Marilyn at Malibu In that other country the one we call home on the faded apricot wall of my study hangs a great big silver framed portrait of Marilyn Monroe at Malibu standing on a terrace drinking champagne out…
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Rethinking ourselves, Tim Hazledine
Speaking Truth to Power: Public Intellectuals Rethink New Zealand Laurence Simmons (ed) Auckland University Press, $45.00, ISBN 9781869403799 I was thrilled to be asked to review this book. You see, I am a bit of a public intellectual myself, yet…
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Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Issue 79, Laurence Simmons, Spring 2007, Tim Hazledine
Posted in Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Posted in Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Seamless, Renée
Stitch: Contemporary New Zealand Textile Artists Ann Packer Random House, $59.99, ISBN 1869417887 I know Ann Packer’s work from her articles in newspapers and magazines, and never go anywhere without her little gem, Crafty Girls’ Road Trip. So it was…
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Tagged with: Ann Packer, Issue 79, Random House, Renée, Spring 2007
Posted in Art, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Art, Non-fiction, Review
Letters – Issue 79
Dead ends and hairpin bends, Nick Bollinger
Highway of Legends: On the Road with the Kings and Queens of Country Music Dianne Haworth HarperCollins, $29.99, ISBN 1869505891 The road is a place, both real and metaphorical, central to the life of any professional musician. It is where…
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Tagged with: Dianne Haworth, HarperCollins, Issue 79, Nick Bollinger, Spring 2007
Posted in Memoir, Music, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Memoir, Music, Non-fiction, Review
Editorial – Issue 79
Nuclear free-ish, Nicky Hager
Standing Upright Here: New Zealand in the Nuclear Age 1945-1990 Malcolm Templeton Victoria University Press, $49.95, ISBN 0864735405 First impressions suggest this is the kind of worthy and dense book few people will get around to reading. That would be…
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Tagged with: Issue 79, Malcolm Templeton, Nicky Hager, Spring 2007, Victoria University Press
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review, Science
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review, Science
Issue 79 | Spring 2007
Confessions of an historical romance virgin, Beryl Fletcher
The Paua Tower Coral Atkinson Black Swan, $27.99, ISBN 1869417623 The Sawdust Makers Jackie Fraser Hazard Press, $34.99, ISBN 187739307X Kitty Deborah Challinor HarperCollins, $34.99 ISBN 1869506014 First, a confession: I’m an historical romance virgin. This is either a good…
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Tagged with: Beryl Fletcher, Black Swan, Coral Atkinson, Deborah Challinor, HarperCollins, Hazard Press, Issue 79, Jackie Fraser, Spring 2007
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review