Blog Archives
A pre-occupation with family, Ronda Cooper
Swimmers, Dancers Michelle Leggott, Auckland University Press, 1991, $16.95 The Other Hemisphere Jan Kemp, Three Continents Press/ Brick Row Publishing, Auckland, 1991, $19.95 Orpheus and other poems Meg Campbell, Te Kotare Press, Pukerua Bay, 1990, $15.95 Michelle Leggott’s second collection…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Brick Row Publishing, Issue 3, Jan Kemp, Meg Campbell, Michelle Leggott, Ronda Cooper, Spring 1991, Te Kotare Press, Three Continents Press
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
A poetic resurgence, Tony Beyer
An Open Return Alan Riach, Untold Books, Wellington, 1991, $23 Paper Boats Peter Bland, John McIndoe, Dunedin, 1991, $16.95 The Man of Paradise Denys Trussell, Hudson/ Cresset, Auckland, (distrib Brick Row Publishers. PO Box 100-057, Auckland 10), 1991, $17.95 The…
Tagged with: Alan Riach, Cresset Publishing, Denys Trussell, Hudson, Issue 3, John McIndoe, Peter Bland, Spring 1991, Tony Beyer, Untold Books
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Memories, dreams and idealisations, Emma Neale
Holy Terrors and Other Stories Amelia Batistich, Vintage Books, Random Century Group, Auckland, 1991, $19.95 How to belong, and where to find ‘home’, are the obsessions which unite the stories in this collection. These can tip over into a vivid…
Tagged with: Amelia Batistich, Emma Neale, Issue 3, Random Century Group, Spring 1991, Vintage Books
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Publisher profiles 1, October 1991
A bird in flight: The Godwit Press In the back garden of a Mount Eden home lies the office of one of the newest of publishing houses, the Godwit Press, set up by Jane Connor and Andrew Campbell in 1990,…
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
Addressing the crystal ball, Ben Gray
Unsettled Outlook, New Zealand in a Greenhouse World Matt McGlone, Tom Clarkson and Blair Fitzharris GP Books, Wellington, 1990, $19.95 Historical Taranaki: An Archaeological Guide Nigel Prickett, GP Books, Wellington, 1990, $19.95 The ‘Greenhouse effect’ has entered our vocabulary. Most…
Tagged with: Ben Gray, Blair Fitzharris, GP Books, Issue 3, Matt McGlone, Nigel Prickett, Spring 1991, Tom Clarkson
Posted in History, Natural History, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in History, Natural History, Non-fiction, Review
Diverse enjoyable strands, Heather Roberts
A Population of One Alice Glenday, Vintage, Auckland, 1991, $19.95 The Peace Monster John Smythe, Vintage, Auckland, 1991, $24.95 The Widowhood of Jacki Bates Frances Cherry, New Women’s Press, Auckland 1991, $19.95 Strained Relations Gaelyn Gordon, Vintage, Auckland, 1991, $24.95…
Tagged with: Alice Glenday, Frances Cherry, Gaelyn Gordon, Heather Roberts, Issue 3, John Smythe, New Women's Press, Spring 1991, Vintage
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, 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