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Once upon a time in Caversham, Greg Newbold
Class and Occupation: The New Zealand Reality Erik Olssen and Maureen Hickey Otago University Press, $45.00, ISBN 187737203X Class and Occupation is based on almost three decades of intermittent but intensive research, begun in the 1970s, on the Dunedin suburb…
Tagged with: Autumn 2006, Erik Olssen, Greg Newbold, Issue 73, Maureen Hickey, Otago University Press
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Hard man, Geoff Chapple
Harold Wellman: A Man Who Moved New Zealand Simon Nathan Victoria University Press, $49.95, ISBN 0864735065 He carried gelignite in the back of his V8. He could roll cigarettes with one hand, make his own beer, and when confined to…
Tagged with: Autumn 2006, Geoff Chapple, Harold Wellman, Issue 73, Simon Nathan, Victoria University Press
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
How not to, Jane Westaway
How to Read a Book Kelly Ana Morey Awa Press, $24.95, ISBN 0958253897 How to Look at a Picture Justin Paton Awa Press, $24.95, ISBN 0958253889 Second-rate fiction, someone said, is utterly useless. A poor novel or short story gets…
Tagged with: Autumn 2006, Awa Press, Issue 73, Jane Westaway, Justin Paton, Kelly Ana Morey
Posted in Art, Essays, Literature, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Art, Essays, Literature, Non-fiction, Review
History’s ghosts, Hugh Roberts
The Dark Lord of Savaiki: Collected Poems Alistair Te Ariki Campbell Hazard Press, $40.00, ISBN 1877393002 Poems 1946-2005 W H Oliver Victoria University Press, $29.95, ISBN 0864735189 There are few readers now, I imagine, who could guess at more than…
Tagged with: Alistair Te Ariki Campbell, Autumn 2006, Hazard Press, Hugh Roberts, Issue 73, Victoria University Press, W H Oliver
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Call me “Sir”, Nicholas Reid
Henry Cooper of Auckland Grammar School Andrew Mason David Ling Publishing (in association with Auckland Grammar School Old Boys’ Association), $49.95, ISBN 1877378038 Personal confession and declaration of interest. I began my 25 years as a secondary-school teacher with a…
Tagged with: Andrew Mason, Autumn 2006, David Ling Publishing, Henry Cooper, Issue 73
Posted in Biography, Education, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, Education, Non-fiction, Review
Letters – Issue 73
Reviewer d’un certain age Dear John McCrystal, I don’t know you, and I have no idea of your age. Hence I have two questions. Just so I know in the event I get asked to review one of your books…
In and out of the mincer, Jan Jordan
Accusation: A Wife’s Story Mary Fielding (with Jane Westaway) Longacre Press, $29.95, ISBN 1877361151 ”J’accuse!” (I accuse!). Just over 100 years ago Emile Zola’s article in Le Figaro on the Dreyfus Affair appeared beneath this bold headline, and helped to…
Tagged with: Autumn 2006, Issue 73, Jan Jordan, Jane Westaway, Longacre Press, Mary Fielding
Posted in Autobiography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Autobiography, Non-fiction, Review
Editorial – Issue 73
Guest editorial Against complacency When I arrived in New Zealand 28 years ago I confessed to an eminent seismologist that, although an avid reader, I knew little about New Zealand writing. Fortunately for me he was a Renaissance man with…
Current account, Robin Johnson
Healthy Money Healthy Planet: Developing Sustainability Through New Money Systems Deirdre Kent Craig Potton Publishing, $34.99, ISBN 1877333298 This book is a serious critique of orthodox economic writing and attempts to set out an alternative interpretation of the role of…
Tagged with: Autumn 2006, Craig Potton Publishing, Deirdre Kent, Issue 73, Robin Johnson
Posted in Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Non-fiction, Review
What the Inspector of Nuisances saw, Deborah Montgomerie
Dirt: Filth and Decay in a New World Arcadia Pamela Wood Auckland University Press, $44.99, ISBN 1869403487 Cleanliness may be next to godliness, but dirt is so much more interesting. Pamela Wood’s smart and insightful history of the varieties of…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Autumn 2006, Deborah Montgomerie, Issue 73, Pamela Wood
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology