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One of us, David Groves
Karl Wolfskehl: A Poet In Exile Friedrich Voit Cold Hub Press, $40.00, ISBN 9780473476694 We have many short accounts in English of aspects of the life, character and writings of Karl Wolfskehl. Friedrich Voit now gives us a biography, in…
Tagged with: Cold Hub Press, David Groves, Friedrich Voit, Issue 128, Karl Wolfskehl, Summer 2019
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Radical carrot, upside down parrot, Gregory O’Brien
Frances Hodgkins: European Journeys Catherine Hammond and Mary Kisler (eds) Auckland University Press, $75.00, ISBN 9781869408930 Finding Frances Hodgkins Mary Kisler Massey University Press, $45.00, ISBN 9780995102972 You reach a certain age and your favourite artists and writers start invading…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Catherine Hammond, Frances Hodgkins, Gregory O’Brien, Issue 128, Mary Kisler, Massey University Press, Summer 2019
Posted in Art, Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Art, Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Bullies behind the screen, Jane Westaway
Whale Oil Margie Thomson Potton and Burton, $40.00, ISBN 9780947503819 The authors of certain books published in this country deserve medals. Not literary prizes, although they might merit these, too. But I mean authors who devote themselves to uncovering connections…
Tagged with: Issue 128, Jane Westaway, Margie Thomson, Potton and Burton, Summer 2019
Posted in Media, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Posted in Media, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
A travelling life, Tony Mackle
Don’t Forget To Feed The Cat: The Travel Letters And Sketches Of Stewart Bell Maclennan Mary Bell Thornton (ed) The Cuba Press, $40.00, ISBN 9781988595009 This delightful and beautifully produced book is a worthwhile read on several levels. It is…
Tagged with: Issue 128, Mary Bell Thornton, Stewart Bell Maclennan, Summer 2019, The Cuba Press, Tony Mackle
Posted in Letters, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Letters, Non-fiction, Review
The life and the work, Martin Edmond
In Fifteen Minutes You Can Say A Lot: Selected Fiction Greville Texidor, (Kendrick Smithyman ed) Victoria University Press, $30.00, ISBN 9781776562268 All The Juicy Pastures: Greville Texidor And New Zealand Margot Schwass Victoria University Press, $40.00, ISBN 9781776562251 In April…
Tagged with: Greville Texidor, Issue 128, Kendrick Smithyman, Margot Schwass, Martin Edmond, Summer 2019, Victoria University Press
Posted in Biography, Fiction, Literature, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, Fiction, Literature, Non-fiction, Review
In the hybrid zones, Airini Beautrais
How To Live Helen Rickerby Auckland University Press, $25.00, ISBN 9781869409050 Ransack essa may ranapiri Victoria University Press, $25.00, ISBN 9781776562374 Conventional Weapons Tracey Slaughter Victoria University Press, $25.00, ISBN 9781776562206 In a literary sense, genre is problematic. While it’s…
Tagged with: Airini Beautrais, Auckland University Press, essa may ranapiri, Helen Rickerby, Issue 128, Summer 2019, Victoria University Press
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Imperial identities, Tim Cook
For King And Other Countries: The New Zealanders Who Fought In Other Services In The First World War Glyn Harper Massey University Press, $60.00, ISBN 9780995102996 New Zealand, like Australia, Canada, India, Newfoundland and South Africa, contributed enormous numbers of…
Tagged with: Glyn Harper, Issue 128, Massey University Press, Summer 2019, Tim Cook
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, War
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, War
“Unlicked selves”, Hugh Roberts
Collected Poems Fleur Adcock Victoria University Press, $50.00, ISBN 9781776562091 “Fleur Adcock is a New Zealand poet, editor and translator who resides in Britain” – so says, blandly, the inside back flap of the dust-jacket of Victoria University Press’s imposing…
Tagged with: Fleur Adcock, Hugh Roberts, Issue 128, Summer 2019, Victoria University Press
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
“The play’s the thing”, Sarah Ross
Ngaio Marsh’s Hamlet: The 1943 Production Script Polly Hoskins (ed) Canterbury University Press, $30.00, ISBN 9781988503134 In August 1943, as New Zealand troops in Europe began the Italian campaign, the Canterbury University College Drama Society (CUCDS) performed Hamlet to sell-out…
Tagged with: Canterbury University Press, Issue 128, Ngaio Marsh, Polly Hoskins, Sarah Ross, Summer 2019
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Plays, Review
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Plays, Review
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