Trial by Ambush: The Prosecutions of David Bain Joe Karam HarperCollins, $45.00, ISBN 9781869508340 I am reasonably new to the criminal justice system, having been appointed a judge in 2010, and seem to be one of the few people in…
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No proof of innocence, W K Hastings
Tagged with: Autumn 2013, David Bain, HarperCollins, Issue 101, Joe Karam, W K (Bill) Hastings
Posted in History, Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in History, Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
Issue 101 | Autumn 2013
No getting away from the man, Linda Burgess
Civilisation: Twenty Places on the Edge of the World Steve Braunias Awa Press, $36.00, ISBN 9781877551352 Steve Braunias is one of our very best writers. How does he do it, wonders the reviewer, as within a sentence Braunias moves from…
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Tagged with: Autumn 2013, Awa Press, Issue 101, Linda Burgess, Steve Braunias
Posted in Essays, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Essays, Non-fiction, Review
Moving the world along, Mark Houlahan
These Rough Notes Bill Manhire, Anne Noble, Norman Meehan, Hannah Griffin Victoria University Press, $40.00, ISBN 9780864738318 Selected Poems Bill Manhire Victoria University Press, $35.00, ISBN 9780864737625 “In the future,” Bill Manhire predicts, while introducing his sweeping 2005 anthology of…
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Tagged with: Anne Noble, Autumn 2013, Bill Manhire, Hannah Griffin, Issue 101, Mark Houlahan, Norman Meehan, Victoria University Press
Posted in Literature, Photography, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Photography, Poetry, Review
More pork and potatoes, anyone? John O’Leary
Poenamo Revisited John Logan Campbell (essay and notes by R C J Stone) Godwit, $60.00, ISBN 9781869797980 Most New Zealanders – even those living south of the Bombay Hills – have heard of John Logan Campbell, the Father of Auckland,…
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Tagged with: Autumn 2013, Godwit, Issue 101, John Logan Campbell, John O’Leary, R C J Stone
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review
Magnificent obsession, Spiro Zavos
Graham Henry: Final Word Bob Howitt HarperCollins, $50.00, ISBN 9781869509736 Here is an heroic assertion. Graham Henry is the greatest coach in the history of rugby. His rivals for this title include Danie Craven, Carwyn James, Fred Allen and, possibly,…
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Tagged with: Autumn 2013, Bob Howitt, Graham Henry, HarperCollins, Issue 101, Spiro Zavos
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review, Sport
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review, Sport
Walking upon ashes, Harry Ricketts
The Search for Anne Perry Joanne Drayton HarperCollins, $45.00, ISBN 9781869508883 So Brilliantly Clever: Parker, Hulme and the Murder that Shocked the World Peter Graham Awa Press, $42.00, ISBN 9781877651123 On 22 June 1954, in Victoria Park, Christchurch, 16-year-old Pauline…
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Tagged with: Anne Perry, Autumn 2013, Awa Press, HarperCollins, Harry Ricketts, Issue 101, Joanne Drayton, Juliet Hulme, Pauline Parker, Peter Graham
Posted in Biography, History, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, History, Non-fiction, Review
Letters – Issue 101
The great sucking void, John McCrystal
Soon Charlotte Grimshaw Vintage, $38.00, ISBN 9781869799984 Ever since the 1999 publication of her first novel, Provocation, Charlotte Grimshaw’s writing has attracted a cloud of admirers and a liberal garnishing of awards. She is a novelist by instinct, if not…
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Tagged with: Autumn 2013, Charlotte Grimshaw, Issue 101, John McCrystal, Vintage
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review