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Revenge, arguments and silliness, Bernard Carpinter
Marlborough Man Alan Carter Fremantle Press, $38.00, ISBN 978125164534 Presumed Guilty Mark McGinn Merlot Publishing, $33.00, ISBN 9781513618609 The Empty Coffin Gary Moore Mary Egan Publishing, $30.00, ISBN 9780473388959 Fans of New Zealand crime fiction can add one more name…
Tagged with: Alan Carter, Bernard Carpinter, Fremantle Press, Gary Moore, Issue 120, Issue 122, Mark McGinn, Mary Egan Publishing, Merlot Publishing, Summer 2017, Winter 2018
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Issue 120 | Summer 2017
Volume 27 | Number 4 | Issue 120 | Summer 2017 Flora Fan: Eileen Merriman, Pieces of You David Eggleton: Witi Ihimaera and Tina Makereti (eds), Black Marks on the White Page Hugh Roberts: Noel Shepherd, Mulgan Lawrence Patchett:…
A swarm of poets, Airini Beautrais
Manifesto Aotearoa: 101 Political Poems Philip Temple and Emma Neale (eds) Otago University Press, $35.00, ISBN 9780947522469 New Zealand poetry in English has a long and complex tradition of politically-charged work: from colonial balladeers, through 20th-century heavyweights like Allen…
Tagged with: Airini Beautrais, Emma Neale, Issue 120, Otago University Press, Philip Temple, Summer 2017
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Poem – Harold Jones
In Autumn or in Spring Nothing remains, and yet everything Does – and this is the truth Of all the constant vanishing And continuance. Both are And are not. The finished leaves That moulder under the rain Are fresh on…
The wisdom of things, Anna Smaill
The Yield Sue Wootton Otago University Press, $25.00, ISBN 9780947522483 The Internet of Things Kate Camp Victoria University Press, $25.00, ISBN 9781776561063 There is beauty to be had in yielding, Sue Wootton’s collection suggests, both to the natural world and…
Tagged with: Anna Smaill, Issue 120, Kate Camp, Otago University Press, Sue Wootton, Summer 2017, Victoria University Press
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Beyond the pale, Kathryn Walls
Heloise Mandy Hager Penguin Random House, $38.00, ISBN 9780143770992 Heloise is Mandy Hager’s reconstruction in novelistic terms of the lives of the 12th-century lovers Heloise and Abelard, told from Heloise’s point of view. While both Abelard and Heloise read a…
Tagged with: Issue 120, Kathryn Walls, Mandy Hager, Penguin Random House, Summer 2017
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Jewels and binoculars, Murray Bramwell
Blood Ties: New and Selected Poems 1963–2016 Jeffrey Paparoa Holman Canterbury University Press, $25.00, ISBN 9781927145883 Dylan Junkie Jeffrey Paparoa Holman Mākaro Press, $25.00, ISBN 9780994137807 It is a harsh fact that we live in a world where there is…
Tagged with: Canterbury University Press, Issue 120, Jeffrey Paparoa Holman, Mākaro Press, Murray Bramwell, Summer 2017
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Getting the news out, James Norcliffe
Surviving 7.8: New Zealanders Respond to the Earthquakes of November 2016 Phil Pennington and Radio New Zealand HarperCollins, $35.00, ISBN 9781775541103 New Zealanders, Cantabrians in particular, have, over the last half-dozen years, become reluctant experts in earthquakes. We have…
Tagged with: HarperCollins, Issue 120, James Norcliffe, Phil Pennington, Radio New Zealand, Summer 2017
Posted in History, Media, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Posted in History, Media, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Loosening stiff upper lips, Charlotte Graham
Leap of Faith Jenny Pattrick Black Swan, $38.00, ISBN 9780143770916 Good Sons Greg Hall Mary Egan Publishing, $32.00, ISBN 9780473383787 It seems there are two major challenges for any author wanting to write about New Zealand in some of its…
Tagged with: Black Swan, Charlotte Graham, Greg Hall, Issue 120, Jenny Pattrick, Mary Egan Publishing, Summer 2017
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Streets, waters, winds, Kirsty Gunn
A Strange Beautiful Excitement: Katherine Mansfield’s Wellington 1888 – 1903 Redmer Yska Otago University Press, $40.00, ISBN 9780947522544 “There is a handful of writers” begins Vincent O’Sullivan’s introduction to a rare and illuminating account of the city in which Katherine…
Tagged with: Issue 120, Kirsty Gunn, Otago University Press, Redmer Yska, Summer 2017
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
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