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English spoken here, Tony Simpson
Replenishing the Earth: The Settler Revolution and Rise of the Anglo World 1783-1939 James Belich Oxford University Press, $50.00, ISBN 9780199297276 In an interview with The New Zealand Listener shortly after this book was published, the author posed an interesting…
Tagged with: Issue 88, James Belich, Oxford University Press, Summer 2009, Tony Simpson
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review
Crimes, creeks, concealment, Roger Robinson
Access Road Maurice Gee Penguin Books, $37.00, ISBN 9780143202448 Parliaments and law courts used to “access”, though only “recess” survives in current usage. Incoming tides and the rising sun also accessed. These days we fashionably access our emails or information…
Tagged with: Issue 88, Maurice Gee, Penguin Books, Roger Robinson, Summer 2009
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Issue 88 | Summer 2009
Volume 19 | Number 4 | Issue 88 | Summer 2009 Editorial Margot Schwass: Lloyd Jones, The Man in the Shed Roger Robinson: Maurice Gee, Access Road Letters Saskia Voorendt: Mandy Hager, The Crossing; Elizabeth Pulford, Blackthorn’s Betrayal; Janice…
Poem – Fleur Adcock
Elegy for Alistair in mem Alistair Campbell (1925-2009) Now he is dead, who wrote “Now he is dead, who talked of wild places and skies inhabited by the hawk” – thereby captivating readers and composers, envious fellow-poets, multiple admirers…
Maori territory, Mark Derby
Nga Tama Toa: The Price of Citizenship: C Company 28 (Maori) Battalion 1939-1945 Monty Soutar David Bateman, $69.99, ISBN 9781869535933 The East Coast leader Apirana Ngata, for all his political and rhetorical gifts and his unquestioned public-spiritedness, could evidently be…
Tagged with: David Bateman, Issue 88, Mark Derby, Monty Soutar, Summer 2009
Posted in History, Māori, Non-fiction, Review, War
Posted in History, Māori, Non-fiction, Review, War
Innocence and experience, Saskia Voorendt
The Crossing Mandy Hager Random House, $19.99, ISBN 9781869791506 Blackthorn’s Betrayal Elizabeth Pulford Walker Books, $17.00, ISBN 9781921529030 Bute View Janice Marriott Mallinson Rendel, $18.00, ISBN 9781877423253 Fire on High David Hill Mallinson Rendel, $18.00, ISBN 9781877423321 Mandy Hager’s The…
Tagged with: David Hill, Elizabeth Pulford, Issue 88, Janice Marriott, Mallinson Rendel, Mandy Hager, Random House, Saskia Voorendt, Summer 2009, Walker Books
Posted in Children, Literature, Review, Young adults
Posted in Children, Literature, Review, Young adults
Letters – Issue 88
London flat Sue McCauley’s review of Fiona Kidman’s Beside the Dark Pool (NZB Spring 2009) slides over the chapter on the London flat purchase with vague dark nods of acceptance and approval and without questioning the facts. For me,…