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Issue 65 | October 2004
Volume 14 | Number 4 | Issue 65 | October 2004 Tony Simpson: Ian McGibbon, New Zealand and the Second World War; Megan Hutching (ed), A Fair Sort of Battering: New Zealanders remember the Italian Campaign; Brendan Judd, The…
Changing habits, Margaret Tennant
Mary Potter’s Little Company of Mary – The New Zealand Experience 1914-2002 Ann Trotter Bridget Williams Books/Little Company of Mary, $39.95, ISBN 1877242314 It may be a sign of the times that sisterhood – of the religious community, rather than…
Tagged with: Ann Trotter, Autumn 2004, Bridget Williams Books, Issue 65, Little Company of Mary, Margaret Tennant
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Religion, Review
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Religion, Review
Behind the grin, Harry Ricketts
Long Journey to the Border: A Life of John Mulgan Vincent O’Sullivan Penguin, $49.95, 014301871X He grins out from the front cover of Vincent O’Sullivan’s engrossing biography Long Journey to the Border: A Life of John Mulgan. It’s that famous…
Tagged with: Autumn 2004, Harry Ricketts, Issue 65, John Mulgan, Penguin, Vincent O’Sullivan
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Letters – Issue 65
Strange misrepresentations Doug Munro makes some strange misrepresentations and errors in his review of Robert Louis Stevenson: His Best Pacific Writings (NZB August 2004). His claim that the use of two “obsolete” place names shows “insufficient familiarity” with the region…
A walk on the wild side, Cilla McQueen
Wild Anne French Auckland University Press, $31.95, ISBN 186940310X Travel and other compulsions Heather McPherson Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop, $18.00, ISBN 1869420349 Catullus for Children Anna Jackson Auckland University Press, $21.95, ISBN 1869403088 Bluff’s main street was recently relieved…
Tagged with: Anna Jackson, Anne French, Auckland University Press, Autumn 2004, Cilla McQueen, Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop, Heather McPherson, Issue 65
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Dancing to his own tune, Jane Westaway
Ghost dance Douglas Wright Penguin, $39.95, ISBN 0143019031 It’s tempting, when looking to praise a good book from someone who has made their mark in another sphere, to damn them with the feint praise of “natural writer”. As if their…
Tagged with: Autumn 2004, Douglas Wright, Issue 65, Jane Westaway, Penguin
Posted in Art, Autobiography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Art, Autobiography, Non-fiction, Review
The unexpected past, Jenny Robin Jones
What Happen Then, Mr Bones? Charlotte Randall Penguin, $28.00, ISBN 0143019171 With her three previous novels, Dead Sea Fruit, The Curative and Within the Kiss, Charlotte Randall has developed a voice clearly identifiable in New Zealand literature. In What Happen…
Tagged with: Autumn 2004, Charlotte Randall, Issue 65, Jenny Robin Jones, Penguin
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
If it’s claggy, it must be Wellington, Kim Griggs
Auckland: The city in literature ed Witi Ihimaera Exisle Publishing, $34.95, ISBN 0908988362 Dunedin: The city in literature ed Christine Johnston Exisle Publishing, $34.95, ISBN 0908988451 Christchurch: The city in literature ed Anna Rogers Exisle Publishing, $34.95, ISBN 0908988427 Wellington:…
Tagged with: Anna Rogers, Autumn 2004, Christine Johnston, Exisle Publishing, Issue 65, Kate Camp, Kim Griggs, Witi Ihimaera
Posted in Literature, Review
Posted in Literature, Review
Rebuilding the wharenui, Simone Drichel
Whanau II Witi Ihimaera Reed, $29.99, ISBN 079008939 For someone who describes himself as “a person who always reflected what other people wanted”, Witi Ihimaera has made an impressive career out of doing the exact opposite. Once every decade or…