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The haunt of guilty memory, Kim Worthington
In Touch Janette Sinclair Secker and Warburg, $24.95, ISBN 790004011 Does This Make Sense to You? Renée Penguin, $24.95, ISBN 0 14024946X Rain Kirsty Gunn Faber and Faber, $22.95, ISBN 0 571173004 The Strange Letter Z Debra Daley Penguin, $24.95,…
Tagged with: Debra Daley, Faber and Faber, Hodder and Stoughton, Issue 20, Janette Sinclair, Kim Worthington, Kirsty Gunn, Lindsey Dawson, Penguin Books, Renée, Rosie Scott, Secker and Warburg, Summer 1995, Tandem
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Revelling in the actuality of the past, Ralph Johnson
The House of Strife Maurice Shadbolt, Hodder and Stoughton, $39.95 Life is no uniform uninterrupted march or flow. It is a thing of histories, each with its own plot, its inception and movement towards its close. – John Dewey,…
Tagged with: Hodder and Stoughton, Issue 11, Maurice Shadbolt, Ralph Johnson, Summer 1993
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Autobiography through journalism, Rachel Lawson
Hidden Places: a memoir in journalism Michael King, Hodder and Stoughton, 1992, $27.95 Rachel Lawson reviews Michael King’s new book and discusses his work with him. Michael King has established his reputation through exploring what it means to be…
Tagged with: Hodder and Stoughton, Issue 6, Michael King, Rachel Lawson, Spring 1992
Posted in Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
Parrots and paintings, Tom Fitzgibbon
The Story of the Kakapo: Parrot of the night Philip Temple and Chris Gaskin, Hodder and Stoughton, Auckland, $9.95 Matarawa House Rhondda Greig, Hazard Press, Christchurch, 1991, $21.50 For the many summertime trampers such as myself, the name of Philip…
Tagged with: Chris Gaskin, Hazard Press, Hodder and Stoughton, Issue 5, Philip Temple, Rhondda Greig, Tom Fitzgibbon, Winter 1992
Posted in Art, History, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Art, History, Non-fiction, Review
What to do with stranded whales, Stephanie Edmond
The Wildtrack Book Donna Bryant, Hodder and Stoughton, Auckland, 1990, $12.95 Did you know that people eat more sharks than sharks eat people? Or that the killer whale is neither a killer nor a whale, but a dolphin? Or that…
Tagged with: Donna Bryant, Hodder and Stoughton, Issue 3, Spring 1991, Stephanie Edmond
Posted in Natural History, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Natural History, Non-fiction, Review
Two outstanding plant books, Kerry Carman
Flowering Plants of New Zealand Colin Webb, Peter Johnson and Bill Sykes DSIR Botany, Caxton Press, Christchurch, 1990, $39.95 Wildflowers of New Zealand Owen Bishop Hodder and Stoughton, Auckland, 1990, $39.95 ‘Wildflower air is the sweetest air’, wrote Richard Jeffries…
Tagged with: Caxton Press, Colin Webb, DSIR Botany, Hodder and Stoughton, Issue 3, Kerry Carman, Owen Bishop, Peter Johnson and Bill Sykes, Spring 1991
Posted in Natural History, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Natural History, Non-fiction, Review
Strong on descriptive narrative, K R Howe
Years of the Pooh Bah: A Cook Islands History Dick Scott, Cook Islands Trading Company/ Hodder and Stoughton, Auckland, 1991, $49.95 This beautifully produced and heavily illustrated book is an account of the ‘ignorance’, ‘neglect and … vague benevolence’ that…
Tagged with: Cook Islands Trading Company, Dick Scott, Hodder and Stoughton, Issue 3, Spring 1991
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Pacific, Review
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Pacific, Review
Freyberg as epic hero, Les Cleveland
Bernard Freyberg VC, Soldier of Two Nations Paul Freyberg, Hodder and Stoughton, London/ Auckland, 1991, $69.95 Greatness in a political leader or a soldier can be seen as the ability to direct momentous events to inspire a large number of…
Tagged with: Bernard Freyberg, Hodder and Stoughton, Issue 3, Les Cleveland, Paul Freyberg, Spring 1991
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review, War
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review, War
New lyricism and an old favourite, Stephanie Edmond
Chen Li and the River Spirit Anthony Holcroft Hodder and Stoughton, Auckland, 1990, $19.95 Slinky Malinki Lynley Dodd Mallinson Rendel, Wellington, 1990, $17.95 Caterwaul Caper Lynley Dodd Mallinson Rendel, Wellington, 1990, $8.75 Chen Li and the River Spirit is a…
Tagged with: Anthony Holcroft, Hodder and Stoughton, Issue 2, Lynley Dodd, Mallinson Rendel, Stephanie Edmond, Winter 1991
Posted in Children, Literature, Review
Posted in Children, Literature, Review
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