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Risky enterprises, Elizabeth Caffin
Ripples on the Lake Dawn Rotorangi HarperCollins, $26.99, ISBN 13978869506391 Cutting Caleb Keys Glenn Bowden Penguin Books, $28.00, ISBN 9780143006008 Rocking Horse Road Carl Nixon Vintage, $27.99, ISBN 9781969419073 The Blue Mary McCallum Penguin Books, $28.00, ISBN 9780143007234 In the…
Tagged with: Autumn 2008, Carl Nixon, Dawn Rotorangi, Elizabeth Caffin, Glenn Bowden, HarperCollins, Issue 81, Mary McCallum, Penguin Books, Vintage
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Still in tune, Brent Southgate
A Nest of Singing Birds:100 years of the New Zealand School Journal Gregory O’Brien Learning Media, $59.95, ISBN 9780790319636 It has almost no equivalent elsewhere. Margaret Mahy has called it a “national treasure”. For many, it has been the beginning…
Tagged with: Autumn 2008, Brent Southgate, Gregory O’Brien, Issue 81, Learning Media
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review
Friends and other strangers, Murray Bramwell
Playing Friends Marilyn Duckworth Vintage, $27.99, ISBN 9781869418694 Trendy But Casual Paula Morris Penguin Books, $28.00, ISBN 9780143006398 It’s that time in later middle age when school reunions have become like a dawn (or twilight) parade of veterans and survivors.…
Tagged with: Autumn 2008, Issue 81, Marilyn Duckworth, Murray Bramwell, Paula Morris, Penguin Books, Vintage
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Porridge stirring, John Horrocks
The Problem of Prisons: Correction Reform in New Zealand since 1840 Greg Newbold Dunmore Press, $49.95, ISBN 9790187399213 Mt Eden Prison in Auckland speaks of an era when punishment and incarceration were very visible. Its turreted buildings of black volcanic…
Tagged with: Autumn 2008, Dunmore Press, Dunmore Publishing, Greg Newbold, Issue 81, John Horrocks
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
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…