Built for Us: The Work of Government and Colonial Architects, 1860s to 1960s Lewis E Martin University of Otago Press, $49.95, ISBN 1877276642 We Call It Home: A History of State Housing in New Zealand Ben Schrader Reed, $39.99, ISBN…
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Violence – physical, psychological, geological, Raymond Huber
Land of Milk and Honey William Taylor HarperCollins, $16.99, ISBN 1869505492 Out on the Edge Anna Mackenzie Longacre Press, $18.95, ISBN 1877361038 Something Wicked This Way Comes Ken Catran Scholastic, $16.99, ISBN 186943546X A Canoe in the Mist Elsie Locke…
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Tagged with: Anna Mackenzie, Elsie Locke, HarperCollins, Issue 70, Ken Catran, Longacre Press, Raymond Huber, Scholastic, William Taylor, Winter 2005
Posted in Fiction, Literature and Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature and Review
Woman alone, Lawrence Jones
The Captive Wife Fiona Kidman Vintage, $27.95, ISBN 1869416864 The title of The Captive Wife and the setting, New Zealand and Australia of the 1930s, lead us to expect a colonial captivity narrative, and it is present in Betty…
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Tagged with: Fiona Kidman, Issue 70, Lawrence Jones, Vintage, Winter 2005
Posted in Fiction, Literature and Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature and Review
Tickling history, Jane Stafford
The New Zealand Wars Trilogy: The House of Strife, Monday’s Warriors, Season of the Jew Maurice Shadbolt David Ling, $99.99, ISBN 0908990995 On August 8 this year, a ceremony was held at Parliament to unveil a plaque to Lieutenant Colonel…
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Tagged with: David Ling Publishing, Issue 70, Jane Stafford, Maurice Shadbolt, Winter 2005
Posted in Fiction, Literature and Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature and Review
Over there, Anna Rogers
Foreign City Charlotte Grimshaw Vintage, $36.95, ISBN 1869417275 Responsibility Nigel Cox Victoria University Press, $29.95, ISBN 0864734964 White Shadows: Memories of Marienbad Philip Temple Vintage, $27.95, ISBN 1869416996 I’m old enough to remember the days when a New Zealand novel…
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Tagged with: Anna Rogers, Charlotte Grimshaw, Issue 70, Nigel Cox, Philip Temple, Victoria University Press, Vintage, Winter 2005
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Posted in Fiction, Literature and Review
You had to be there, Simon Upton
Creating a National Spirit – Celebrating New Zealand’s Centennial ed William Renwick Victoria University Press, $39.95, ISBN 0864734751 How many people can recall New Zealand’s 150th birthday? And of those who can, what is it that is most vividly remembered?…
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Tagged with: Issue 70, Simon Upton, Victoria University Press, William Renwick, Winter 2005
Posted in History, Non-fiction and Review
Posted in History, Non-fiction and Review
Women on top, Linda Burgess
Linda Burgess responds to The Women’s Bookshop’s invitation to vote for the top 10 women writers of the last 50 years … and assesses the results. Speaking in that slightly miffed voice that people can use when they get a…
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