Volume 20 | Number 1 | Issue 90 | Winter 2010 Letters Obituary: J C Sturm Martin Edmond: Gordon Brown, Towards a Promised Land: On the Life and Art of Colin McCahon Linley Boniface: “Frind of All Animals” (Imprints)…
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Letters — Issue 90
Paddling on, Harvey Molloy
A Canoe in Midstream: Poems New and Old Apirana Taylor Canterbury University Press, $25.00, ISBN 9781877257797 This year I taught a class of bright year nine students an introductory unit on poetry based on Jewels in the Water, an anthology…
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Tagged with: Apirana Taylor, Canterbury University Press, Harvey Molloy, Issue 90, Winter 2010
Posted in Literature, Poetry and Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry and Review
Lofty ideals and fatal flaws, Alan Ward
Encircled Lands: Te Urewera, 1820-1921 Judith Binney Bridget Williams Books, $79.99, ISBN 9781877242441 This is arguably the most important book on Maori-Pakeha relations to be published in the last quarter-century, unlikely to be equalled in this generation. Its importance stems…
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Tagged with: Alan Ward, Bridget Williams Books, Issue 90, Judith Binney, Winter 2010
Posted in History, Maori, Non-fiction and Review
Posted in History, Maori, Non-fiction and Review
The voice of the monster, Bernard Carpinter
Blood Men Paul Cleave Black Swan, $36.99, ISBN 978869792718 Containment Vanda Symon Penguin Books, $28.00, ISBN 9780143202295 Cut and Run Alix Bosco Penguin Books, $37.00, ISBN 9780143011910 What Remains Behind Dorothy Fowler Black Swan, $29.99, ISBN 9781869792084 New Zealand’s reputation…
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Tagged with: Alix Bosco, Bernard Carpinter, Black Swan, Dorothy Fowler, Issue 90, Paul Cleave, Penguin Books, Vanda Symon, Winter 2010
Posted in Fiction, Literature and Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature and Review
Poem — John Newton
Big schtick, Garth Baker
Antipodes Mark Price Longacre Press, $34.99, ISBN 9781877460364 Twisting Throttle America Mike Hyde HarperCollins, $39.99, ISBN 9781869507473 Sleeping with the Dead Marko Cunningham Random House, $37.99, ISBN 9781869792701 These books cover three different kinds of travel experience – a focus…
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Tagged with: Garth Baker, HarperCollins, Issue 90, Longacre Press, Mark Price, Marko Cunningham, Mike Hyde, Random House, Winter 2010
Posted in Memoir, Non-fiction and Review
Posted in Memoir, Non-fiction and Review
Good returns, Cilla McQueen
Table Talk Kevin Ireland Cape Catley, $25.99, ISBN 9781877340246 Africa Alistair Paterson Puriri Press, $36.00, ISBN 9780908943364 The Lakes of Mars Chris Orsman Auckland University Press, $24.99, ISBN 9781869404086 The Worm in the Tequila Geoff Cochrane Victoria University Press, $25.00,…
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Tagged with: Alistair Paterson, Auckland University Press, Cape Catley, Chris Orsman, Cilla McQueen, Geoff Cochrane, Ian Wedde, Issue 90, Kevin Ireland, Puriri Press, Victoria University Press, Winter 2010
Posted in Literature, Poetry and Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry and Review