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Behaving curiously, Hamish Clayton
Sydney Bridge Upside Down David Ballantyne Text Publishing, $32.00, ISBN 9781921520020 It’s hard to think of a more spectacular re-emergence in local literature than that, last year, of David Ballantyne’s 1968 masterpiece Sydney Bridge Upside Down. Ballantyne has been…
Tagged with: David Ballantyne, Hamish Clayton, Issue 95, Spring 2011, Text Publishing
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Retreating from success, Julia Millen
After the Fireworks: A Life of David Ballantyne Bryan Reid Auckland University Press, $44.99, ISBN 1869403274 David Ballantyne’s life in many ways represents the Kiwi dream. Boy from cash-strapped, part-Maori, provincial family, with minimal schooling, through talent and hard work…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Bryan Reid, David Ballantyne, Issue 68, Julia Millen, June 2005
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review