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“The play’s the thing”, Sarah Ross
Ngaio Marsh’s Hamlet: The 1943 Production Script Polly Hoskins (ed) Canterbury University Press, $30.00, ISBN 9781988503134 In August 1943, as New Zealand troops in Europe began the Italian campaign, the Canterbury University College Drama Society (CUCDS) performed Hamlet to sell-out…
Tagged with: Canterbury University Press, Issue 128, Ngaio Marsh, Polly Hoskins, Sarah Ross, Summer 2019
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Plays, Review
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Plays, Review
Seeing how they run, Geoff Watson
When Running Made History Roger Robinson Canterbury University Press, $25.00, ISBN 9780815611004 New Zealanders have a longstanding connection with running. Long-distance running was one of the early activities of Māori and, from at least as early as the 1880s, New…
Tagged with: Canterbury University Press, Geoff Watson, Issue 127, Roger Robinson, Spring 2019
Posted in Non-fiction, Review, Sociology, Sport
Posted in Non-fiction, Review, Sociology, Sport
Prior tense, Paul Morris
Arthur Prior: A “Young Progressive”: Letters to Ursula Bethell and to Hugh Teague 1936-1941 Mike Grimshaw (ed) Canterbury University Press, $60.00, ISBN 9781927145593 A N Prior graduated from Otago University in philosophy and taught there and at the universities of…
Tagged with: Autumn 2019, Canterbury University Press, Hugh Teague, Issue 125, Paul Morris, Ursula Bethell
Posted in Non-fiction, Religion, Review
Posted in Non-fiction, Religion, Review
Wading in the waters, Sam Mahon
Beyond Manapouri: 50 Years of Environmental Politcs in New Zealand Catherine Knight Canterbury University Press, $40.00, ISBN 9781988503042 The battle to preserve our waters in this country has left us, as a nation, almost as bruised and divided as we…
Tagged with: Canterbury University Press, Catherine Knight, Issue 124, Sam Mahon, Summer 2018
Posted in Natural History, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Natural History, Non-fiction, Review
Jewels and binoculars, Murray Bramwell
Blood Ties: New and Selected Poems 1963–2016 Jeffrey Paparoa Holman Canterbury University Press, $25.00, ISBN 9781927145883 Dylan Junkie Jeffrey Paparoa Holman Mākaro Press, $25.00, ISBN 9780994137807 It is a harsh fact that we live in a world where there is…
Tagged with: Canterbury University Press, Issue 120, Jeffrey Paparoa Holman, Mākaro Press, Murray Bramwell, Summer 2017
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Theatre for life Lisa Warrington
Rebellious Mirrors: Community-based Theatre in Aotearoa/New Zealand Paul Maunder Canterbury University Press, $45.00, ISBN 9781927145456 Twenty New Zealand Playwrights Michelanne Forster and Vivienne Plumb Playmarket, $40.00, ISBN 9780908607471 Though differing in approach, tone and content, there are strong connections between…
Tagged with: Autumn 2014, Canterbury University Press, Issue 105, Lisa Warrington, Michelanne Forster, Paul Maunder, Playmarket, Vivienne Plumb
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Plays, Sociology
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Plays, Sociology
A quality of incision, Megan Dunn
Lateral Inversions: The Prints of Barry Cleavin Melinda Johnston Canterbury University Press, $55.00, ISBN 9781927145470 Lateral Inversions: The Prints of Barry Cleavin contains over 120 colour plates and is a beautifully produced book that affords serious consideration to Barry Cleavin’s…
Tagged with: Autumn 2014, Canterbury University Press, Issue 105, Megan Dunn, Melinda Johnston
Posted in Art, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Art, Non-fiction, Review
How to live in the woods, Don Aimer
Outsiders: Stories from the Fringe of New Zealand Society Gerard Hindmarsh Craig Potton Publishing, $35.00, ISBN 9781877517723 Christchurch Crimes 1850-75: Scandal and Skulduggery in Port and Town Geoffrey W Rice Canterbury University Press, $30.00, ISBN 9781927145395 Google maps don’t have…
Tagged with: Canterbury University Press, Craig Potton Publishing, Don Aimer, Geoffrey W Rice, Gerard Hindmarsh, Issue 103, Spring 2013
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Telling stories Catharina van Bohemen
Singing Historian: A Memoir Edmund Bohan Canterbury University Press, $30.00, ISBN 9781927145319 Sarah Vaughan Is not my Mother: A Memoir of Madness Maryjane Thomson Awa Press, $35.00, ISBN 9781877551802 Where the Rainbow Fell Down: A New Zealand Memoir Lynette Robinson…
Tagged with: Awa Press, B J and L M Coker Family Trust, Canterbury University Press, Catharina van Bohemen, Edmund Bohan, Issue 102, Lynette Robinson, Maryjane Thomson, Winter 2013
Posted in Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
Cracking up, David Cohen
Taming the Tiger: A Personal Encounter with Manic Depression Michael Morrissey Polygraphia, $39.00, ISBN 9781877332968 Sing No Sad Songs Sandra Arnold Canterbury University Press, $35.00, ISBN 9781927145067 Michael Morrissey’s account of his long encounter with mental affliction begins…
Tagged with: Canterbury University Press, David Cohen, Issue 98, Michael Morrissey, Polygraphia, Sandra Arnold, Winter 2012
Posted in Autobiography, Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Autobiography, Memoir, Non-fiction, Review