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That old stuff, Coral Atkinson
The Sea Between Carol Thomas HarperCollins, $36.99, ISBN 9781869507626 Weathered Bones Michele Powles Penguin Books, $28.00, ISBN 9780143011248 Flashback Forward John Cairney Black Swan, $29.99, ISBN 9781869419219 After generations of being like adolescents with no interest in “that old stuff”,…
Tagged with: Black Swan, Carol Thomas, Coral Atkinson, HarperCollins, Issue 86, John Cairney, Michele Powles, Penguin Books, Winter 2009
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Designing the welfare quilt, Alison Gray
The Fabric of Welfare: Voluntary Organisations, Government and Welfare in New Zealand, 1840-2005 Margaret Tennant Bridget Williams Books, $49.99, ISBN 9781877242373 Margaret Tennant has added another patch to the ever-expanding quilt of publications documenting the social history of New Zealand.…
Tagged with: Alison Gray, Bridget Williams Books, Issue 86, Margaret Tennant, Winter 2009
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Friction and misunderstanding, Don Aimer
Journeys Towards Progress: Essays of a Geographer on Development and Change in Oceania Ray Watters Victoria University Press, $60.00, ISBN 9780864735966 Oceania is in the ring of fire: the earth quakes and volcanoes blow as tectonic plates scrape together. It…
Tagged with: Don Aimer, Issue 86, Ray Watters, Victoria University Press, Winter 2009
Posted in Essays, Non-fiction
Posted in Essays, Non-fiction
Assessing the New Zealand experiment, Allan Catt
Rescuing the New Zealand Economy: What Went Wrong and How We Can Fix it Bryan Gould Craig Potton Publishing, $29.99, ISBN 9781877333798 Rescuing the New Zealand Economy describes, in a very readable way, the why and how of the New…
Tagged with: Allan Catt, Bryan Gould, Craig Potton Publishing, Issue 86, Winter 2009
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Tale of intrigue, Greg Newbold
Rough Justice: The Rex Haig Story Rex Haig and Rennie Gould Longacre Press, $34.99, ISBN 9781877460029 Rough Justice describes one of the most bizarre and perplexing murder cases ever to appear before a New Zealand court. The tale begins on…
Tagged with: Greg Newbold, Issue 86, Longacre Press, Rennie Gould, Rex Haig, Winter 2009
Posted in Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
Words for music perhaps, Emma Neale
Museum of Lost Days Raewyn Alexander Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop, $15.00, ISBN 9781869421045 My Iron Spine Helen Rickerby HeadworX, $24.99, ISBN 9780473135966 Beauty of the Badlands Cliff Fell Victoria University Press, $25.00, ISBN 9780864735836 Get Some Sonja Yelich Auckland…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Cliff Fell, Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop, Emma Neale, HeadworX, Helen Rickerby, Issue 86, Raewyn Alexander, Sonja Yelich, Victoria University Press, Winter 2009
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Where the boys are, Anna Rogers
Native Wit Hamish Keith Random House, $44.99, ISBN 9781869418434 Daddy was a German Spy and Other Scandals: A Memoir Brian Edwards Penguin Books, $40.00, ISBN 9780143009221 Piano Rock: A 1950s Childhood Gavin Bishop Random House, $34.99, ISBN 9781869790103 Google “memoirs…
Tagged with: Anna Rogers, Brian Edwards, Gavin Bishop, Hamish Keith, Issue 86, Penguin Books, Random House, Winter 2009
Posted in Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
Hotting up, Karen Hartshorn
Melting Point: New Zealand and the Climate Change Crisis Eric Dorfman Penguin Books, $37.00, ISBN 9780143008682 There are several worthwhile reasons for a book such as this to exist. Firstly, there is no longer any serious scientific debate about whether…
Tagged with: Eric Dorfman, Issue 86, Karen Hartshorn, Penguin Books, Winter 2009
Posted in Natural History, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Natural History, Non-fiction, Review
Finding touch, Chris Laidlaw
Tall Tales (Some True): Memoirs of an Unlikely Writer Greg McGee Penguin Books, $37.00, ISBN 9780143009139 McGee describes himself as an unlikely writer. This rather begs the question: what makes for a likely writer? Someone who has been brought up…
Tagged with: Chris Laidlaw, Greg McGee, Issue 86, Penguin Books, Winter 2009
Posted in Media, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Media, Non-fiction, Review