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Keeping it in the family, Tina Shaw
Necessary Secrets Greg McGee Upstart Press, $38.00, ISBN 9781988516639 Loving Sylvie Elizabeth Smither Allen and Unwin, $37.00, ISBN 9781988547114 Two recently-published novels explore inter-generational stories, yet there couldn’t be two more different treatments. (more…)…
Tagged with: Allen and Unwin, Elizabeth Smither, Greg McGee, Issue 127, Spring 2019, Tina Shaw, Upstart Press
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Well packaged history, Anna Mackenzie
Amundsen’s Way: The Race To The South Pole Joanna Grochowicz Allen and Unwin, $19.00, ISBN 9781760637668 The Telegram Philippa Werry Pipi Press, $23.00, ISBN 9780473462826 Amundsen’s Way delivers exactly what it promises on the cover: the story of Norwegian Roald…
Tagged with: Allen and Unwin, Anna Mackenzie, Issue 127, Joanna Grochowicz, Philippa Werry, Pipi Press, Spring 2019
Posted in Children, History, Non-fiction
Posted in Children, History, Non-fiction
Women past and present, Kim Worthington
Women Equality Power: Helen Clark: Selected Speeches from a Life of Leadership Allen and Unwin, $45.00, ISBN 9781988547053 Women Now: The Legacy of Female Suffrage Bronwyn Labrum (ed) Te Papa Press, $35.00, ISBN 9780994146007 If there was ever a year…
Tagged with: Allen and Unwin, Bronwyn Labrum, Helen Clark, Issue 126, Kim Worthington, Te Papa Press, Winter 2019
Posted in Essays, Gender, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Posted in Essays, Gender, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Almost too true, Aleksia Drain
Lyla Fleur Beale Allen and Unwin, $19.00, ISBN 9781760113780 Lyla is a book written in raw truth. The story begins in a world of homework and the normal everyday life of a young schoolgirl named Lyla. She attends Avonside Girls’…
Tagged with: Aleksia Drain, Allen and Unwin, Fleur Beale, Issue 123, Spring 2018
Posted in Literature, Review, Young adults
Posted in Literature, Review, Young adults
Girls galloping horses: unstable identities, Amy Brown
Rainfall Ella West Allen and Unwin, $19.00, ISBN 9781760296834 Showtym Adventures: Casper, the Spirited Arabian Kelly Wilson Puffin, $15.00, ISBN 9780143772248 Do You Want to Gallop with Me? Sophie Siers (Judith Trevelyan illus) Millwood Press, $20.00, ISBN 9780473408541 The Gift…
Tagged with: Allen and Unwin, Amy Brown, Ella West, Issue 123, Judith Trevelyan, Katharine White, Kelly Wilson, Millwood Press, Sophie Siers, Spring 2018
Posted in Children, Literature, Review
Posted in Children, Literature, Review
Biting wit, with an undertow of melancholy, Jim Mora
Drawn Out: A Seriously Funny Memoir Tom Scott Allen and Unwin, $45.00, ISBN 9781877505911 We all store trivial moments that hang around in the hippocampus for some sort of reason. I remember the late Kenny Everett on Capitol Radio…
Tagged with: Allen and Unwin, Autumn 2018, Issue 121, Jim Mora, Tom Scott
Posted in Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
Imagined pasts, alternative futures, Craig Cliff
The Necessary Angel C K Stead Allen and Unwin, $37.00, ISBN 9781760631529 Salt Picnic Patrick Evans Victoria University Press, $30.00, ISBN 9781776561698 Our Future is in the Air Tim Corballis Victoria University Press, $30.00, ISBN 9781776561179 When a white male…
Tagged with: Allen and Unwin, Autumn 2018, C K Stead, Craig Cliff, Issue 121, Patrick Evans, Tim Corballis, Victoria University Press
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Cliquety-clique? David Hill
Twice Upon a Time James Norcliffe Puffin NZ, $17.00, ISBN 9780143770671 Into the White Joanna Grochowicz Allen and Unwin, $19.00, ISBN 9781760293659 Taupo Blows! Doug Wilson Bateman, $19.00, ISBN 9781869539672 Those accusations from a few months back – the ones…
Tagged with: Allen and Unwin, Bateman, David Hill, Doug Wilson, Issue 119, James Norcliffe, Joanna Grochowicz, Puffin NZ, Spring 2017
Posted in Children, Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Children, Fiction, Literature, Review
War means stories, David Hill
Ambiguity and Innocence: The New Zealand Division and the Occupation of Trieste, May 1945 Tony Simpson Silver Owl Press, $35.00, ISBN 9780986451980 The Battles of Monte Cassino: The Campaign and its Consequences Glyn Harper and John Tonkin-Covell Allen and Unwin,…
Tagged with: Allen and Unwin, David Hill, Glyn Harper, Issue 104, John Tonkin-Covell, Silver Owl Press, Summer 2013, Tony Simpson
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, War
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, War
Mending and pairing, Heather Roberts
The Writing Class Stephanie Johnson Random House, $38.00, ISBN 9781775532590 The Last Days of the National Costume Anne Kennedy Allen and Unwin, $37.00, ISBN 9781743313862 Two writers of a similar age and stage in the development of their writing careers,…
Tagged with: Allen and Unwin, Anne Kennedy, Heather Roberts, Issue 104, Random House, Stephanie Johnson, Summer 2013
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
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