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Pressing on, James Hollings
Lasting Impressions: The Story of New Zealand’s Newspapers, 1840–1920 Ian F Grant Fraser Books, in association with the Alexander Turnbull Library, $69.50, ISBN 9780994136046 At a time when journalism is in crisis, with collapsing revenues and governments and elites indifferent…
Tagged with: Alexander Turnbull Library, Dr James Hollings, Fraser Books, Ian F Grant, Issue 126, Winter 2019
Posted in Media, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Media, Non-fiction, Review
At a crossroads, Max Harris
Unquiet Time: Aotearoa/New Zealand in a Fast-changing World Colin James Fraser Books, $39.50, ISBN 9780994136015 Last year, Colin James published his final weekly column with the Otago Daily Times, after over 50 years of work as a journalist. In a…
Tagged with: Autumn 2018, Colin James, Fraser Books, Issue 121, Max Harris
Posted in Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Posted in Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Undesirables and worthies, John O’Leary
The Girl Who Stole Stockings: The True Story of Susannah Noon and the Women of the Convict Ship Friends Elsbeth Hardie Australian Teachers of Media, $40.00, ISBN 9781876467241 May Your Shadow Never Grow Less: The Life and Times of Henry…
Tagged with: Australian Teachers of Media, Elsbeth Hardie, Fraser Books, Helen Thomas, Issue 116, John O’Leary, Summer 2016
Posted in Biography, History, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, History, Non-fiction, Review
State-of-the-education-nation, Elizabeth Crayford
The Rhetoric and the Reality: New Zealand Schools and Schooling in the 21st Century David Hood Fraser Books, $39.50, ISBN 9780992247638 David Hood has written a thorough, detailed and impassioned plea for major changes to our education system. He calls…
Tagged with: Autumn 2016, David Hood, Elizabeth Crayford, Fraser Books, Issue 113
Posted in Education, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Education, Non-fiction, Review
The thinking man’s cartoonist, Dylan Horrocks
Brockie: A Memoir in Words, Cartoons and Sketches Bob Brockie New Zealand Cartoon Archive/Fraser Books, $39.50 ISBN 9780958232074 David Lange called Brockie “the thinking man’s cartoonist”. Which is pretty nice of Lange, considering that Brockie had drawn him on various…
Tagged with: Dylan Horrocks, Fraser Books, Issue 112, New Zealand Cartoon Archive, Summer 2015
Posted in Art, History, Memoir, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Posted in Art, History, Memoir, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Teacup warriors, Les Cleveland
Fernleaf Cairo: New Zealanders at Maadi Camp Alex Hedley (with Megan Hutching) HarperCollins, $36.39, ISBN 9781869507718 Grey Ghosts: New Zealand Vietnam Vets Talk About their War Deborah Challinor HarperCollins, $36.99, ISBN 9781869507718 Things Have Been Pretty Lively: The Great War…
Tagged with: Alex Hedley, Deborah Challinor, Doug King, Fraser Books, HarperCollins, Issue 87, Les Cleveland, Megan Hutching, Neil Frances, Patricia Stroud, Spring 2009, Wairarapa Archives
Posted in Autobiography, Biography, History, Non-fiction, Review, War
Posted in Autobiography, Biography, History, Non-fiction, Review, War
Coming of age for Kiwi baddies, Bernard Carpinter
The Cleaner Paul Cleave Black Swan, $29.95, ISBN 9781869417604 The Killing Hour Paul Cleave Black Swan, $27.99, ISBN 9781869418663 Overkill Vanda Symon Penguin, $28.00, ISBN 9780143006657 From My Cold, Cold Hands David McGill Silver Owl Press, $34.99, ISBN 9780958245159 The…
Tagged with: Bernard Carpinter, Black Swan, David McGill, Fraser Books, Issue 80, P C Laird, Paul Cleave, Penguin, Silver Owl Press, Summer 2007, Vanda Symon
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
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