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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Woman alone, Lawrence Jones
Tagged with: Fiona Kidman, Issue 70, Lawrence Jones, Vintage, Winter 2005
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, 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, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, 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
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
An end to cultural thumb-sucking, Gordon McLauchlan
Swamp thing, Elizabeth Smither
Poem — Jan FitzGerald
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, Review
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review
Yes, Minister, Bob Gregory
The Tie That Binds: The Relationship Between Ministers and Chief Executives Colin James Institute of Policy Studies and the New Zealand Centre for Public Law, Victoria University of Wellington, $25.00, ISBN 0908935676 Public service reform was not a major election…
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Tagged with: Bob Gregory, Colin James, Institute of Policy Studies, Issue 70, New Zealand Centre for Public Law, Winter 2005
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
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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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