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Naughty bits, A K Grant
A Dictionary of Modern New Zealand Slang ed Harry Orsman Oxford University Press, $24.95, ISBN 0 19 558408 2 Harry Orsman achieved semi-divine status among New Zealand scholars with the publication of his highly-acclaimed Dictionary of New Zealand English. But…
Buying into Baxter? Rob Jackaman
Beyond the Palisade James K Baxter (ed Paul Millar) Oxford University Press, $29.95, ISBN 0 19 558406 6 Autumn Testament James K Baxter (ed Paul Millar) Oxford University Press, $29.95, ISBN 0 19 558386 8 Not arriving in New Zealand…
Tagged with: Issue 39, James K Baxter, Paul Millar, Rob Jackaman
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Else-where, Phillip Mann
Brainjoy Chris Else Tandem Press, $24.95, ISBN 1 877178 34 9 If “What if … ?” can be regarded as the foundation question of all fiction, then for Science Fiction it should be accompanied with two question marks; for of…
Mixing memory and desire, Kim Worthington
Dismemberment Kapka Kassabova Auckland University Press, $19.95, ISBN 1 86940 207 3 Reconnaissance Kapka Kassabova Penguin, $24.95, ISBN 0 14 028343 0 Marked as a new talent to watch, Kapka Kassabova has received extensive media attention in the past two…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Issue 39, Kapka Kassabova, Kim Worthington, Penguin
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Poetry, Review
Smoke gets in their poems, Laurence Jenkins
Eat These Sweet Words. The New Zealand Anthology of Lesbian and Gay Poetry eds Sue Fitchett, Marewa Glover, Cary McDermott, Rhona Vickoce Publishing Giant Press,
$24.95, ISBN 0 9583582 4 9 When Two Men Embrace. The New Zealand Anthology of…
Tagged with: Cary McDermott, Issue 39, Jonathan Fisher, Laurence Jenkins, Marewa Glover, Publishing Giant Press, Rhona Vickoce, Sue Fitchett
Posted in Gender, History, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Gender, History, Non-fiction, Review
Plus ça change … Alison Gray
Family Matters: Child Welfare in Twentieth-Century New Zealand Bronwyn Dalley Auckland University Press, $39.95, ISBN 1 86940 190 5 Not long after this is published, the Department of Social Welfare will be restructured. Again. What was CYPS and then CYPFA…
Tagged with: Alison Gray, Auckland University Press, Bronwyn Dalley, Issue 39
Posted in History, Review, Sociology
Posted in History, Review, Sociology
Life stories from the edge, Ralph Crane
From the Edge of the Sky: A Memoir Maurice Shadbolt David Ling, $29.95, ISBN 0 908990 59 6 An Albatross Too Many James McNeish David Ling, $24.95, ISBN 0 908990 55 3 When in 1993 I enthusiastically reviewed Maurice Shadbolt’s…
Tagged with: David Ling, Issue 39, James McNeish, Maurice Shadbolt, Ralph Crane
Posted in Autobiography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Autobiography, Non-fiction, Review