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Less than kind, Elizabeth Webby

Posted on September 1, 2001 by NZ Books

Kin of Place: Essays on 20 New Zealand Writers C K Stead Auckland University Press, $39.95, ISBN 1869402723 When invited to review this new collection of critical essays by C K Stead, I initially demurred on the grounds of my…

Tagged with: Auckland University Press, C K Stead, Elizabeth Webby, Issue 55, Spring 2001
Posted in Essays, Literature, Non-fiction, Review

A fierce inwardness, Peter Wells

Posted on September 1, 2001 by NZ Books

I got on the bus the other day, and there was only one seat left. I sat down beside a young woman. She had a book open on her lap, and she was leaning her head against a rain-teared window.…

Tagged with: Issue 55, Peter Wells, Spring 2001
Posted in Imprints

Poem – Leonard Lambert

Posted on September 1, 2001 by NZ Books

In the Garden Place, amoroso Coming in from every boxed and metal thing I stumbled on this courtly crowd – I was on my best behaviour, hope it showed. Down every aisle I nodded, noted every winning smile –…

Tagged with: Issue 55, Leonard Lambert, Spring 2001
Posted in Poem

Irony and automata, Bill Sewell

Posted on September 1, 2001 by NZ Books

Husk Chris Price Auckland University Press, $21.95, ISBN 1869402669 I suppose it’s as true to say that you shouldn’t judge a book by its title as by its cover. Certainly, when it comes to some otherwise admirable collections of New…

Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Bill Sewell, Chris Price, Issue 55, Spring 2001
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review

Rescue mission, Nicholas Reid

Posted on September 1, 2001 by NZ Books

A Fair and Just Solution – a History of the Integration of Private Schools in New Zealand Rory Sweetman Dunmore Press, $34.95, ISBN 0864694148 Once upon a time there were, theoretically, two school systems in New Zealand. There were state…

Tagged with: Dunmore Press, Dunmore Publishing, Issue 55, Nicholas Reid, Rory Sweetman, Spring 2001
Posted in Education, Non-fiction, Review

Obituary — Harry Orsman

Posted on September 1, 2001 by NZ Books

Harry Orsman (1928 – 2002) In his fine eulogy at Harry Orsman’s funeral, Stuart Johnston considered the meanings we might take from “character”. He unravelled the word so that it extended far beyond the way we usually use it, and…

Tagged with: Harry Orsman, Issue 55, Spring 2001, Vincent O’Sullivan
Posted in Obituaries

Whizzbangs and big bangs, Fleur Beale

Posted on September 1, 2001 by NZ Books

Follow the blue Brigid Lowry Allen & Unwin, $19.95, ISBN 186508400X Letters from the Coffin Trenches Ken Catran Random House, $16.95, ISBN 1869415094 The Sleeper Wakes David Hill Puffin, $15.95, ISBN 0141313242 The High Wind Blows David Hill Puffin, $15.95,…

Tagged with: Allen & Unwin, Brigid Lowry, David Hill, Fleur Beale, Issue 55, Ken Catran, Puffin, Random House, Spring 2001
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults

Tripping our light fantastic, Adrienne Simpson

Posted on September 1, 2001 by NZ Books

Fantasy and Folly: the lost world of New Zealand musicals 1880-1940 Peter Harcourt Steele Roberts, $39.95, ISBN 1877228656 The dearth of published research on the history of entertainment in New Zealand would be reason enough to welcome the late Peter…

Tagged with: Adrienne Simpson, Issue 55, Peter Harcourt, Spring 2001, Steele Roberts
Posted in History, Music, Non-fiction, Review