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St Barbara might help, Les Cleveland
The Gunners: A History of New Zealand Artillery Alan Henderson, David Green and Peter Cooke Penguin Books, $65.00, ISBN 9780790011417 Specialists and artillery buffs will find much in this 528-page detailed treatment of weaponry, military organisation, administrative entanglements, the problems…
Tagged with: Alan Henderson, Autumn 2009, David Green, Issue 85, Les Cleveland, Penguin Books, Peter Cooke
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, War
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, War
Where the boys are, Penelope Todd
Whale Pot Bay Des Hunt HarperCollins, $18.99, ISBN 978869507305 The River Runs David Hill Mallinson Rendel, $18.00, ISBN 9781877423222 Violence 101 Denis Wright Penguin Books, $18.95, ISBN 9780143304036 These three books with male protagonists each cover, to varying extent, bullying,…
Tagged with: Autumn 2009, David Hill, Denis Wright, Des Hunt, HarperCollins, Issue 85, Mallinson Rendel, Penelope Todd, Penguin Books
Posted in Children, Literature, Review
Posted in Children, Literature, Review
Age-old contracts, Elizabeth Caffin
A Year to Learn a Woman Paddy Richardson Penguin Books, $28.00, ISBN 9780143010029 Misconduct Bridget van der Zijpp Victoria University Press, $30.00, ISBN 9780864735751 The Rehearsal Eleanor Catton Victoria University Press, $30.00, ISBN 9780864735812 A woman around 40, now on…
Tagged with: Autumn 2009, Bridget van der Zijpp, Eleanor Catton, Elizabeth Caffin, Issue 85, Paddy Richardson, Penguin Books, Victoria University Press
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Sweet and upbeat, Paula Morris
The 10pm Question Kate De Goldi Longacre Press, $29.99, ISBN 978977460203 “Every family has a secret,” says Alan Bennett, “and the secret is that it’s not like other families.” For Frankie Parsons, the clever, neurotic hero of Kate De Goldi’s…
Tagged with: Autumn 2009, Issue 85, Kate De Goldi, Longacre Press, Paula Morris
Posted in Literature, Review, Young adults
Posted in Literature, Review, Young adults
Letters – Issue 85
Marsh in production In his review of Joanne Drayton’s Ngaio Marsh: Her Life in Crime (NZB, Summer 2008), Murray Bramwell regrets the lack of anecdotes that would give some “sense of Marsh’s strategies and style as a director”. On my…
The stories pictures tell, Roger Blackley
New Zealand Portraits Richard Wolfe Penguin Books, $80.00, ISBN 9780670071777 The Power of Portraiture: Representing Leadership in New Zealand from 1840 to the Present Erin Griffey (with contributions from Brad Jackson and Paul Tapsell) Gus Fisher Gallery and David Ling,…
Tagged with: Autumn 2009, David Ling Publishing, Erin Griffey, Gus Fisher Gallery, Issue 85, Penguin Books, Richard Wolfe, Roger Blackley
Posted in Art, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Art, Non-fiction, Review
Kip in the round, Gavin McLean
Howard Kippenberger: Dauntless Spirit Denis McLean Random House, $39.99, ISBN 978869790264 When Denis McLean (no relation) interviewed former comrades of Howard Kippenberger and asked for criticisms of the general, he was astounded that they “were not only nonplussed but shocked…
Tagged with: Autumn 2009, Denis McLean, Gavin McLean, Howard Kippenberger, Issue 85, Random House
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review, War
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review, War
Dividing space, Hamish Clayton
Art Icons of New Zealand: Lines in the Sand Oliver Stead David Bateman, $49.99, ISBN 9781869536374 Whenever a new book offering another survey of local art appears a number of logical questions present themselves. Will any previously overlooked artists be…
Tagged with: Autumn 2009, David Bateman, Hamish Clayton, Issue 85, Oliver Stead
Posted in Art, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Art, Non-fiction, Review
Issue 85 | Autumn 2009
Volume 19 | Number 1 | Issue 85 | Autumn 2009 Letters Paula Morris: Kate De Goldi, The 10pm Question Penelope Todd: Des Hunt, Whale Pot Bay; David Hill, The River Runs; Denis Wright, Violence 101 Dougal McNeill: C…