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A child’s-eye view, Anna Mackenzie

Posted on December 3, 2018 by NZ Books

The Mapmakers’ Race Eirlys Hunter Gecko Press, $25.00, ISBN 9781776572038 Time Twins Arne Norlin and Sally Astridge Submarine, $25.00, ISBN 9780473406325 Finding David Hill Puffin, $20.00, ISBN 9780143772392 The bonds of family and place, seen from an appropriately youthful viewpoint,…

Tagged with: Anna Mackenzie, Arne Norlin, David Hill, Eirlys Hunter, Gecko Press, Issue 124, Puffin, Sally Astridge, Submarine, Summer 2018
Posted in Children, Literature, Review

Truths both bald and stretched, Eirlys Hunter

Posted on May 28, 2017 by NZ Books

The Diamond Horse Stacy Gregg HarperCollins, $25.00, ISBN 9780008124397 Grandad’s Wheelies Jack Lasenby Penguin Random House, $17.00, ISBN 9780143507338 Rona Chris Szekely Huia, $15.00, ISBN 9781775501985 The Impossible Boy Leonie Agnew Penguin Random House, $20.00, ISBN 9780143309062 Reading fiction allows…

Tagged with: Chris Szekely, Eirlys Hunter, HarperCollins, Huia, Issue 118, Jack Lasenby, Leonie Agnew, Penguin Random House, Stacy Gregg, Winter 2017
Posted in Children, Literature, Review

Hurtling along, armed with a map, Eirlys Hunter

Posted on June 9, 2015 by NZ Books

Soup and Bread Nōnen Títi Nōnen Títi, $25.00, ISBN 9780994107732 The Pirates and the Nightmaker James Norcliffe Longacre, $20.00, ISBN 9781775537694 The Volume of Possible Endings: A Tale of Fontania Barbara Else Gecko Press, $25.00, ISBN 9781927271377 Two of these…

Tagged with: Barbara Else, Eirlys Hunter, Gecko Press, Issue 110, James Norcliffe, Longacre, Nōnen Títi, Winter 2015
Posted in Children, Fiction, Literature, Review

Boy germs, Eirlys Hunter

Posted on June 1, 2012 by NZ Books

The Flytrap Snaps Johanna Knox and Sabrina Malcolm (illus) Hinterland Press, $22.00, ISBN 9780473179960 Just Jack Adele Broadbent HarperCollins, $19.99, ISBN 9781869508869 Super Finn Leonie Agnew Scholastic, $19.50, ISBN 9781869439996 The Puffin Books of my childhood carried…

Tagged with: Adele Broadbent, Eirlys Hunter, HarperCollins, Hinterland Press, Issue 98, Johanna Knox, Leonie Agnew, Sabrina Malcolm, Scholastic, Winter 2012
Posted in Children, Literature, Review, Young adults

Ephemera and treasure, Eirlys Hunter

Posted on June 1, 2010 by NZ Books

The Wonky Donkey Craig Smith, music Craig Smith, illustrations Katz Cowley Scholastic, $24.99, ISBN 9781869439262 Old Hu-hu/Huhu Koroheke Kyle Mewburn, illustrations Rachel Driscoll Maori text Katerina Te Heikoko Mataira Scholastic, $18.99, ISBN 9781869435189 / 9781869438975 Piggity-Wiggity Jiggity Jig Goes to…

Tagged with: Diana Neild, Eirlys Hunter, Gavin Bishop, Issue 90, Joy Cowley, Katerina Te Heikoko Mataira, Kyle Mewburn, Michael Hight, Paula Green, Philip Webb, Rachel Driscoll, Random House, Scholastic, Winter 2010
Posted in Children, Literature, Review

Korero about books — Eirlys Hunter

Posted on June 1, 2009 by NZ Books

Eirlys Hunter stumbles on an Auckland primary school marketing our children’s books to the world. Like many writers I’m always on the look-out for new opportunities to procrastinate. For me, procrastination mainly involves browsing for comment and reviews online. Professional…

Tagged with: Eirlys Hunter, Issue 86, Winter 2009
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Ways of being in the world, Eirlys Hunter

Posted on June 1, 2007 by NZ Books

When Mum Went Funny Jack Lasenby Longacre Press, $16.99, ISBN 1877361534 The Whizbanger That Emmental Built Reuben Schwarz Puffin, $17.95, ISBN 0143318381 Chute Thru Janice Marriott Mallinson Rendel, $17.00, ISBN 0958262632 Thor’s Tale: Endurance & Adventure in the Southern Ocean …

Tagged with: Barbara Else, Eirlys Hunter, HarperCollins, Issue 78, Jack Lasenby, Janice Marriott, Longacre Press, Mallinson Rendel, Philip Webb, Puffin, Random House, Reuben Schwarz, Winter 2007
Posted in Children, Fiction, Literature, Review

Primitive satisfaction, Norman Bilbrough

Posted on June 1, 2004 by NZ Books

The Real Thing Brian Falkner Mallinson Rendel, $16.95, ISBN 0908783825 Seal Boy Ken Catran Random, $16.95, ISBN 1869416112 Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? Sandy McKay Longacre Press, $14.95, ISBN 1877135976 Colin Goes Bush Sandy McKay Longacre Press, $14.95, ISBN…

Tagged with: Brian Falkner, Eirlys Hunter, Issue 66, Ken Catran, Longacre Press, Mallinson Rendel, Norman Bilbrough, Random, Sandy McKay, Scholastic, Winter 2004
Posted in Children, Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults

Torch under the duvet, Eirlys Hunter

Posted on June 1, 2003 by NZ Books

Red Dog in Bandit Country – A true story Bill Redding (as told to Fleur Beale) Longacre Press, $16.95, ISBN 187713581X Watermark Penelope Todd Longacre Press, $16.95, ISBN 1877135836 Thunder Road Ted Dawe Longacre Press, $18.95, ISBN 1877135879 Two of…

Tagged with: Bill Redding, Eirlys Hunter, Fleur Beale, Issue 62, Longacre Press, Penelope Todd, Ted Dawe, Winter 2003
Posted in Literature, Review, Young adults

Laying ghost, Laura Kroetsch

Posted on June 1, 2001 by NZ Books

Haunt Bronwyn Bannister Otago University Press, $24.95, ISBN 1877133841 Between Black and White Eirlys Hunter Vintage, $24.95, ISBN 1869414284 I find that when reading a first novel I often flick to the little publisher logo on the spine. I acknowledge…

Tagged with: Bronwyn Bannister, Eirlys Hunter, Issue 48, June 2001, Laura Kroetsch, Otago University Press, Vintage
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review