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Square meals, Ruth Nichol
The Colour of Food: A Memoir of Life, Love and Dinner Anne Else Awa Press, $12.00, ISBN 9781877551925 Back in the days when most New Zealanders ate the same stuff – mince, chops, sausages, a roast on Sunday – the…
Tagged with: Anne Else, Awa Press, Issue 103, Ruth Nichol, Spring 2013
Posted in ebooks, Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in ebooks, Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
What we make of it, Penelope Todd
E-publisher Penelope Todd foresees a complementary future for print and digital. When an invention appears that radically threatens our comfortable habits and suppositions, our instinct is to clutch at the old and mistrust the new. We like our books: the…
Getting it covered, Jenny Nicholls
North & South magazine art director Jenny Nicholls looks into the future of book design. Recently I was sent a photography book published by Taschen – Mario Testino: Private View – to review. I had been looking forward to the…
Matters of form, Julia Marshall
Julia Marshall of Gecko Press wonders about the future of the book as artefact. Recently, Frances, in charge of Gecko Press accounts, went to get her daily coffee at The Jimmy in Wellington and was asked where she worked. On…
No need for bookshelves, Guy Somerset
New Zealand Listener books and culture editor Guy Somerset tries to be brave about e-books. It’s the bookmarks I’ll miss most. At least that’s what I used to think when I was a fervent advocate of the demise of the…
Editorial – Issue 98
Two issues beyond the 20th anniversary edition of New Zealand Books and two before our 100th issue, we’ve reached another milestone. The determined enthusiasts who founded the journal might well have predicted the first two, and will certainly have hoped…
Down the side roads of history, Alison Gray
Road Markings Michael Jackson Rosa Mira Books, $US11.00 (digital), ISBN 9780986469435 One of Buddha’s most satisfying teachings is the simplicity of mindfulness. “When walking, walk; when standing, stand; when sitting, sit; when lying down, lie down.” And, if he…
Tagged with: Alison Gray, Issue 98, Michael Jackson, Rosa Mira Books, Winter 2012
Posted in ebooks, Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in ebooks, Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
Downloaded, Chris Else
Chris Else discovers online shopping is no match for the bookshop browse. There are books bought and books borrowed; books stolen and books found; books that are gifts and books that are prizes; books that you read as soon as…
Hedging digital bets, Donald Kerr
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