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Refugees and New Zealand compassion, Verica Rupar
Refuge New Zealand: A Nation‘s Response to Refugees and Asylum Seekers Ann Beaglehole Otago University Press, $45.00, ISBN 9781877578502 Andris, Where are You? From Latvia to New Zealand: The Family Story of Andris Apse Ron Crosby Craig Potton Publishing, $40.00,…
Tagged with: Andris Apse, Ann Beaglehole, Autumn 2014, Craig Potton Publishing, Issue 105, Otago University Press, Ron Crosby, Verica Rupar
Posted in Biography, History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Sociology
Posted in Biography, History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Sociology
The resilience of children, Ann Beaglehole
Frederick’s Coat Alan Duff Vintage, $38.00, ISBN 9781869415662 Bangs Stevan Eldred-Grigg Penguin, $30.00, ISBN 9780143568063 Waiting for Elizabeth Joan Rosier-Jones Tangerine Publications, $30.00, ISBN 9780987664617 Alan Duff is one of our most esteemed writers. His best-known novel Once Were Warriors…
Tagged with: Alan Duff, Ann Beaglehole, Issue 104, Joan Rosier-Jones, Penguin, Stevan Eldred-Grigg, Summer 2013, Tangerine Publications, Vintage
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, 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
Footmen and gout, Ann Beaglehole
Hungarian refugee Ann Beaglehole recalls Anne Frank, Lenin, Rupert Bear and Little Lord Fauntleroy. I read The Diary of Anne Frank at the age of 10. In the first entry dated 12 June 1942, Anne wrote: “I hope I shall…
Lives on the edge, Ann Beaglehole
This Barren Rock: 1875, A True Tale of Shipwreck and Survival in the Southern Seas Sylvie Haisman HarperCollins, $34.99, ISBN 9780733325557 Why do we find survival stories endlessly thrilling? The book under review – a story of survival…
Tagged with: Ann Beaglehole, Autumn 2011, HarperCollins, Issue 93, Sylvie Haisman
Posted in Biography, History, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, History, Non-fiction, Review
Digging deep, Ann Beaglehole
Castles of Gold: A History of New Zealand’s West Coast Irish Lyndon Fraser Otago University Press, $39.95, ISBN 9781877372445 Mine Alone: The Story of an Immigrant Mining Engineer from Staffordshire R D Mercer Butterfly Creek Press, $39.95, ISBN 9780473120115 Stories…
Tagged with: Ann Beaglehole, Butterfly Creek Press, Issue 81, Lyndon Fraser, Otago University Press, R D Mercer, Winter 2008
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review
Running from the past, Zoe Prebble
Replacement Girl Ann Beaglehole Tandem Press, $27.95, ISBN 1877178985 On a Distant Island Denis Baker David Ling, $24.95, ISBN 0908990790 Replacement Girl, Ann Beaglehole’s first novel, is a story about memory, and what is not remembered; about belonging and not…
Tagged with: Ann Beaglehole, David Ling Publishing, Denis Baker, Issue 58, Tandem Press, Winter 2002, Zoe Prebble
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Vietnam more goyishe, Adam Levy
Far from the Promised Land? Ann Beaglehole and Hal Levine GP Publications, $39.95 ISBN 0958341742 There were more synagogues in New Zealand last century than there are today. Hokitika had a synagogue and so did Timaru and Nelson. Many South…
Tagged with: Adam Levy, Ann Beaglehole, GP Publications, Hal Levine, Issue 21
Posted in Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Posted in Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
When people lose hope they die, Ann Beaglehole
By the Moon and the Stars Eva Hayman, Random Century, $24.95 Krystyna’s Story Halina Ogonowska-Coates, Bridget Williams Books, $29.95 When there is nothing left, what stops people huddling in a corner, not doing the things necessary for survival? Where does…
Tagged with: Ann Beaglehole, Bridget Williams Books, Eva Hayman, Halina Ogonowska-Coates, Issue 7, Random Century, Summer 1992
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
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