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Poem — Elizabeth Smither
Carol’s eggs Each girl child contains her eggs. Carol keeps under her bed one dozen in a carton, safe from plundering friends and flatmates. Eggs make a meal, a girl is eggs. Poached or scrambled, eggs are quick. In…
Earshot rules, Nelson Wattie
Languages of New Zealand ed Allan Bell, Ray Harlow and Donna Starks Victoria University Press, $49.95, ISBN 0864734905 When I returned to New Zealand in 1989 after a quarter-century in Europe, I was naturally curious about how European languages fared…
Tagged with: Allan Bell, Donna Starks, Issue 74, Nelson Wattie, Ray Harlow, Victoria University Press, Winter 2006
Posted in Language, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Language, Non-fiction, Review
Tousled and tart, Emma Neale
London Notebook Mark Pirie Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop, $24.95, ISBN 1869420586 Wild Daisies: The Best of Bub Bridger Bub Bridger Mallinson Rendel, $34.95, ISBN 0908783973 Your Secret Life Harry Ricketts HeadworX, $24.99, ISBN 0476101300 Presenting Pirie’s new collection as…
Tagged with: Bub Bridger, Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop, Emma Neale, Harry Ricketts, HeadworX, Issue 74, Mallinson Rendel, Mark Pirie, Winter 2006
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Picture books, the cunning genre, Norman Bilbrough
Papa’s Island Melanie Drewery, illustrations Fifi Colston Reed, $16.99, ISBN 1869485947 Nobody’s Dog Jennifer Beck, illustrations Lindy Fisher Scholastic, $16.99, ISBN 1869437284 Haere – Farewell, Jack, Farewell Tim Tipene, illustrations Huhana Smith Huia, $16.99, ISBN 1869691040 Uncle Jack Kate De…
Tagged with: Ben Brown, Fifi Colston, Gavin Bishop, Helen Taylor, Huhana Smith, Huia, Issue 74, Jacqui Colley, Jean Prior, Jennifer Beck, Kate De Goldi, Lindy Fisher, Melanie Drewery, Norman Bilbrough, Pamela Allen, Puffin, Reed, Scholastic, Tim Tipene, Trapeze, Winter 2006
Posted in Children, Literature, Review
Posted in Children, Literature, Review
Portrait of an irritating lady, Isa Moynihan
Vibrant with Words: The Letters of Ursula Bethell ed Peter Whiteford Victoria University Press, $49.95, ISBN 0864735049 Editor Peter Whiteford, a senior lecturer in the English Department at Victoria University, has done Ursula Bethell proud with this generous selection of…
Tagged with: Isa Moynihan, Issue 74, Peter Whiteford, Victoria University Press, Winter 2006
Posted in Letters, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Letters, Non-fiction, Review
Kissing the gunner’s daughter, Raymond Huber
A Respectable Girl Fleur Beale Random, $19.00, ISBN 186941764X Sea of Mutiny Ken Catran Random, $18.95, ISBN 1869417070 Red Leader Down Ken Catran Random, $19.99, ISBN 1869417593 Red Haze: Australians and New Zealanders in Vietnam Leon Davidson Black Dog, $16.95,…
Tagged with: Black Dog Books, Fleur Beale, Issue 74, Ken Catran, Leon Davidson, Random, Raymond Huber, Winter 2006
Posted in Literature, Non-fiction, Review, War, Young adults
Posted in Literature, Non-fiction, Review, War, Young adults
For New Zealand, read Auckland, Bruce Wallace
City Of Enterprise: Perspectives on Auckland Business History ed Ian Hunter and Diana Morrow Auckland University Press, $59.99, ISBN 1869403517 City of Enterprise presents an unashamedly Auckland Point of view on business, and why not? So little is known about…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Bruce Wallace, Diana Morrow, Ian Hunter, Issue 74, Winter 2006
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review