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Parrots and paintings, Tom Fitzgibbon
The Story of the Kakapo: Parrot of the night Philip Temple and Chris Gaskin, Hodder and Stoughton, Auckland, $9.95 Matarawa House Rhondda Greig, Hazard Press, Christchurch, 1991, $21.50 For the many summertime trampers such as myself, the name of Philip…
Tagged with: Chris Gaskin, Hazard Press, Hodder and Stoughton, Issue 5, Philip Temple, Rhondda Greig, Tom Fitzgibbon, Winter 1992
Posted in Art, History, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Art, History, Non-fiction, Review
The Dictionary in retrospect, John Roberts
The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, Volume One, 1769-1869, Allen and Unwin (Bridget Williams Books) and the Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington, 1990, $120 Christendom is essentially a construct of biography. The Gospels relate the temporal genealogy, life and death…
Tagged with: Allen & Unwin, Bridget Williams Books, Department of Internal Affairs, Issue 5, John Roberts, Winter 1992
Posted in Biography, History, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, History, Non-fiction, Review
Natural World, House Notes, June 1992
The World of Albatrosses and The World of Penguins Chris Gaskin, and Neville Peat, with photographs by Kim Westerskov, Hodder and Stoughton, Auckland, 1991, each $19.95 Those who have visited the Taiaroa Head Royal albatross colony and been fortunate enough…
Glowing with insight and honesty, Alison Parr
You Are My Darling Zita Glenn Busch, Godwit, Auckland, 1991, $44.95 Glenn Busch has created an extraordinary book. Through the stories of six ‘ordinary people’ he has crafted a revealing and deeply moving account of the process of ageing. Hours…
Tagged with: Alison Parr, Glenn Busch, Godwit, Issue 5, Winter 1992
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Issues of shared identity, Peter Beatson
Pakeha: The Quest For Identity in New Zealand Michael King (ed), Penguin Books, Auckland, 1991, $24.95 I came to this book already blooded from a remarkably bad-tempered review by Maurice Shadbolt, in which he variously described the contributors as numb…
Tagged with: Issue 5, Michael King, Penguin Books, Peter Beatson, Winter 1992
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Publisher Profiles 3, Geoff Walker of Penguin Books, Kevin Ireland
Penguin’s Geoff Walker is an easy person to talk to; he puts himself out to be available for seminars and panel discussions, book launchings and other literary events. Many of his writers are close friends. He is a committed publisher…
Twenty-five women spanning two generations, Rosemary du Plessis
Minding Children: Managing Men: Conflict and Compromise in the Lives of Postwar Pakeha Women Helen May, Bridget Williams Books, Wellington, 1992, $34.95 Did Pakeha women after the Second World War happily retreat into their home – tying on their aprons,…
Tagged with: Bridget Williams Books, Helen May, Issue 5, Rosemary du Plessis, Winter 1992
Posted in Gender, History, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Posted in Gender, History, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Poem — Michael Harlow
No problem, but not easy This is the Green Man He lives at the corner of Hello Street and Goodbye. He lives in a house. Alchemy House. When you stand close to him He is surely a man, you…
1992’s reviewer of the year and the best review pages, Fiona Kidman
We are delighted to be able to publish a condensed version of Fiona Kidman’s invaluable report on the 1992 competitions: Having been both reviewer and reviewed over many years, I have a fair idea of the importance of reviews, rejoicing…
Recurring images from diverse sources, Charles Croot
From The Word Go Murray Edmond, Auckland University Press, 1992, $16.95 Small Stories of Devotion Dinah Hawken, Victoria University Press, Wellington, 1991, $19.95 Murray Edmond’s fifth collection is an uneven performance. This poet’s strength lies in his powers of observation…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Charles Croot, Dinah Hawken, Issue 5, Murray Edmond, Victoria University Press, Winter 1992
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review