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Who are we writing for? Chris Else
Chris Else examines the literary contradictions between local content and global success I work in the creative writing industry. I teach courses, write assessments and act as a literary mentor. I believe in what I do. My advice has…
“An unknown struthious bird”, Kim Griggs
Moa: The Dramatic Story of the Discovery of a Giant Bird Richard Wolfe Penguin, $29.95, ISBN 0143018736 When in London, lovers of the footnotes to history construct unusual itineraries. Many head down to the Maritime Museum at Greenwich to marvel…
Tagged with: Autumn 2003, Issue 61, Kim Griggs, Penguin, Richard Wolfe
Posted in Natural History, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Natural History, Non-fiction, Review
The nicknaming, David Geary
New fiction Every year has a Snozz = big nose, a Bones = skinny, BO = smelly, and a Cheebie Whopper. A cheebie is a chin. To be a true Cheebie Whopper you need a massive jaw, like Clutch Cargo,…
Letters – Issue 61
Hobson & co Dr Moon’s astounding personal attack on me in the Correspondence column of your October issue, following my review in August of his Path to the Treaty book, sadly demands a response. An “extraordinarily laconic” review? Well, there…
Poem – J C Sturm
Spring Dreams With two cats on his lap a fond woman at his side (sure she’s not a blond can’t recall her teens but still able enough and most times willing) he could be mildly happy, mourns instead the…
Getting by with a little help, Nelson Wattie
It Looks Better on You: New Zealand Women Writers on their Friendships ed Jane Westaway and Tessa Copland Longacre, $34.95, ISBN 1877135828 We’re unlikely to find a better definition of “friend” than the one in Lennon and McCartney’s famous lines:…
Tagged with: Autumn 2003, Issue 61, Jane Westaway, Longacre, Tessa Copland
Posted in Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
On the whale’s back, Miro Bilbrough
Miro Bilbrough on Whale Rider the movie I was unusually wary, seeing Whale Rider for the first time. was in the editing stages of a short feature film, a peculiarly sensitive time to see someone else’s film. Sequestered away…
Poem – James Brown
Letter Sir – I am very distressed by what can only be described as the lamentable state of poetry in this country today. In the past we have enjoyed a fine tradition of inspired, well-crafted verse from the likes…
Breastfeeding and rhododendrons, Julia Millen
In a Strange Garden: the life and times of Truby King Lloyd Chapman Penguin, $34.95, ISBN 0143018795 A Voice for Mothers: The Plunket Society and Infant Welfare, 1907-2000 Linda Bryder Auckland University Press, $49.99, ISBN 1869402901 Sir Truby King died…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Autumn 2003, Issue 61, Julia Millen, Linda Bryder, Lloyd Chapman, Penguin, Truby King
Posted in Biography, Health, History, Non-fiction
Posted in Biography, Health, History, Non-fiction
In search of the “good” writer, Elspeth Sandys
Posted in Comment