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Breaking free, Jill Holt
The Dumpster Saga Craig Harrison Scholastic New Zealand, $16.99, ISBN 9781869438166 Salt Maurice Gee Puffin, $17.95, ISBN 9780143303350 The Sea-wreck Stranger Anna Mackenzie Longacre Press, $18.99, ISBN 9781877361883 It’s hard to imagine and salutary to recall that many teenagers do…
Tagged with: Anna Mackenzie, Autumn 2008, Craig Harrison, Issue 81, Jill Holt, Longacre Press, Maurice Gee, Puffin, Scholastic New Zealand
Posted in Children, Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults
Posted in Children, Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults
Obituary — Bernard Gadd
Bernard Gadd (1935-2007) Writer Bernard Gadd, who died in December last year, was an Auckland teacher, anthologist and poet, whose work was widely published in literary journals. He also founded his own imprint, Hallard Press. Bernard was a tireless contributor…
Strangers and journeys, Norman Bilbrough
Hideout Lorraine Orman Longacre Press, $18.99, ISBN 9781877361814 Teresa Moran Soldier Ken Catran Lothian Books, $19.99, ISBN 9780734409638 Zillah Penelope Todd Longacre Press, $18.99, ISBN 9781877361739 Losing it Sandy McKay Longacre Press, $18.99, ISBN 9781877361746 These four young adult novels…
Tagged with: Autumn 2008, Issue 81, Ken Catran, Longacre Press, Lorraine Orman, Lothian Books, Norman Bilbrough, Penelope Todd, Sandy McKay
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults
Letters – Issue 81
Frame stories wanted I am compiling a collection of anecdotes and urban legends about the late Janet Frame and her family members, and would be grateful to receive any contributions to this genre at: patrick.evans@canterbury.ac.nz or c/- English Programme, University…
The essence of patriotism, Trevor Richards
Spies and Revolutionaries: A History of New Zealand Subversion Graeme Hunt Reed Publishing in association with Waddington Press, $29.99, ISBN 9780790011400 Rutherford split the atom, Hillary climbed Everest and Kate Sheppard and the Women’s Christian Temperance Union ensured New Zealand…
Tagged with: Autumn 2008, Graeme Hunt, Issue 81, Reed Publishing, Trevor Richards, Waddington Press
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Issue 81 | Autumn 2008
Volume 18 | Number 1 | Issue 81 | Autumn 2008 Letters Brent Southgate: Gregory O’Brien, A Nest of Singing Birds: 100 Years of the New Zealand School Journal Lois Daish: Shonagh Koea, The Kindness of Strangers: Kitchen Memoirs…
Reds under the bed, Redmer Yska
The Sixth Man: The Extraordinary Life of Paddy Costello James McNeish Vintage, $34.99, ISBN 9781869418915 James McNeish’s masterly life of Paddy Costello tells how, in the summer of 1953, this Paris-based New Zealand diplomat escorted National PM Sid Holland around…
Tagged with: Autumn 2008, Issue 81, James McNeish, Paddy Costello, Redmer Yska, Vintage
Posted in Biography, History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Posted in Biography, History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Cubist McCahon, Roger Blackley
Colin McCahon: The Titirangi Years, 1953-1959 Peter Simpson Auckland University Press, $49.95, ISBN 9781869403898 A half-century ago, the literature of New Zealand art fitted on a single shelf, or – with a full collection of the periodical Art in New…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Autumn 2008, Issue 81, Peter Simpson, Roger Blackley
Posted in Art, Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Art, Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Fertile ground, Alison Gray
The New Zealand Family From 1840: A Demographic History Ian Pool, Arunachalam Dharmalingam and Janet Sceats (eds) Auckland University Press, $50.00, ISBN 9781869403577 A demographic history of the New Zealand family? Well, that’ll be a short, sad story. Everyone knows…
Tagged with: Alison Gray, Arunachalam Dharmalingam, Auckland University Press, Autumn 2008, Ian Pool, Issue 81, Janet Sceats
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Renavigating the past, Bernie Kernot
Maori Peoples of New Zealand: Nga Iwi O Aotearoa Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand David Bateman, $49.99, ISBN 9781869536220 National encyclopedias bear some resemblance to national exhibitions in the way they sum up and present knowledge relevant to…
Tagged with: Autumn 2008, Bernie Kernot, David Bateman, Issue 81
Posted in History, Māori, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Posted in History, Māori, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology