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Words and deeds, Helen Watson White
The Political Years Marilyn Waring Bridget Williams Books, $40.00, ISBN 9781988545936 The cover of Marilyn Waring’s book The Political Years shows a telling photograph of the 1979 National Party caucus in the Beehive: row upon row of suited men, with…
Tagged with: Bridget Williams Books, Helen Watson White, Issue 128, Marilyn Waring, Summer 2019
Posted in Autobiography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Autobiography, Non-fiction, Review
Believing you are a star, Nick Bollinger
Dead People I Have Known Shayne Carter Victoria University Press, $40.00, ISBN 9781776562213 Rock odysseys can start in obscure places. Shayne Carter’s began in Brockville, a state-housing suburb of Dunedin, a city at the southern end of a country that…
Tagged with: Issue 127, Nick Bollinger, Shayne Carter, Spring 2019, Victoria University Press
Posted in Autobiography, Music, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Autobiography, Music, Non-fiction, Review
Reeling in the years, Bruce Babington
A Life on Film: I’m Taking this Bloody Car to Invercargill! Geoff Murphy HarperCollins, $40.00, ISBN 9781775540793 Okay, there was this guy Murphy back in the 1970s. Somehow, in near impossible conditions, he made three of the foundational feature films…
Tagged with: Bruce Babington, Geoff Murphy, HarperCollins, Issue 115, Spring 2016
Posted in Autobiography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Autobiography, Non-fiction, Review
From the sidelines, Michele A’Court
Dan Carter: My Story Dan Carter with Duncan Greive Upstart Press, $50.00 ISBN 9781927262382 Here’s a crazy idea – get someone who doesn’t give a toss about rugby to review the autobiography of the world’s greatest rugby union fly-half. Madness.…
Tagged with: Dan Carter, Duncan Greive, Issue 114, Michele A’Court, Upstart Press, Winter 2016
Posted in Autobiography, Non-fiction, Review, Sport
Posted in Autobiography, Non-fiction, Review, Sport
Telling our stories to ourselves, Chris Else
Jerome Kaino: My Story Jerome Kaino Penguin, $40.00, ISBN 9780143573562 Wildboy Brando Yelavich Penguin, $35.00, ISBN 9780143573159 The Good Doctor Lance O’Sullivan Penguin, $38.00, ISBN 9780143572510 How Bizarre Simon Grigg Awa Press, $38.00, ISBN 9781927249222 Lydia Bradey: Going Up is…
Tagged with: Autumn 2016, Awa Press, Brando Yelavich, Chris Else, Issue 113, Lance O’Sullivan, Laurence Fearnley, Lydia Bradey, Penguin Books, Simon Grigg
Posted in Autobiography, Biography, Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Autobiography, Biography, Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
Eminent people and unmade beds, Ann Beaglehole
My Life in Two Halves: A Memoir Betty Gilderdale David Bateman, $30.00, ISBN 978186953832 Before I Forget Jacqueline Fahey Auckland University Press, $45.00, ISBN 9781869405816 The Lost Woman Sydney Smith Text, $40.00, ISBN 9781921922480 Freud, who supposedly said that he…
Tagged with: Ann Beaglehole, Auckland University Press, Autumn 2013, Betty Gilderdale, David Bateman, Issue 101, Jacqueline Fahey, Sydney Smith, Text
Posted in Autobiography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Autobiography, Non-fiction, Review
Raw surfaces of a mind, Elizabeth Smither
Your Unselfish Kindness: Robin Hyde’s Autobiographical Writings Mary Edmond-Paul (ed) Otago University Press, $40.00, ISBN 9781877578212 It’s natural in a densely-packed book to look at the photographs first. Robin Hyde was intensely interested in houses and rooms and their…
Tagged with: Elizabeth Smither, Issue 99, Mary Edmond-Paul, Otago University Press, Robin Hyde, Spring 2012
Posted in Autobiography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Autobiography, Non-fiction, Review
Cracking up, David Cohen
Taming the Tiger: A Personal Encounter with Manic Depression Michael Morrissey Polygraphia, $39.00, ISBN 9781877332968 Sing No Sad Songs Sandra Arnold Canterbury University Press, $35.00, ISBN 9781927145067 Michael Morrissey’s account of his long encounter with mental affliction begins…
Tagged with: Canterbury University Press, David Cohen, Issue 98, Michael Morrissey, Polygraphia, Sandra Arnold, Winter 2012
Posted in Autobiography, Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Autobiography, Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
The cult of celebrity, Linda Burgess
Mike McRoberts: Beyond the Front Line Mike McRoberts HarperCollins, $39.99, ISBN 9781869509392 Scrim: The Man with a Mike William Renwick Victoria University Press, $50.00, ISBN 9780864736956 “I like to think I have my father’s courage and humour, and…
Tagged with: Colin Scrimgeour, HarperCollins, Issue 98, Linda Burgess, Mike McRoberts, Scrim, Victoria University Press, William Renwick, Winter 2012
Posted in Autobiography, Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Autobiography, Biography, Non-fiction, Review