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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
Issue 03 Spring 1991
Volume 1 | Number 3 | Issue 3 | Autumn 1991 J M Thomson: “Looking forward” Les Cleveland: Paul Freyberg, Bernard Freyberg VC, Soldier of Two Nations Juliet Rowe: Pauline O’Regan, Aunts and Windmills; May Davis, May Elric Hooper: …
Opera out in the cold: QEII’s recent policy review, Lindis Taylor
It would be easy to imagine that the arts establishment in New Zealand had a prejudice against opera so pervasive that no pains were spared to stifle it. The QEII Arts Council, for instance, is still widely mistrusted as a…
Wry observations, Alison Parr
Kapiti Poems Five Rawhiti Press, Pukerua Bay, 1990, $15 Archipelago, The Ocean Soliloquies Denys Trussell, Hudson/ Cresset Publishing, Auckland, 1991, $17.95 Mikrokosmos Koenraad Kuiper, One Eyed Press, Waikanae, 1990, $15 Kapiti Poems Five is a sturdy collection stemming largely from…
Tagged with: Cresset Publishing, Denys Trussell, Hudson, Issue 3, Koenraad Kuiper, One Eyed Press, Rawhiti Press, Spring 1991
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
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