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Square meals, Ruth Nichol

Posted on August 30, 2013 by NZ Books

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…

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Hedging digital bets, Donald Kerr

Posted on December 1, 2012 by NZ Books

Donald Kerr, head of Special Collections at the University of Otago library, assesses the survival of such collections in the digital age. Throughout the country, there are many institutions that contain a diverse range of collections, each containing a myriad…

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What we make of it, Penelope Todd

Posted on December 1, 2012 by NZ Books

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…

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Getting it covered, Jenny Nicholls

Posted on December 1, 2012 by NZ Books

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…

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Matters of form, Julia Marshall

Posted on December 1, 2012 by NZ Books

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 her…

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No need for bookshelves, Guy Somerset

Posted on December 1, 2012 by NZ Books

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…

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Editorial – Issue 98

Posted on June 1, 2012 by NZ Books

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…

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Down the side roads of history, Alison Gray

Posted on June 1, 2012 by NZ Books

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…

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Downloaded, Chris Else

Posted on June 1, 2012 by NZ Books

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…

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How to read when you can’t see — Camille Guy

Posted on March 1, 2012 by NZ Books

Camille Guy recounts how she went from “four eyes” to “blindie”, and its effect on her reading. The printed word fascinated me always. Sitting on the mat at Waterview Primary School in the early 1950s, I watched infant mistress Mrs…

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