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The big player, George Griffiths

Posted on June 1, 2007 by NZ Books

Writer and historian George Griffiths pays tribute to writer A P Gaskell, whose commemorative plaque joined others’ in Dunedin’s Octagon earlier this year. I’m delighted that my old teacher A P Gaskell – Alec Pickard, in real life – is…

Tagged with: A P Gaskell, George Griffiths, Issue 78, Winter 2007
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Localising the global, George Griffiths

Posted on March 1, 2001 by NZ Books

From Tamaki-makau-rau to Auckland R C J Stone Auckland University Press, $59.95, ISBN 1869402596 Rolling Thunder: the Spirit of Karekare Bob Harvey Exisle Publishing, $39.95, ISBN 0908988176 Remembering Godley: a Portrait of Canterbury’s Founder ed Mark Stocker Hazard Press, $29.95,…

Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Autumn 2001, Bob Harvey, Exisle Publishing, George Griffiths, Hazard Press, Issue 53, Julia Bradshaw, Mark Stocker, Otago University Press, R C J Stone
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review

Don’t expect the head, George Griffiths

Posted on December 1, 1992 by NZ Books

A People’s History: Illustrated Biographies from the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, Volume One, 1769-1869, W H Oliver (ed), Bridget Williams Books/ Department of Internal Affairs, $39.95 Taken alone, this collection of biographical essays can be summed up quickly. Wellwritten,…

Tagged with: Bridget Williams Books, Department of Internal Affairs, George Griffiths, Issue 7, Summer 1992, W H Oliver
Posted in Biography, History, Non-fiction, Review