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Life in the bush, by the bay, Dougal McNeill
Speaking Frankly: The Frank Sargeson Memorial Lectures 2003-2010 Sarah Shieff (ed) Cape Catley, $31.99, ISBN 9781877340277 Celebrating Katherine Mansfield: A Centenary Volume of Essays Gerri Kimber and Janet Wilson (eds) Palgrave Macmillan, $162.00, ISBN 9780230277731 It was a…
Tagged with: C K Stead, Cape Catley, Christine Cole Catley, Dougal McNeill, Frank Sargeson, Gerri Kimber, Issue 98, Janet Wilson, Katherine Mansfield, Lawrence Jones, Michael King, Owen Marshall, Palgrave Macmillan, Peter Wells, Sarah Shieff, Vincent O’Sullivan, Winter 2012
Posted in Essays, Lecture, Literature, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Essays, Lecture, Literature, Non-fiction, Review
Worth playing, Samantha Owens
A Search for Tradition and a Search for Language Douglas Lilburn Lilburn Residence Trust, $24.99, ISBN 9780473183790 When Douglas Lilburn died at his Thorndon home in June 2001 at the age of 85, numerous obituaries, published both here and…
Tagged with: Autumn 2012, Douglas Lilburn, Issue 97, Lilburn Residence Trust, Samantha Owens
Posted in Lecture, Music, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Lecture, Music, Non-fiction, Review
The big picture, Nepia Mahuika
Nga Tini Whetu: Navigating Maori Futures Mason Durie Huia, $49.99, ISBN 9781869694524 Unlike many in the steady stream of publications about things Maori, Mason Durie’s latest book, Nga Tini Whetu: Navigating Māori Futures, turns its attention not to the…
Tagged with: Autumn 2012, Huia, Issue 97, Mason Durie, Nepia Mahuika
Posted in Lecture, Māori, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Lecture, Māori, Non-fiction, Review
Working with those who talk back, Paul Diamond
Tuamaka: The Challenge of Difference in Aotearoa New Zealand Joan Metge Auckland University Press, $29.99, ISBN 9781869404680 Growing up in Pukekohe during WWII, Joan Metge wanted to be an archaeologist. When a family friend said, “Wouldn’t you get more…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Issue 92, Joan Metge, Paul Diamond, Summer 2010
Posted in Essays, History, Lecture, Māori, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Essays, History, Lecture, Māori, Non-fiction, Review
Tom Larkin: A special time and special people
Undiplomatic Dialogue: Letters between Carl Berendsen and Alister McIntosh, 1943-52 Ian McGibbon (ed), Auckland University Press in Association with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Historical Branch of the Department of Internal Affairs, $29.95 When Sir Carl…
Tagged with: Alister McIntosh, Auckland University Press, Carl Berendsen, Issue 11, Summer 1993, Tom Larkin
Posted in Lecture, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Lecture, Non-fiction, Review