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Vanished world, Dale Williams

Posted on June 1, 2013 by NZ Books

Buller’s Birds of New Zealand: The Complete Work of J G Keulemans Geoff Norman Te Papa Press, $150.00, ISBN 9781877385889 Kids in a sweet shop. Nineteenth-century naturalists given a brand new country to play in gobbled up the apparent endless…

Tagged with: Dale Williams, Geoff Norman, Issue 102, J G Keulemans, Te Papa Press, Winter 2013
Posted in History, Natural History, Non-fiction, Review

Curiosa and curiosa, Dale Williams

Posted on December 1, 2012 by NZ Books

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

Bovver boys

Posted on December 1, 2011 by NZ Books

What they wrote A taste of contributor comments over our first 20 years On New Zealand Books My hope is that New Zealand Books will provide a forum for frank discussion that dares to rise above the suffocating confines…

Tagged with: Alan Duff, Alan Knowles, Barbara Else, Bernard Carpinter, Bill Manhire, Bill Sewell, Bruce Stewart, Charles Ferrall, Chris Else, Chris Knox, Christopher Tremewan, Colin James, Dale Williams, David Hill, Diane Hebley, Guy Somerset, Hamish Keith, Harry Ricketts, Heather Murray, Hilary Stace, Iain Sharp, Issue 96, Jane Bowron, Jane Stafford, Jane Westaway, John Campbell, Linda Burgess, Linley Boniface, Mark Williams, Murray Edmond, Nelson Wattie, Peter Wells, Roger Robinson, Sue McCauley, Summer 2011, Tom Beard, William Brandt
Posted in Comment

Good meaty stuff, Dale Williams

Posted on September 1, 2011 by NZ Books

From Kai to Kiwi Kitchen: New Zealand Culinary Traditions and Cookbooks Helen Leach (ed) Otago University Press, $40.00, ISBN 978877372759 Graham Kerr famously said that New Zealand had no culinary tradition, but, as a chef, he probably judged us…

Tagged with: Dale Williams, Helen Leach, Issue 95, Otago University Press, Spring 2011
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review

Heroines needed, Dale Williams

Posted on September 1, 2010 by NZ Books

Leading the Way: How New Zealand Women Won the Vote Megan Hutching HarperCollins, $39.99, ISBN 9781869507923 “Tis the glory of New Zealand that her sons were first to see/That there never was a free land where the women were not…

Tagged with: Dale Williams, HarperCollins, Issue 91, Megan Hutching, Spring 2010
Posted in Gender, History, Non-fiction, Review

Take your partners, Dale Williams

Posted on March 1, 2008 by NZ Books

Light Fantastic: Dance Floor Courtship in New Zealand Georgina White HarperCollins, $49.99, ISBN 9781869506193 Holiday Seasons: Christmas, New Year and Easter in Nineteenth-Century New Zealand Alison Clarke Auckland University Press, $35.00, ISBN 9781869403829 Who doesn’t recall the excited flutter of…

Tagged with: Alison Clarke, Auckland University Press, Autumn 2008, Dale Williams, Georgina White, HarperCollins, Issue 81
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology

Double jeopardy, Anne Else

Posted on December 1, 2007 by NZ Books

Looking Back, Moving Forward: The Janus Women’s Convention 2005 Dale Williams (ed) The Janus Trust, price not available, ISBN 095826452X Hands up all those who immediately switch off as soon as they see those tedious, ever-so-70s words “w—n” or “f—–sm”? …

Tagged with: Anne Else, Dale Williams, Issue 80, Summer 2007, The Janus Trust
Posted in Gender, Non-fiction, Review

Essentials of Bloketopia, Dale Williams

Posted on September 1, 1999 by NZ Books

High Times in the High Country: The Life of a Musterer W V Kerr and John Kerr Penguin, $34.95, ISBN 0140294422 Easy Riders: Cruising the Long White Cloud Paul and Val Davis HarperCollins, $24.95, ISBN 1869503570 Blokes and Boats: Text…

Tagged with: Bill McCarthy, Brian Moorhead, Dale Williams, HarperCollins, Issue 47, John Kerr, Ken Francis, March 2001, Paul and Val Davis, Penguin, Reed Books, W V Kerr
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology

Miscellany: Short reviews, Dale Williams

Posted on March 1, 1993 by NZ Books

Godwits Return, Margaret Clark (ed), Bridget Williams Books, $29.95 New Zealanders are a restless lot – the more job training we get, the more likely we are to pack up and swim in bigger ponds overseas. Sometimes we come back.…

Tagged with: Autumn 1993, Bridget Williams Books, Canterbury University Press, Dale Williams, Daphne Brasell Associates Press, Issue 8, Juliet Ashton, Lynnsay Rongokea, Margaret Clark, Vicki Hyde, Viking Pacific
Posted in Art, Natural History, Non-fiction, Pacific, Review, Sociology

Short history reviews, Dale Williams

Posted on March 1, 1993 by NZ Books

Waiheke Island. A History Paul Monin, Dunmore Press, $34.95 Aucklanders are in love with the romantic idea of a sizeable, liveable island just 20 kilometres from their urban sprawl. But Waiheke’s wide range of natural resources have always been desired…

Tagged with: Autumn 1993, Canterbury University Press, Dale Williams, Dunmore Press, Dunmore Publishing, Issue 8, John Goodliffe, Paul Monin
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review