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Revision and revisionism, Philip Temple
Mr Explorer Douglas John Pascoe’s New Zealand classic revised by Graham Langton Canterbury University Press, $39.95, ISBN 0 908812 95 7 For bushmen, trampers and mountaineers, the exploits and writings of 19th century explorer Charlie Douglas have become folkloric. Enduring…
Tagged with: Autumn 1999, Canterbury University Press, Charles Douglas, Graham Langton, Issue 45, John Pascoe, Philip Temple
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
A breath of fresh sound, Harvey McQueen
Birds of Europe Andrew Johnston Victoria University Press, $19.95, ISBN 0 86473 386 0 These Days Jenny Bornholdt Victoria University Press, $19.95, ISBN 0 86473 385 2 Delacroix remarked that to be a poet when one is twenty is…
Tagged with: Andrew Johnston, Autumn 1999, Harvey McQueen, Issue 45, Jenny Bornholdt, Victoria University Press
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
The (naive) Kiwi abroad, Tina Shaw
Allons Enfants Linda Burgess Longacre Press, $24.95, ISBN 1 877135 43 7 Seasons in Tuscany Allan Parker Penguin, $24.95, ISBN 0 14 029441 4 Travel writing’s a fairly new genre for New Zealanders. James MeNeish did well with Sicily; Jean…
Tagged with: Allan Parker, Autumn 1999, Issue 45, Linda Burgess, Longacre Press, Penguin, Tina Shaw
Posted in Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
She made a good end, Roger Robinson
Late Song Lauris Edmond Auckland University Press, $19.95, ISBN 1 86940 235 9 The obsequies are over, the elegies written, and we reluctantly begin to think of Wellington without her. Seven months after a death that caused more public grief…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Autumn 1999, Issue 45, Lauris Edmond, Roger Robinson
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
“A definitive affirmative”, Paula Boock
Just Looking, Thanks David Hill Penguin, $14.95, ISBN 0 14 130681 5 Time Out David Hill Mallinson Rendell, $14.95, ISBN 0 908783 43 4 Boots ‘n’ All David Hill Scholastic, $11.95, ISBN 1 86943 395 5 Impact David Hill Penguin,…
Tagged with: Autumn 1999, David Hill, Issue 45, Mallinson Rendell, Paula Boock, Penguin, Scholastic
Posted in Children, Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults
Posted in Children, Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults
“Better to tell it all”, Vincent O’Sullivan
Wrestling with the Angel: a life of Janet Frame Michael King Viking, $49.95, ISBN 0 670 89371 4 Penguin Books knew they were onto what commerce knows as “a good thing” when they took on the publication they now…
Tagged with: Autumn 1999, Issue 45, Janet Frame, Michael King, Viking, Vincent O’Sullivan
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Climbing Mount Curnow, Hugh Roberts
Journal of New Zealand Literature 15 Department of English, University of Otago, $20.00, ISSN 0112 1227 In 1996, the Association of New Zealand Literature held a conference with the announced theme of “Curnow, Caxton, and the Canon”. The Journal of…
Tagged with: Autumn 1999, Department of English, Hugh Roberts, Issue 45, University of Otago
Posted in Essays, Literature, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Essays, Literature, Non-fiction, Review
Thank God for Harvey, Helen Beaglehole
Window Licking in the City of Love Jennifer Maxwell Flamingo, $24.95, ISBN 4 86950 348 X Table at Sunset Lodge Vonnie Alexander Quoin Press, $24.95, ISBN 1 877163 25 2 Butterfly Mind Gwyneth Perry Bookcaster Press, $20.00, ISBN 0 473…
Tagged with: Anne Mulcock, Autumn 1999, Bookcaster Press, Flamingo, Gwyneth Perry, Hazard Press, Helen Beaglehole, Issue 45, Jennifer Maxwell, Quoin Press, Sandi Hall, Spinifex, Vonnie Alexander
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
“The book? This is people.” Jane Stafford
Jean Devanny: Romantic Revolutionary Carole Ferrier Melbourne University Press, $71.95, ISBN 0 522 84847 8 Faced with the duty of celebrating the new millennium adequately, most New Zealanders saw the challenge in terms of geographical location. Where to be…
Tagged with: Autumn 1999, Carole Ferrier, Issue 45, Jane Stafford, Jean Devanny, Melbourne University Press
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Likely stories, Norman Bilbrough
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