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Obituary – Gordon Challis (1932-2018)
Obituary Gordon Challis (1932-2018) Cliff Fell Like other poets before him, Gordon Challis, who died in March 2018, had written his own epitaph, or an epitaph of sorts. In “Hard to Get at”, from his 2003 comeback collection, The Other…
Obituary – Peter Wells (1950-2019)
Obituary Peter Wells (1950-2019) Siobhan Harvey Into the apparent silence of diverse voices in Aotearoa New Zealand literature, award-winning novelist, essayist, historian, anthologist, filmmaker and playwright, Peter Wells spoke. His was an articulation which, in life, was strong, uncompromising, inquisitive,…
Obituary – Raymond Frank Grover (1931-2019)
Obituary Raymond Frank Grover (1931-2019) Brad Patterson Born in Matamata in 1931, the eldest son of a transient school-teaching family, Ray Grover’s early years were in small rural settlements at the Bay of Islands and on the Wanganui River. After…
Tagged with: Brad Patterson, Issue 126, Ray Grover, Raymond Frank Grover, Winter 2019
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Obituary – John McIntyre
Literacy and literature Julia Marshall, publisher at Gecko Press, raises a cheer for the cheerleader for children’s books, John McIntyre. John McIntyre of The Children’s Bookshop in Kilbirnie was a champion and friend of many. His wife and partner in…
Obituary — Mike Doyle
“A nice guy” C K Stead recalls the poet and critic Mike Doyle (1928-2016) Late in December, I received a phone call to say my former colleague, and friend of many years, Mike Doyle had died at home in Canada.…
Obituary — Sir James McNeish
“Half a stranger at home” Professor Paul Morris reflects on the work of Sir James McNeish (1931–2016) As a writer and a man, Jim McNeish was drawn to human life beyond the physical and social borders of the settled middle…
Sports writing as literature, Roger Robinson
Obituary Roger Robinson, writer for the Runner’s World/Running Times website, puts the work of Norman Harris (1940-2015) into proper context. We all know, and most of us enjoy, the drama of sport, the physical one that we watch on the…
Obituary — Jack Body
Harmonious sensuality Ross Harris recalls the life and work of fellow-composer Jack Body (1944-2015) Jack Body was born in the small North Island farming town of Te Aroha to parents with little interest in music. Even so, he was playing…
Tagged with: Gillian Whitehead, Issue 112, Jack Body, Jennifer Shennan, Ross Harris, Scilla Askew, Steele Roberts, Summer 2015
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