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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
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
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
Searching for the whole truth, Bill Hastings
Shirley Smith: An Examined Life Sarah Gaitanos Victoria University Press, $40.00, ISBN 9781776562176 In Wellington, it is difficult to find a lawyer, judge, or even a member of the Mongrel Mob of a certain age, who does not have a…
Tagged with: Bill Hastings, Issue 127, Sarah Gaitanos, Spring 2019, Victoria University Press
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Unpleasant truths, Douglas Lloyd Jenkins
Theo Schoon: A Biography Damian Skinner Massey University Press, $60.00, ISBN 9780995100176 Hudson and Halls: The Food of Love Joanne Drayton Otago University Press, $50.00, ISBN 9781988531267 There has long been an uneasiness on the part of local biographers when…
Tagged with: Autumn 2019, Damian Skinner, Douglas Lloyd Jenkins, Issue 125, Theo Schoon
Posted in Art, Biography, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Posted in Art, Biography, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Making it and making it up, C K Stead
Life as a Novel – A Biography of Maurice Shadbolt, Volume I, 1932-1973 Philip Temple David Ling, $45.00, ISBN 9781927305447 Recently, I have been writing an autobiography and consequently hunting out old letters. One I found, written to Kay from…
Tagged with: Autumn 2019, C K Stead, David Ling, Issue 125, Maurice Shadbolt, Philip Temple
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
A singular genius, Andrew Wood
Colours of a Life: The Life and Times of Douglas MacDiarmid Anna Cahill Mary Egan Publishing, $80.00, ISBN 9780473423834 Over the decades, New Zealand has lost a tragic amount of cultural talent overseas for many reasons: the old bashing machine…
Tagged with: Andrew Wood, Anna Cahill, Autumn 2019, Douglas MacDiarmid, Issue 125, Mary Egan Publishing
Posted in Art, Biography, Non-fiction
Posted in Art, Biography, Non-fiction
Private life and public record, Kate Hannah
The Unconventional Career of Dr Muriel Bell Diana Brown Otago University Press, $35.00, ISBN 9781988531304 Perhaps some are surprised that a scientist whose impact on New Zealand’s health, particularly the health of women and children, could have been, up until…
Tagged with: Autumn 2019, Diana Brown, Issue 125, Muriel Bell, Otago University Press
Posted in Biography, Health, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, Health, Non-fiction, Review
Consecrating Curnow, Simon During
Allen Curnow: Simply by Sailing in a New Direction Terry Sturm (Linda Cassells (ed)) Auckland University Press, $70.00, ISBN 9781869408527, Allen Curnow’s first book, Valley of Decision, appeared as a “Phoenix Miscellany” under the Auckland University College Students’ Association Press…
Tagged with: Allen Curnow, Auckland University Press, Autumn 2018, Issue 121, Linda Cassells, Simon During, Terry Sturm
Posted in Biography, Literature, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, Literature, Non-fiction, Review
Radiant living: a hero rediscovered, Julia Millen
Edmund Hillary: A Biography Michael Gill Potton and Burton, $60.00, ISBN 9780947503383 1953: Edmund Hillary, Everest conqueror (with Tenzing Norgay), is knighted by newly-crowned Queen Elizabeth II. From the time he climbed his first peak in the Southern Alps,…
Tagged with: Autumn 2018, Issue 121, Julia Millen, Michael Gill, Potton and Burton
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
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