Volume 1 | Number 1 | Issue 1 | April 1991 Editorial, J M Thomson: “Books in society” John Roberts: John E Martin, The Forgotten Worker – The Rural Wage Worker in Nineteenth Century New Zealand; Stevan Eldred-Grigg, New…
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Disillusionment and disapprobation, Rod Alley
Changes? The 1990 Election Colin James and Alan McRobie Allen and Unwin, Wellington, 1990, $24.95 Publication of one of the first books on the 1990 election gives Rod Alley an opportunity to question what he calls our ‘system of electoral…
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Tagged with: Alan McRobie, Allen & Unwin, Autumn 1991, Colin James, Issue 1, Roderic Alley
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Moments of recognition, Lauris Edmond
Speaking to Miranda Caroline Macdonald Hodder & Stoughton, Auckland, 1990, $19.95 Even in the present increasingly sophisticated field of writing for young adults, Caroline Macdonald is something of a phenomenon. Her first book won the prestigious Esther Glen Medal, and her…
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Tagged with: Autumn 1991, Caroline Macdonald, Hodder & Stoughton, Issue 1, Lauris Edmond
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults
Recent New Zealand Poetry, Charles Croot:
Cabin Fever Anne French Auckland University Press, 1990, $15.95 Park Island Leonard Lambert John McIndoe, Dunedin, 1990, $18.95 Jazz Waists Robert Sullivan Auckland University Press, 1990, $16.95 Man with a Child’s Violin Gregory O’Brien Caxton Press, Christchurch, 1990, $14.55 What’s…
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Tagged with: Anne French, Auckland University Press, Autumn 1991, Caxton Press, Charles Croot, Gregory O’Brien, Issue 1, John McIndoe, Leonard Lambert, Robert Sullivan
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Dirty washing, Bruce Stewart
Once Were Warriors Alan Duff Tandem, Auckland, 1990, $35 (paperback $19.95) At last a Maori writer has managed to hang out all the dirty Maori washing with some kind of dignity and at the same time place the blame where…
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Tagged with: Alan Duff, Autumn 1991, Bruce Stewart, Issue 1, Tandem
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Stuck in the middle – or the New Zealand publishing scene observed, Iain Sharp
In order to understand the New Zealand publishing scene a little better, let’s play a game of make-believe. The first scenario goes like this. You are someone who loves New Zealand for its climate, scenery, canned food, sports heroes and…
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