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A 12 year old’s viewpoint, Nicola Chilton
Fabulous and Familiar: Children’s reading in New Zealand past and present Mary Atwool and others, Exhibition and Catalogue, National Library of New Zealand, Wellington, 1991, $24.75 Books for Life Susan Price, The Gondwanaland Press, Wellington, 1991, $12 My Mum took…
Tagged with: Autumn 1992, Gondwanaland Press, Issue 4, Mary Atwool, National Library of New Zealand, Nicola Chilton, Susan Price
Posted in Children, Literature, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Children, Literature, Non-fiction, Review
Rare and valuable flowers, Adrian Kiernander
He Reo Hou: 5 Plays by Maori Playwrights Playmarket, Wellington, 1991, $25.30 E nga rangatira, teena koutou, teena koutou, teena koutou, e nga mate, haere, haere, haere, e nga iwi katoa, teena koutou, teena koutou, teena koutou. What are my…
An admirable thematic approach, Mark Stocker
A Concise History of New Zealand Painting Michael Dunn, David Bateman, Auckland, 1991, $89.95 A history of New Zealand painting written by a scholar is well overdue. Michael Dunn, longtime Senior Lecturer in Art History at the University of Auckland,…
Tagged with: Autumn 1992, David Bateman, Issue 4, Mark Stocker, Michael Dunn
Posted in Art, History, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Art, History, Non-fiction, Review
The true sexual and racial violence of (post-)colonial history, Judith Dale
Jeannie Once Renée, Victoria University Press, Wellington, 1991, $12.95 Broken Arse Bruce Stewart, Victoria University Press, 1991, $12.95 With these, the latest in the 31-title series, New Zealand Play-scripts, is indicated the extending range of published drama. The comedic and…
Tagged with: Autumn 1992, Bruce Stewart, Issue 4, Judith Dale, Renée, Victoria University Press
Posted in Literature, Plays, Review
Posted in Literature, Plays, Review
The legacies of history, B J Poff
Te Waimana, The Spring of Mana: Tuhoe History and the Colonial Encounter Jeffrey Sissons, Otago University Press, Dunedin, 1991, $39.95 Kinds of Peace: Maori People After the Wars, 1870-85 Sir Keith Sinclair, Auckland University Press, Auckland, 1991, $24.95 Unsung Hero:…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Autumn 1992, B J Poff, Dunmore Press, Dunmore Publishing, Issue 4, Jeffrey Sissons, Otago University Press, Peter Kennett, Sir Keith Sinclair
Posted in Biography, History, Māori, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, History, Māori, Non-fiction, Review
A new young voice, Kirsty Cochrane
The Kite Ron Bacon and Kelvin Hawley, Hodder & Stoughton, Auckland, 1991, $10.95 Out Walked Mel Paula Boock, John McIndoe, Dunedin, 1991, $16.95 A picture-book format, and a story that doesn’t quite match: which could be a short-story for slightly…
Tagged with: Autumn 1992, Hodder & Stoughton, Issue 4, John McIndoe, Kelvin Hawley, Kirsty Cochrane, Paula Boock, Ron Bacon
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults
Story-telling for all, Bruce Morris
Uncle Trev Jack Lasenby, Cape Catley, Whatamongo Bay, 1991, $14.95 Jack Lasenby has for some time now been delighting young New Zealanders (and those adults fortunate to have come across them) with his stories about Uncle Trev. Based firmly in…
Tagged with: Autumn 1992, Bruce Morris, Cape Catley, Issue 4, Jack Lasenby
Posted in Children, Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Children, Fiction, Literature, Review
Honest and substantial, W S Broughton
Barbed Wire and Mirrors: Essays on New Zealand prose Lawrence Jones, Second edition, University of Otago Press (distrib John McIndoe Ltd, Dunedin), 1991, $39.95 Lawrence Jones has been writing about New Zealand fiction for at least twenty-five years now, and…
Tagged with: Autumn 1992, Issue 4, Lawrence Jones, Otago University Press, W S Broughton
Posted in Literature
Posted in Literature