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Issue 59 | August 2003
Volume 13 | Number 3 | Issue 59 | August 2003 Janet Wilson: Marilyn Duckworth, Swallowing Diamonds Editorial Correspondence Gavin McLean: Heather Worth, Anna Paris and Louisa Allen (eds), The Life of Brian: Masculinities, Sexualities and Health in New…
The art of the odd, Janet Wilson
Swallowing Diamonds Marilyn Duckworth Vintage, $26.95, ISBN 1869415485 In Marilyn Duckworth, New Zealand has its finest writer of the absurd. Although others have written about states of unreality or non-reality – most particularly Janet Frame, younger novelists like Elizabeth Knox,…
Tagged with: Issue 59, Janet Wilson, Marilyn Duckworth, Spring 2002, Vintage
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Hobson’s choice, Bryan Gilling
Te Ara Ki Te Tiriti: The Path to the Treaty of Waitangi Paul Moon David Ling, $29.95, ISBN 0908990839 The Treaty of Waitangi often appears to have sprung forth, fully formed, from William Hobson’s pen on 6 February 1840. Many…
Tagged with: Bryan Gilling, David Ling Publishing, Issue 59, Paul Moon, Spring 2002
Posted in History, Māori, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in History, Māori, Non-fiction, Review
Truth vs the good story, Laura Kroetsch
Barbed Wire Between Us: A story of love and war Derek Round Random House, $29.95, ISBN 1869415248 Last of the Whalers: Charlie Heberley’s Story Heather Heberley Cape Catley, $29.95, ISBN 0908561903 In Search of Elisa Marchetti: A Writer’s Search for…
Tagged with: Cape Catley, Derek Round, Gondwanaland Press, Heather Heberley, Issue 59, Laura Kroetsch, Penguin, Random House, Robin Allardyce, Spring 2002, Susan Price, Tessa Duder
Posted in Autobiography, Biography, History, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Autobiography, Biography, History, Non-fiction, Review
Speaking frankly of Frank and James K, Stevan Eldred-Grigg
An Affair of the Heart: A Celebration of Frank Sargeson’s Centenary ed Graeme Lay and Stephen Stratford Cape Catley, $49.99, ISBN 0908561938 O Jerusalem – James K Baxter: An Intimate Memoir Mike Minehan Hazard Press, $24.95, ISBN 1877270385 Two icons…
Tagged with: Cape Catley, Frank Sargeson, Graeme Lay, Hazard Press, Issue 59, James K Baxter, Mike Minehan, Spring 2002, Stephen Stratford, Stevan Eldred-Grigg
Posted in Essays, Literature, Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Essays, Literature, Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
The odd couple, Eric Richards
States of Mind: Australia and New Zealand 1901-2001 ed Arthur Grimes, Lydia Wevers, and Ginny Sullivan Institute of Policy Studies, Victoria University of Wellington, $39.00, ISBN 0908935644 There is something peculiar about two affluent and well-established small countries sitting together…
Tagged with: Arthur Grimes, Eric Richards, Ginny Sullivan, Institute of Policy Studies, Issue 59, Lydia Wevers, Spring 2002, Victoria University of Wellington
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Speed reading, Bernard Carpinter
50 Years on Track Sandy Myhre Hodder Moa Beckett, $79.99, ISBN 186958936X Classic Racers – New Zealand’s Grand Prix Greats Eoin Young HarperSports, $34.99, ISBN 1869504607 If you noticed that McLaren cars won the first two Formula One Grands Prix…
Tagged with: Bernard Carpinter, Eoin Young, HarperSports, Hodder Moa Beckett, Issue 59, Sandy Myhre, Spring 2002
Posted in Non-fiction, Review, Sport
Posted in Non-fiction, Review, Sport
Communal faith, shared vision, Peter Lineham
Prophetic Histories: The People of the Maramatanga Karen Sinclair Bridget Williams Books, $49.95, ISBN 1877242926 This remarkable book is written by an American anthropologist from Eastern Michigan University. Over a period of 30 years, she entered the world of a…
Tagged with: Bridget Williams Books, Issue 59, Karen Sinclair, Peter Lineham, Spring 2002
Posted in History, Māori, Non-fiction, Religion, Review
Posted in History, Māori, Non-fiction, Religion, Review
Lore meets law, Kate Riddell
Mihipeka: Call of an Elder Karanga a te kuia Mihi Edwards Steele Roberts, $29.95, ISBN 1877228222 The Tribes of Muriwhenua: Their Origins and Stories Dorothy Urlich Cloher (Maori translation by Merimeri Penfold) Auckland University Press, $29.95, ISBN 1869402693 Rere atu,…
Tagged with: Alex Frame, Auckland University Press, Dorothy Urlich Cloher, Issue 59, Jane McRae, Jenifer Curnow, Kate Riddell, Merimeri Penfold, Mihi Edwards, Ngapare Hopa, Spring 2002, Steele Roberts, Victoria University Press
Posted in Autobiography, Biography, History, Language, Māori, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Posted in Autobiography, Biography, History, Language, Māori, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Owen Marshall awarded inaugural fellowship
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