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Publisher Profiles 6, Rawhiti Press, Rachel Lawson
‘Out where I live, the hills rise steep and harsh from the sea, but on some evenings they seem to light up from within, and the gullies soften and overflow with shadows, blue against the yellow’ – from The Australian…
Women detecting, Margaret Scott
Murder at the Brian Boru Joan Druett, Harper Collins, $19.95 Backtrack Carol Dawber, River Press, $16.95 These two books have some similarities but more, and greater, differences. Both are murder mysteries set in New Zealand with a woman observer/ solver.…
Tagged with: Autumn 1993, Carol Dawber, Harper Collins, Issue 8, Joan Druett, Margaret Scott, River Press
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Kei Te Mātāwai Te Tikanga, Charles Royal
Te Mātāwai, Nā Hepora Young o Te Arawā ēnei pukapuka i whakahaere Hepora Young Tuatahi: Te Tira Ahu Iwi/ Daphne Brasell Associates, $12.95, Tuarua: Te Tira Ahu Iwi/ Huia, $14.95, Tuatoru: Te Puni Kōkiri/ Huia, $14.95, Tuawhā: Te Puni Kōkiri/…
Tagged with: Autumn 1993, Charles Royal, Daphne Brasell Associates Press, Huia, Issue 8, Te Puni Kōkiri
Posted in Language, Māori, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Language, Māori, Non-fiction, Review
Modernist genius or drunken lecher? Michael Morrissey
Lethal Dose Mike Johnson, Hard Echo Press, $27.95 While official feminism may be liberating and strengthening women, it is having an unfortunate effect on male writers, artists and intellectuals. Many males now cravenly play to the feminist ears and eyes…
Tagged with: Autumn 1993, Hard Echo Press, Issue 8, Michael Morrissey, Mike Johnson
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
A multi‑media resource, Patrick King
Te Māhuri John C Moorfield, Longman Paul, $49.95 The first textbook of the Māori language published in New Zealand was Thomas Kendall’s A Korao no New Zealand; or the New Zealander’s First Book; being an attempt to compose some lessons…
Tagged with: Autumn 1993, Issue 8, John C Moorfield, Longman Paul, Patrick King
Posted in Language, Māori, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Language, Māori, Non-fiction, Review
A moving figure on a static canvas, Jackie Owens
Crimes of Neglect Stephanie Johnson, New Women’s Press, $21.95 Stephanie Johnson’s first novel charts the emotional wasteland of Beatrice: cellist, mother, veteran of relationships, and, in the eyes of her sisters and ex-husbands, disaster. Drifting from Teasedale to Christchurch to…
Tagged with: Autumn 1993, Issue 8, Jacqueline Owens, New Women's Press, Stephanie Johnson
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Short history reviews, Dale Williams
Waiheke Island. A History Paul Monin, Dunmore Press, $34.95 Aucklanders are in love with the romantic idea of a sizeable, liveable island just 20 kilometres from their urban sprawl. But Waiheke’s wide range of natural resources have always been desired…
Tagged with: Autumn 1993, Canterbury University Press, Dale Williams, Dunmore Press, Dunmore Publishing, Issue 8, John Goodliffe, Paul Monin
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review
Essay – Iain Sharp
Iain Sharp: Letter from Auckland: Son of Landfall At the time of writing, it’s in the midst of a closing-down sale, like much of Auckland, but for the last couple of years there has been a music shop on the…
A new frame of reference, Tony Simpson
Frontier New Zealand: The Search for Eldorado 1800-1920 Duncan Mackay, Harper Collins, $34.95 The besetting sin of historical writing is hindsightism. That is to say, the creation of the illusion that because we have arrived at today’s destination then…
Tagged with: Autumn 1993, Duncan Mackay, Harper Collins, Issue 8, Tony Simpson
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review