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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
In the hybrid zones, Airini Beautrais
How To Live Helen Rickerby Auckland University Press, $25.00, ISBN 9781869409050 Ransack essa may ranapiri Victoria University Press, $25.00, ISBN 9781776562374 Conventional Weapons Tracey Slaughter Victoria University Press, $25.00, ISBN 9781776562206 In a literary sense, genre is problematic. While it’s…
Tagged with: Airini Beautrais, Auckland University Press, essa may ranapiri, Helen Rickerby, Issue 128, Summer 2019, Victoria University Press
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Challenging, touching, persuading, Janet Hughes
How I Get Ready Ashleigh Young Victoria University Press, $25.00, ISBN 978176562367 The Dangerous Country Of Love And Marriage Amy Leigh Wicks Auckland University Press, $25.00, ISBN 9781869408978 To The Occupant Emma Neale Otago University Press, $28.00, ISBN 9781988531687 Judging…
Tagged with: Amy Leigh Wicks, Ashleigh Young, Auckland University Press, Emma Neale, Issue 127, Janet Hughes, Otago University Press, Spring 2019, Victoria University Press
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Warning and consolation, Mark Houlahan
Selected Poems Ian Wedde Auckland University Press, $40.00, ISBN 9781869408596 If you dine at Ian Wedde’s, the poetic indications are you’ll eat well. Among the many charms of this seductive, fatly packed Selected Poems are the number of food groups…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Ian Wedde, Issue 127, Mark Houlahan, Spring 2019
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Earnest but elusive, Hannah Newport-Watson
Under Glass Gregory Kan Auckland University Press, $25.00, ISBN 9781869408916 It’s common to talk about the “emotional landscape” of a book. Gregory Kan’s second poetry collection Under Glass transforms that figure of speech into something more – yet not entirely…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Gregory Kan, Hannah Newport-Watson, Issue 126, Winter 2019
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Colonial orientalism, Paula Morris
Galleries of Maoriland: Artists, Collectors and the Māori World, 1880–1910 Roger Blackley Auckland University Press, $75.00, ISBN 9781869409357 The cover image of Roger Blackley’s impressive new book is a famous one: a tea break in Charles Goldie’s frame-stacked studio in…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Autumn 2019, Issue 125, Roger Blackley
Posted in Art, History, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Art, History, Non-fiction, Review
“Evolution or revolution?”, Simon Upton
The New Biological Economy: How New Zealanders are Creating Value from the Land Eric Pawson and the Biological Economies Team Auckland University Press, $45.00, ISBN 9781869408886 Having lived away from New Zealand for the best part of 15 years, I…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Autumn 2019, Biological Economies Team, Eric Pawson, Issue 125, Simon Upton
Posted in Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Non-fiction, Review
The games we play, Owen Mann
Sport and the New Zealanders: A History Greg Ryan and Geoff Watson Auckland University Press, $65.00, ISBN 9781869408831 On Christmas Day last year, many people around the country would have ripped open a well-wrapped gift to discover a sportsperson’s biography…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Autumn 2019, Geoff Watson, Greg Ryan, Issue 125
Posted in Non-fiction, Review, Sociology, Sport
Posted in Non-fiction, Review, Sociology, Sport
Melody slithering through the misery, Martin Lodge
Good-bye Maoriland: The Songs and Sounds of New Zealand’s Great War Chris Bourke Auckland University Press, $60.00, ISBN 978869408718 For both civilians and the soldiers alike on active service during WWI, music proved a significant and enduring element of New…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Chris Bourke, Issue 124, Martin Lodge, Summer 2018
Posted in Māori, Music, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Māori, Music, Non-fiction, Review
Placing the monarchy, Stephen Levine
This Realm of New Zealand: The Sovereign, the Governor-General, the Crown Alison Quentin-Baxter and Janet McLean Auckland University Press, $65.00, ISBN 9781869408756 To say that this book adds considerably to the literature about the monarchy in New Zealand would be…
Tagged with: Alison Quentin-Baxter, Auckland University Press, Issue 123, Janet McLean, Spring 2018, Stephen Levine
Posted in Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Non-fiction, Review