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“Who’s this Pinetree?” Chris Laidlaw

Posted on June 1, 2002 by NZ Books

The Judas Game: The Betrayal of New Zealand rugby Joseph Romanos Darius Press, $29.95, ISBN 0958240906 Meads Brian Turner Hodder Moa Beckett $49.95, ISBN 1869589173 A little anecdote buried in Joseph Romanos’ latest book The Judas Game: The Betrayal of…

Tagged with: Brian Turner, Chris Laidlaw, Darius Press, Hodder Moa Beckett, Issue 58, Joseph Romanos, Winter 2002
Posted in Non-fiction, Review, Sport

Heroes and zeroes, Lynn Freeman

Posted on June 1, 2002 by NZ Books

Looking For Trouble Glenda Hughes HarperCollins, $31.95, ISBN 1869504453 New Zealand Woman’s Weekly: 70 Years from Pavlovas to PMs Jenny Lynch Random House, $39.95, ISBN 869415442 Inside Talk Radio Bill Francis Darius, $24.95, ISBN 958240914 Talkback radio, women’s magazines and…

Tagged with: Bill Francis, Darius Press, Glenda Hughes, HarperCollins, Issue 58, Jenny Lynch, Lynn Freeman, Random House, Winter 2002
Posted in History, Media, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology

Moments of invention, Bill Sewell

Posted on March 1, 2001 by NZ Books

The Stepmother Tree James McNaughton Darius Press, $14.95, ISBN 0473078244 I don’t think there is such a thing as a “stepmother tree”. My Shorter Oxford hasn’t heard of it anyway. But if a stepmother tree has never existed, then perhaps…

Tagged with: Autumn 2001, Bill Sewell, Darius Press, Issue 53, James McNaughton
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review

Like great sex only better, Robert Burgess

Posted on March 1, 2001 by NZ Books

Gladiator: The Norm Hewitt Story Michael Laws Darius Press, $29.95, ISBN 0473078252 Loyal: The Todd Blackadder Story Phil Gifford Hodder Moa Beckett, $44.95, ISBN 1869588924 Head tilted back, eye-balling you. Norm on the front cover, bold and proud. And so…

Tagged with: Autumn 2001, Darius Press, Hodder Moa Beckett, Issue 53, Michael Laws, Norm Hewitt, Phil Gifford, Todd Blackadder
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review, Sport