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Hormones and hedges David Hill

Posted on May 29, 2014 by NZ Books

Into the River Ted Dawe Longacre, $20.00, ISBN 9781775536048 Dappled Annie and the Tigrish Mary McCallum (Annie Hayward illus) Gecko Press, $20.00, ISBN 9781877579912 Anyone present when Into the River won the Senior Fiction and Book of the Year categories…

Tagged with: Annie Hayward, David Hill, Gecko Press, Issue 106, Longacre, Mary McCallum, Ted Dawe, Winter 2014
Posted in Children, Literature, Review, Young adults

New seeds for old, Kathryn Walls

Posted on February 27, 2014 by NZ Books

The Mijo Tree Janet Frame (Deidre Copeland illus) Penguin, $25.00, ISBN 9780143569428 A Book is a Book Jenny Bornholdt (Sarah Wilkins illus) Gecko Press, $25.00, ISBN 9781877579929 Dunger Joy Cowley Gecko Press, $20.00, ISBN 9781977579462 Janet Frame sent the typescript…

Tagged with: Autumn 2014, Deidre Copeland, Gecko Press, Issue 105, Janet Frame, Jenny Bornholdt, Joy Cowley, Kathryn Walls, Penguin Books, Sarah Wilkins
Posted in Children, Fiction, Literature, Review

Wearing their ethics on their sleeves, Jack Ross

Posted on August 30, 2013 by NZ Books

Mortal Fire Elizabeth Knox Gecko Press, $30.00, ISBN 9781877579530 Dear Vincent Mandy Hager Random House, $20.00, ISBN 9781775533276 There was a time when I used to wait eagerly for each new YA novel by Margaret Mahy. Starting with The Haunting…

Tagged with: Elizabeth Knox, Gecko Press, Issue 103, Jack Ross, Mandy Hager, Random House, Spring 2013
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults

Becoming somebody, Angelina Sbroma

Posted on March 1, 2013 by NZ Books

The Brain Sucker Glenn Wood Walker Books, $19.00, ISBN 9781921933633 The Queen and the Nobody Boy Barbara Else Gecko Press, $25.00, ISBN 9781877579233 How to Sell Toothpaste Leonie Thorpe HarperCollins, $25.00, ISBN 9781869509422 Glenn Wood’s The Brain Sucker is the…

Tagged with: Angelina Sbroma, Autumn 2013, Barbara Else, Gecko Press, Glenn Wood, HarperCollins, Issue 101, Leonie Thorpe, Walker Books
Posted in Children, Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults

Matters of form, Julia Marshall

Posted on December 1, 2012 by NZ Books

Julia Marshall of Gecko Press wonders about the future of the book as artefact. Recently, Frances, in charge of Gecko Press accounts, went to get her daily coffee at The Jimmy in Wellington and was asked where she worked. On…

Tagged with: Gecko Press, Issue 100, Julia Marshall, Summer 2012
Posted in Comment, ebooks

Saving their world, Diane Hebley

Posted on June 1, 2011 by NZ Books

Just Jack Adele Broadbent HarperCollins, $19.99, ISBN 9781869508869 The Peco Incident Des Hunt HarperCollins, $19.99, ISBN 9781869508968 The Travelling Restaurant: Jasper’s Voyage in Three Parts Barbara Else Gecko Press, $24.99, ISBN 9781877467776 Nina Questor: The Battle Has Begun Ken Catran…

Tagged with: Adele Broadbent, Barbara Else, Des Hunt, Diane Hebley, Gecko Press, HarperCollins, Issue 94, Ken Catran, Winter 2011
Posted in Children, Fiction, Literature, Review

Illustrating the gaps between words, Raymond Huber

Posted on June 1, 2008 by NZ Books

Rats! Gavin Bishop Random House, $30.00, ISBN 978869419028 Tahi: One Lucky Kiwi Melanie Drewery, illustrations Ali Teo and John O’Reilly Random House, $30.00, ISBN 9781869419301 To the Harbour Stanley Palmer Lopdell House Gallery, $35.00, ISBN 9780958228442 Snake and Lizard Joy…

Tagged with: Ali Teo, Gavin Bishop, Gecko Press, Issue 81, Jenny Cooper, John O’Reilly, Joy Cowley, Lopdell House Gallery, Melanie Drewery, Random House, Raymond Huber, Scholastic, Stanley Palmer, Winter 2008
Posted in Children, Fiction, Literature, Review