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Researching history, Gavin McLean
Oral History in New Zealand Vol 4 Louise Buckingham and Brigid Pike (eds), National Oral History Association of New Zealand, Wellington, 1992, by subscription Oral history continues to gather strength and respectability. Fittingly, in view of the technique’s special value…
Current Issues, Joanna Gould
The Greening of New Zealand Scott McVarish, Random Century, 1992, $24.95 Science and the New Zealand Environment M J Taylor, J E Hay, S J de Mora (eds), Dunmore Press, 1992, $32.95 In The Greening of New Zealand, Scott McVarish…
Tagged with: Dunmore Press, Dunmore Publishing, Issue 6, J E Hay, Joanna Gould, M J Taylor, Random Century, S J de Mora, Scott McVarish, Spring 1992
Posted in Natural History, Non-fiction, Review, Science
Posted in Natural History, Non-fiction, Review, Science
Effective writing, Gavin McLean
Check it Out: a Guide to Effective Writing Margaret McLaren, Longman Paul, Auckland, 1991, $12.95 In many ways, this slim paperback is a more useful book than the latest truncated New Zealand Style Book, since its advice on matters such…
Tagged with: Gavin McLean, Issue 6, Longman Paul, Margaret McLaren, Spring 1992
Posted in Literature, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Literature, Non-fiction, Review
Reminiscences, Gavin McLean
Dreamscape 1 John Summers, Pisces Print, Christchurch, 1991, $45 Second-hand booksellers are a breed apart, either mute chainsmoking social misfits concerned only with turning dog-eared Mills and Boons into cash, or erudite but loquacious to the point of distraction oil…
Tagged with: Gavin McLean, Issue 6, John Summers, Pisces Print, Spring 1992
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
What’s wrong with the new right? Alison Glenny
Superwoman where are you? Social Policy and Women’s Experience Celia Briar, Robyn Munford, Mary Nash (eds), Dunmore Press, 1992, $39.95 Women and Education in Aotearoa II Sue Middleton and Alison Jones (eds), Bridget Williams Books, 1992, $34.95 The sweeping changes…
Tagged with: Alison Glenny, Alison Jones, Bridget Williams Books, Celia Briar, Issue 6, Mary Nash, Robyn Munford, Spring 1992, Sue Middleton
Posted in Education, Gender, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review, Sociology
Posted in Education, Gender, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review, Sociology
Approaches to Writing, Ian Gordon
Committed to Print J E Traue, Victoria University Press, Wellington, $24.95 The Common Writer Robert Neale, Oxford University Press, Auckland, $29.95 Real Writing Rachel McAlpine, GP Publications, Petone, $24.95 These three books approach the craft of writing from three very…
Tagged with: GP Publications, Ian Gordon, Issue 6, J E Traue, Oxford University Press, Rachel McAlpine, Robert Neale, Spring 1992, Victoria University Press
Posted in Literature, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Literature, Non-fiction, Review
A poet’s story, Kevin Ireland
Curved Horizon: An Autobiography Ruth Dallas, University of Otago Press, MacIndoe, 1991, $29.95 I have only ever met Ruth Dallas once, and briefly, so I have no idea of what she is like to talk to, but she always comes…
Tagged with: Issue 6, Kevin Ireland, Otago University Press, Ruth Dallas, Spring 1992
Posted in Autobiography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Autobiography, Non-fiction, Review
Very Much a ‘Wellington’ piece? Janet Wilson
Janet Wilson discussed Phil Mann’s ‘The Poverty Trap’ with Rev Dr Penny Jamieson, Bishop of Dunedin. Dr Jamieson has recently served on the People’s Select Committee which enquired into the effects of benefit cuts, and other aspects of the National…
Tagged with: Issue 6, Janet Wilson, Phil Mann, Rev Dr Penny Jamieson, Spring 1992
Posted in Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Posted in Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Letter from Auckland, Iain Sharp
Posted in Comment