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Twinkle, twinkle, David Hill
How to Gaze at the Southern Stars Richard Hall Awa Press, $24.95, ISBN 0958250995 Look at the stars! Look, look up at the skies! O look at all the fire-folk sitting in the air! The bright boroughs, the circle-citadels…
Pinning down the “again” factor, Linda Burgess
The Other Ark Lynley Dodd Mallinson Rendel, $27.95, ISBN 090878385X Taming the Sun: Four Maori Myths Gavin Bishop Random, $29.95, ISBN 1869416120 Koro’s Medicine Melanie Drewery, illustrations by Sabrina Malcolm Huia, $16.95, ISBN 1869691044 Clubs Kate De Goldi, illustrations by…
Tagged with: Gavin Bishop, Huia, Issue 68, Jacqui Colley, June 2005, Kate De Goldi, Linda Burgess, Lynley Dodd, Mallinson Rendel, Melanie Drewery, Random, Sabrina Malcolm, Trapeze
Posted in Children, Literature, Review
Posted in Children, Literature, Review
Retreating from success, Julia Millen
After the Fireworks: A Life of David Ballantyne Bryan Reid Auckland University Press, $44.99, ISBN 1869403274 David Ballantyne’s life in many ways represents the Kiwi dream. Boy from cash-strapped, part-Maori, provincial family, with minimal schooling, through talent and hard work…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Bryan Reid, David Ballantyne, Issue 68, Julia Millen, June 2005
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
A matter of balance, Harvey McQueen
Spirit Abroad: A Second Selection of New Zealand Spiritual Verse ed Paul Morris, Harry Ricketts and Mike Grimshaw Godwit, $39.95, ISBN 1869621115 Under Flagstaff: An Anthology of Dunedin Poetry ed Robin Law and Heather Murray University of Otago Press, $39.95,…
Tagged with: Godwit, Harry Ricketts, Harvey McQueen, Heather Murray, Issue 68, June 2005, Mike Grimshaw, Otago University Press, Paul Morris, Robin Law
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Speaking for themselves, John Holt
Remembering: Writing Oral History ed Anna Green and Megan Hutching Auckland University Press, $45.00, ISBN 1869403177 The first oral history project I undertook at university very nearly didn’t make it past the first hurdle. The project was to create and…
Tagged with: Anna Green, Auckland University Press, Issue 68, John Holt, June 2005, Megan Hutching
Posted in Biography, History, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, History, Non-fiction, Review
Issue 68 Summer 2005
Volume 14 | Number 4 | Issue 68 | Summer 2005 Ian Richards: Jill Trevelyan (ed), Toss Woollaston: A Life in Letters Editorial: “The dispraise problem” Letters Leonard Lambert: “Community Service” (poem) Julia Millen: Bryan Reid, After the Fireworks:…
Keeping the songs alive, Allan Thomas
Nga Moteatea: The Songs, Part One ed A T Ngata and Pei Te Hurinui Jones Auckland University Press (third edition with CDs), $70.00, ISBN 1869403215 Traditional Songs of the Maori ed Mervyn McLean and Margaret Orbell Auckland University Press (third…
Tagged with: A T Ngata, Allan Thomas, Auckland University Press, Issue 68, June 2005, Margaret Orbell, Mervyn McLean, Pei Te Hurinui Jones
Posted in Music, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Music, Non-fiction, Review
Back to the USSR, Terence O’Brien
New Zealand and the Soviet Union, 1950-1991: A Brittle Relationship A C Wilson Victoria University Press, $39.95, ISBN 086473476X Lenin’s Legacy Down Under: New Zealand’s Cold War ed Alexander Trapeznik and Aaron Fox Otago University Press, $39.95, ISBN 1877276901 Reviewing…
Tagged with: A C Wilson, Aaron Fox, Alexander Trapeznik, Issue 68, June 2005, Otago University Press, Terence O’Brien, Victoria University Press
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review, War
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review, War
Strange days in the language school, Mark Houlahan
Monkey Miss Her Now & Everything a Teenage Girl Should Know Jack Ross Danger Publications, [no price given], ISBN 047600182X Fool Moon Murray Edmond Auckland University Press, $27.99, ISBN 1869403169 Crosswind Paula Green Auckland University Press, $27.99, ISBN 186940324x Clung…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Danger Publications, Issue 68, Jack Ross, June 2005, Mark Houlahan, Murray Edmond, Paula Green, Sonja Yelich
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
A seat on the bus, Elspeth Sandys
Posted in Comment