolfe and Stephen Barnett Penguin, $49.95, ISBN 0140298770 We seek…
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December 2001,
Issue 51,
John Bluck,
John McCrystal,
Penguin,
Richard Wolfe,
Shoal Bay Press,
Stephen Barnett
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The Other Side Of The Ditch: A cartoon century in the New Zealand-Australia relationship Ian F Grant Tandem Press, $19.95, ISBN 0958232008 Thoroughbreds, Trainers, Toffs and Tic Tac Men: A Cartoon History of Horse Racing in New Zealand David Grant…
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David Grant,
Dunmore Press,
Dunmore Publishing,
Ian F Grant,
Issue 56,
Jon Gadsby,
Summer 2001,
Tandem Press
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Three Labour Leaders: Nordmeyer, Kirk, Rowling ed Margaret Clark Dunmore Press, $29.95, ISBN 086469394X Mirrors on the Hill: Reflections on New Zealand’s Political Leaders Keith Eunson Dunmore Press, $29.95, ISBN 086469385 To the uninitiated, looking in askance from without, politics…
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Arnold Nordmeyer,
December 2001,
Dunmore Press,
Issue 51,
Keith Eunson,
Margaret Clark,
Norman Kirk,
Tony Simpson,
Wallace (Bill) Rowling
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Politics & Law,
Review
The Journey to Prison: Who Goes and Why Celia Lashlie HarperCollins, $34.95, ISBN 186950433X Over the last few years, Celia (“Ces”) Lashlie, through her outspoken and sometimes controversial rhetoric, has become a well-known and popular speaker on criminal justice issues…
Music in New Zealand: A Reader from the 1940s ed Allan Thomas University of Canterbury School of Music, $25, ISBN 090871808X What does an anthology of source readings, soberly titled Music in New Zealand: A Reader from the 1940s have…
Swirly World: the solo voyages Andrew Fagan HarperCollins, $29.95, ISBN 186590402X Wet Behind the Ears: adventures of a runaway sailor Peter Taylor HarperCollins, $24.95, ISBN 1869504003 With the sea breathing down their necks, New Zealanders are drawn more than most…
Mates text by Jim Hopkins, photos by Julie Riley HarperCollins, $29.95, ISBN 1869503678 Telephone rings. S.Nag: Hullo. Sam here. B.Loke: Gidday, mate. Brucey here. How about coming down to the pub to watch the footie on the big screen?…
Pavlova Paradise Revisited Austin Mitchell Penguin, $27.95, ISBN 0143018264 For those old enough to remember it, The Half-Gallon Quarter-Acre Pavlova Paradise was a funny, disrespectful but good-natured account of what it felt like to be a clever, progressive Left Brit…
Love This Life: Lyrics 1978-2001 Neil Finn Allen & Unwin, $35.00, ISBN 1865085081 Lyrics without melody Mahinarangi Tocker Street Women Press, $19.95, ISBN 0473074427 I have always been a passionate pop fan, but never a great lover of the printed…
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Allen & Unwin,
December 2001,
Issue 51,
Mahinarangi Tocker,
Neil Finn,
Nick Bollinger,
Street Women Press
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Music,
Non-fiction,
Poetry,
Review