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Values, principles and faith, Mary Varnham
The House of Reed 1907-1983: Great Days in New Zealand Publishing Edmund Bohan Canterbury University Press, $39.95, ISBN 187725732X Books and Boots: The Story of New Zealand Publisher, Writer and Long Distance Walker Alfred Hamish Reed Ian Dougherty Otago University…
Tagged with: Canterbury University Press, Edmund Bohan, Ian Dougherty, Issue 75, Mary Varnham, Otago University Press, Spring 2006
Posted in History, Literature, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in History, Literature, Non-fiction, Review
Who’s been sleeping here? Bernard Carpinter
The Empty Bed Paul Thomas HarperCollins, $31.95, ISBN 0732271703 Killings and jokes are what readers expect from Paul Thomas, after his three wonderful thrillers Old School Tie (also known as Dirty Laundry), Inside Dope and Guerilla Season. There is a…
Tagged with: Autumn 2002, Bernard Carpinter, Edmund Bohan, HarperCollins, Hazard Press, Horizon Press, Issue 57, Paul Thomas, Tom Lewis
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Reading history backwards, Edmund Bohan
The Blue Lion: An historical love story Graham Billing Cape Catley, $24.95, ISBN 090856192X The Blue Lion was Graham Billing’s last book, for the author of Forbush and the Penguins, The Slipway and The Chambered Nautilus died last December before…
Tagged with: Autumn 2002, Cape Catley, Edmund Bohan, Graham Billing, Issue 57
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Passionate Victorians, Edmund Bohan
Tom’s Letters. The Private World of Thomas King, Victorian Gentleman Margot Fry Victoria University Press, $39.95, ISBN 0864733917 One of many challenges facing the biographer of 19th Century New Zealanders can be the lack of intimate letters or diaries. The…
Tagged with: Edmund Bohan, Issue 50, Margot Fry, October 2001, Thomas King, Victoria University Press
Posted in History, Letters, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in History, Letters, Non-fiction, Review
The pommie twit and the puppetmaster, Tom Brooking
Hobson Governor of New Zealand 1840–42 Paul Moon David Ling, $49.95, ISBN 0 90899 054 5 To Be A Hero: A Biography of Sir George Grey, 1812–1898 Edmund Bohan HarperCollins, $49.95, ISBN 1 86950 279 5 It is hard to…
Tagged with: David Ling, Edmund Bohan, HarperCollins, Issue 38, Paul Moon, Tom Brooking
Posted in Biography, History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Posted in Biography, History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
From the sin bin, Bernard Carpinter
The Cassino Legacy Michael Wall Penguin, $19.95, ISBN 0140288368 Cardinal Sins Michael Wall HarperCollins, $19.95, ISBN 1869503619 Michael Wall wants to see his name on the airport bookshelves of the world. He is making serious and professional efforts to write,…
Tagged with: Bernard Carpinter, December 2000, Edmund Bohan, Greg Billington, HarperCollins, Hazard Press, Issue 46, Michael Riddell, Michael Wall, Penguin, Reed
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Not the Great Christchurch Mystery Novel, Bernard Carpinter
Click Ray Prebble Hazard Press $19.95 ISBN 1 877161 10 1 The Dancing Man Edmund Bohan Hazard Press $19.95 ISBN 1 877161 14 4 Two murder stories set in my home town, Christchurch. Not one of the world’s more renowned…
Tagged with: Bernard Carpinter, Edmund Bohan, Hazard Press, Issue 32, Ray Prebble
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
At last, some mayhem, Howard Warner
Mr Halliday and the Circus Master James McNeish David Ling, $19.95, ISBN 0 908990 38 3 The Opawa Affair Edmund Bohan Hazard Press, $19.95, ISBN 0 908790 61 9 Payday in Saudi Selwyn Carson Arrow, $17.95, ISBN 1 86941 285…
Tagged with: Arrow, David Ling, Edmund Bohan, Hazard Press, Howard Warner, Issue 27, James McNeish, Selwyn Carson, Winter 1997
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Operatically triumphant, Jeanine Graham
Edward Stafford: New Zealand’s First Statesman Edmund Bohan Hazard Press $49.95 Years of exposure to the drama and rhetoric of the performing arts and a professional lifetime of meticulous attention to accuracy and detail have enabled Edmund Bohan to bring…
Tagged with: Edmund Bohan, Edward Stafford, Issue 16, Jeanine Graham, Summer 1994
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review