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Eminent people and unmade beds, Ann Beaglehole

Posted on March 1, 2013 by NZ Books

My Life in Two Halves: A Memoir Betty Gilderdale David Bateman, $30.00, ISBN 978186953832 Before I Forget Jacqueline Fahey Auckland University Press, $45.00, ISBN 9781869405816 The Lost Woman Sydney Smith Text, $40.00, ISBN 9781921922480 Freud, who supposedly said that he…

Tagged with: Ann Beaglehole, Auckland University Press, Autumn 2013, Betty Gilderdale, David Bateman, Issue 101, Jacqueline Fahey, Sydney Smith, Text
Posted in Autobiography, Non-fiction, Review

Hard acts to follow, Richard Smith

Posted on March 26, 2000 by NZ Books

Mechanical Harry and the Flying Bicycle Bob Kerr Mallinson Rendel, $14.95, ISBN 0 908783 38 8 The Little Yellow Digger at the Zoo Betty Gilderdale and Alan Gilderdale Scholastic, $14.95, ISBN 1 86943 448 X Grandma McGarvey Goes to School…

Tagged with: Alan Gilderdale, Betty Gilderdale, Bob Kerr, Issue 42, Jenny Hessell, Mallinson Rendel, Richard Smith, Scholastic, Trevor Pye
Posted in Children, Literature, Review

Noticeboard, March 1994: Mahy Lecture award

Posted on March 1, 1994 by NZ Books

Betty Gilderdale has won the 1994 Margaret Mahy lecture award, offered annually by the New Zealand Children’s Book Foundation for a distinguished and significant contribution to children’s literature, publishing or literacy. Betty Gilderdale is a foundation member of the Children’s…

Tagged with: Autumn 1994, Betty Gilderdale, Issue 12
Posted in Awards