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No country for old men, Megan Dunn
Grahame Sydney Paintings 1974-2014 Grahame Sydney (essay by Vincent O’Sullivan) Craig Potton Publishing, $100.00, ISBN 9781927213254 Myself, Looking Back is Grahame Sydney’s extensive memoir of his childhood and formative artistic years up until his sell-out solo exhibition in 1975. Early…
Tagged with: Craig Potton Publishing, Grahame Sydney, Issue 110, Megan Dunn, Vincent O’Sullivan, Winter 2015
Posted in Art, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Art, Non-fiction, Review
Just like on tv, Annabel Cresswell
The Dwarf Who Moved and Other Remarkable Tales from a Life in the Law Peter Williams HarperCollins, $50.00, ISBN 9781775540472 Criminal lawyers love war stories. War stories are great yarns about epic legal disputes, great victories and shocking defeats, where…
Tagged with: Annabel Cresswell, HarperCollins, Issue 110, Peter Williams, Winter 2015
Posted in Memoir, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Posted in Memoir, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
The fungibility of human longevity, Charlotte Paul
The Healthy Country? A History of Life and Death in New Zealand Alistair Woodward and Tony Blakely Auckland University Press, $50.00, ISBN 9781869408138 Non-Māori New Zealanders lived longer than any other peoples on earth between 1876 and 1940. Figuring out…
Tagged with: Alistair Woodward, Auckland University Press, Charlotte Paul, Issue 110, Tony Blakely, Winter 2015
Posted in Health, History, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Posted in Health, History, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Sources of discomfort, W K Hastings
Murder That Wasn’t: The Case of George Gwaze Felicity Goodyear-Smith Otago University Press, $35.00, ISBN 9781877578991 Part of me wishes this book had not been written. It makes for uncomfortable reading. It is, of course, perfectly legitimate for an author…
Tagged with: Felicity Goodyear-Smith, George Gwaze, Issue 110, Otago University Press, W K Hastings, Winter 2015
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Hipster pulp, Dougal McNeill
New Hokkaido James McNaughton Victoria University Press, $30.00, ISBN 978 086473 9766 James McNaughton’s New Hokkaido is not the “adventure that thrills and disquiets at every turn” promised in its blurb, but it does qualify as a page-turner: I read…
Tagged with: Dougal McNeill, Issue 110, James McNaughton, Victoria University Press, Winter 2015
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Lessons from history, Bronwyn Labrum
Rough on Women: Abortion in 19th Century New Zealand Margaret Sparrow Victoria University Press, $40.00, ISBN 9780864739360 Someone I follow on Twitter reported that a friend of hers had no idea that abortion is yet to be decriminalised in New…
Tagged with: Bronwyn Labrum, Issue 110, Margaret Sparrow, Victoria University Press, Winter 2015
Posted in Gender, Health, History, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Posted in Gender, Health, History, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Where’s Rewi? Mary Roberts
White Ghosts, Yellow Peril: China and New Zealand 1790–1959 Stevan Eldred-Grigg with Zeng Dazheng Otago University Press, $55.00, ISBN 9781877578656 Stevan Eldred-Grigg and Zeng Dazheng have, in some respects, written the book that I’ve been waiting for. This is a…
Tagged with: Issue 110, Mary Roberts, Otago University Press, Stevan Eldred-Grigg, Winter 2015, Zeng Dazheng
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Sociology
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Sociology
Culinary design and display, Peta Mathias
Kitchens: The New Zealand Kitchen in the 20th Century Helen Leach Otago University Press, $50.00, ISBN 9781877578373 Professor Helen Leach, the author of Kitchens: The New Zealand Kitchen in the 20th Century, is simply a national treasure, along with her…
Tagged with: Helen Leach, Issue 110, Otago University Press, Peta Mathias, Winter 2015
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
For us there is only the trying, Paul Morris
Tell You What: Great New Zealand Non-Fiction 2015 Jolisa Gracewood and Susanna Andrew (eds) Auckland University Press, $30.00 ISBN 9781869408244 Greatest Hits: A Quarter Century of Journalistic Encounters and Notes from Lost Cities David Cohen Mākaro Press, $35.00 ISBN 9780994106544…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, David Cohen, Issue 110, Jolisa Gracewood, Mākaro Press, Paul Morris, Susanna Andrew, Winter 2015
Posted in Essays, Media, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Essays, Media, Non-fiction, Review
Those are pearls that were his eyes, Lindsay Missen
Fingers: Jewellery for Aotearoa New Zealand: 40 Years of Fingers Jewellery Gallery Damian Skinner and Finn McCahon-Jones David Bateman, $60.00, ISBN 9781869538620 Place and Adornment: A History of Contemporary Jewellery in Australia and New Zealand Damian Skinner and Kevin Murray…
Tagged with: Damian Skinner, David Bateman, Finn McCahon-Jones, Issue 110, Kevin Murray, Lindsay Missen, Winter 2015
Posted in Art, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Art, Non-fiction, Review