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No country for old men, Megan Dunn
Grahame Sydney Paintings 1974-2014 Grahame Sydney (essay by Vincent O’Sullivan) Craig Potton Publishing, $100.00, ISBN 9781927213254 Myself, Looking Back is Grahame Sydney’s extensive memoir of his childhood and formative artistic years up until his sell-out solo exhibition in 1975. Early…
Tagged with: Craig Potton Publishing, Grahame Sydney, Issue 110, Megan Dunn, Vincent O’Sullivan, Winter 2015
Posted in Art, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Art, Non-fiction, Review
Lifting the lid, Colin Peacock
Dirty Politics: How Attack Politics is Poisoning New Zealand’s Political Environment Nicky Hager Craig Potton Publishing, $35.00, ISBN 9781927213360 The Catch: How Fishing Companies Reinvented Slavery and Plunder the Oceans Michael Field Awa Press, $40.00, ISBN 9781927249024 “Laws are…
Tagged with: Autumn 2015, Awa Press, Colin Peacock, Craig Potton Publishing, Issue 109, Michael Field, Nicky Hager
Posted in Economics, Media, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Posted in Economics, Media, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Refugees and New Zealand compassion, Verica Rupar
Refuge New Zealand: A Nation‘s Response to Refugees and Asylum Seekers Ann Beaglehole Otago University Press, $45.00, ISBN 9781877578502 Andris, Where are You? From Latvia to New Zealand: The Family Story of Andris Apse Ron Crosby Craig Potton Publishing, $40.00,…
Tagged with: Andris Apse, Ann Beaglehole, Autumn 2014, Craig Potton Publishing, Issue 105, Otago University Press, Ron Crosby, Verica Rupar
Posted in Biography, History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Sociology
Posted in Biography, History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Sociology
Picking winners, Mark Stocker
Peter McLeavey: The Life and Times of a New Zealand Art Dealer Jill Trevelyan Te Papa Press, $65.00, ISBN 9780987668844 Landscape Paintings of New Zealand: A Journey from North to South Christopher Johnstone Godwit, $75.00, ISBN 9781775530114 Promoting Prosperity: The…
Tagged with: Autumn 2014, Christopher Johnstone, Craig Potton Publishing, Gary Stewart, Godwit, Issue 105, Jill Trevelyan, Mark Stocker, Peter Alsop, Peter McLeavey, Te Papa Press
Posted in Art, History, Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Art, History, Memoir, 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
Browsing, squawking and squabbling, Janet Hunt
Moa: The Life and Death of New Zealand’s Legendary Bird Quinn Berentson Craig Potton Publishing, $50.00, ISBN 9781877517846 It’s only 10 years since Richard Wolfe’s paperback Moa: The Dramatic Story of the Discovery of a Giant Bird (2003) hit the…
Tagged with: Craig Potton Publishing, Issue 103, Janet Hunt, Quinn Berentson, Spring 2013
Posted in Natural History, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Natural History, Non-fiction, Review
Remembering, John Horrocks
Under the Dundas Street Bridge Peter Olds Steele Roberts, $20.00, ISBN 9781877577833 Chords and Other Poems Sam Hunt Craig Potton Publishing, $30.00, ISBN 9781877338181 Voicetracks: Poems 2002-2012 Jan Kemp Puriri Press/Tranzlit, $32.50, ISBN 9780908943388 Like Paul McCartney singing “Remember” at…
Tagged with: Craig Potton Publishing, Issue 102, John Horrocks, Peter Olds, Puriri Press, Sam Hunt, Steele Roberts, Tranzlit, Winter 2013
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Gentleman’s agreement, Tony Simpson
Other People’s Wars: New Zealand in Afghanistan, Iraq and the War on Terror Nicky Hager Craig Potton Publishing, $45.00, ISBN 9781877517693 About a year ago, shortly after this book was published, I heard Nicky Hager in an interview deploring the…
Tagged with: Craig Potton Publishing, Issue 100, Nicky Hager, Summer 2012, Tony Simpson
Posted in Non-fiction, War
Posted in Non-fiction, War
Curiosa and curiosa, Dale Williams
The Owl That Fell from the Sky: Stories of a Museum Curator Brian Gill Awa Press, $35.00, ISBN 9781877551130 Stag Spooner: Wild Man from the Bush Chris Maclean Craig Potton Publishing, $50.00, ISBN 9781877517686 The Indescribable Beauty: Letters Home to…
Tagged with: Awa Press, Brian Gill, Chris Maclean, Craig Potton Publishing, Dale Williams, Debbie Cowens, Friedrich Krull, Issue 100, Katherine Mansfield, Matt Cowens, Summer 2012
Posted in Art, Fiction, History, Letters, Literature, Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Art, Fiction, History, Letters, Literature, Memoir, Non-fiction, Review