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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…
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
Letters — Issue 68
Sense and intention Thanks to Chris Else for the review of my latest novel Tu (NZB, December 2004). However a mistake has been made. In the third-to-last paragraph of the review there has been a misquotation from the book. The…
Pa-men and boys, Linley Boniface
Katherine Mansfield’s Men ed Charles Ferrall and Jane Stafford Katherine Mansfield Birthplace Society in association with Steele Roberts, $29.95, ISBN 187733846X “The idea of sitting and waiting for a husband is absolutely revolting and it really is the attitude of…
Tagged with: Charles Ferrall, Issue 68, Jane Stafford, June 2005, Katherine Mansfield, Katherine Mansfield Birthplace Society, Linley Boniface, Steele Roberts
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Planting the evidence, Steven Price
Justice With Both Eyes Open Marc Alexander Hazard Press, $39.95, ISBN 1877270601 The cover of Marc Alexander’s new book exploring the criminal justice system features a laudatory remark taken from criminologist Greg Newbold’s foreword. “Refreshingly free of the mindless ideological…
Tagged with: Hazard Press, Issue 68, June 2005, Marc Alexander, Steven Price
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Standing up for it, Redmer Yska
God Defend New Zealand: A History of the National Anthem Ashley Heenan School of Music and University of Canterbury, $29.95, ISBN 0908718098 Hear Our Voices We Entreat: The Extraordinary Story of New Zealand’s National Anthems Max Cryer Exisle Publishing, $29.99,…
Tagged with: Ashley Heenan, Exisle Publishing, Issue 68, June 2005, Max Cryer, Redmer Yska, School of Music and University of Canterbury
Posted in History, Music, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Posted in History, Music, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
The power and the gory, Ginette McDonald
Peter Jackson: From Prince of Splatter to Lord of the Rings Ian Pryor Random House, $39.95, ISBN 1869415558 An Irish psychic told me recently that I had a strong connection with Peter Jackson. Whacko, I thought. Bring it on. A…
Tagged with: Ginette McDonald, Ian Pryor, Issue 68, June 2005, Peter Jackson, Random House
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review