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Previously unthought ways, Stephanie Johnson
These Lives I Have Buried Lindsay Rabbitt Four Winds Press, $14.95, IBSN 0958251452 What Makes A Teacher? Jack Lasenby Four Winds Press, $14.95, IBSN 0958251444 Ghost Who Writes Martin Edmond Four Winds Press, $14.95, IBSN 0958251436 A directive for enjoying…
Tagged with: Four Winds Press, Issue 67, Jack Lasenby, Lindsay Rabbitt, Martin Edmond, Spring 2004, Stephanie Johnson
Posted in Essays, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Essays, Non-fiction, Review
Issue 67 | March 2005
Volume 15 | Number 1 | Issue 67 | March 2005 Kim Griggs: Bill Manhire (ed), The Wide White Page: Writers Imagine Antarctica Letters Martin Edmond: Chris Else, On River Road; Nigel Cox, Tarzan Presley; Mike Johnson, Stench Philip…
Obituary — Maurice Shadbolt
Maurice Shadbolt (1932-2004) Dear Maurice – We could not have a conversation the last time we met, so a letter will have to do, and, as your superstitions always allowed, you’ll be sure to read this, with more time than…
Letters – Issue 67
Better than boring Andrew Mason’s sulphurous response (NZB, December 2004) to my article on academic reviewers – the article that level-headed Dame Fiona Kidman called level-headed – made through the fumes one point I could discern that I can help…
From the edges, Anna Livesey
It Was a Tuesday Morning Peter Olds Hazard Press, $25.00, ISBN 187727075X Natural Anthem Leonard Lambert HeadworX, $19.95, ISBN 0473098032 Recessional Harvey McQueen HeadworX, $19.95, ISBN 0476002710 Peter Olds published work in the iconoclastic literary magazine Freed in the late…
Tagged with: Anna Livesey, Harvey McQueen, Hazard Press, HeadworX, Issue 67, Leonard Lambert, Peter Olds, Spring 2004
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Obituary, I A Gordon
I A Gordon (1908-2004) I A Gordon liked to be called “Prof”. It sounds quaint now, but, for him, the job was the man. The diverse roles of senior academic, scholar, literary leader and public intellectual defined him. With the…
Like a good ballad, Catharina van Bohemen
Heart of Coal Jenny Pattrick Black Swan, $26.95, ISBN 186941604X Heart of Coal is the sequel to Jenny Pattrick’s highly Successful Denniston Rose – the story of the isolated inhabitants of the coal-mining town of Denniston on the West Coast.…
Tagged with: Black Swan, Catharina van Bohemen, Issue 67, Jenny Pattrick, Spring 2004
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Ghosts and drummers, Bronwyn Tate
Grace is Gone Kelly Ana Morey Penguin, $28.00, ISBN 0143019406 Rhythm Rebekah Palmer Penguin, $28.00, ISBN 0143019058 In 2004 Penguin published second books by two of New Zealand’s emerging novelists. Kelly Ana Morey was recipient of the Todd New Writers’…
Tagged with: Issue 67, Kelly Ana Morey, Penguin, Rebekah Palmer, Spring 2004
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Evidence of the strange and new, Mary Macpherson
George D Valentine: A 19th Century Photographer in New Zealand Ken Hall Craig Potton Publishing, $49.95, ISBN 1877333123 Travel to new places, whether as regular tourist or long-term visitor, carries with it a powerful urge to record and share the…
Tagged with: Craig Potton Publishing, George D Valentine, Issue 67, Ken Hall, Mary Macpherson, Spring 2004
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Photography, Review
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Photography, Review