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The light and the dark, Geoffrey Miles
The Loblolly Boy and the Sorcerer James Norcliffe Longacre, $19.99, ISBN 9781877460692 Sacrifice Joanna Orwin HarperCollins, $26.99, ISBN 9781869509125 It’s rare for a modern children’s writer to create a really original fantasy creature, but James Norcliffe achieved it…
Tagged with: Autumn 2012, Geoffrey Miles, HarperCollins, Issue 97, James Norcliffe, Joanna Orwin, Longacre
Posted in Children, Literature, Review, Young adults
Posted in Children, Literature, Review, Young adults
How they probably thought, Nicholas Reid
Rangatira Paula Morris Penguin Books, $30.00, ISBN 978014565758 What is the value to us of historical novels? They are valuable only when they try to reconstruct the mentality of the past. Second-rate historical novels dress up modern characters in…
Tagged with: Autumn 2012, Issue 97, Nicholas Reid, Paula Morris, Penguin Books
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Problems with facts, Jane Stafford
The Parihaka Woman Witi Ihimaera Vintage, $38.99, ISBN 9781869797294 New Zealand’s first novel, Taranaki: A Tale of the War, was written by a British (possibly Irish) army officer, Henry Butler Stoney, who served in the conflict. With a speed…
Tagged with: Autumn 2012, Issue 97, Jane Stafford, Vintage, Witi Ihimaera
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
The difficult decisive moment, Tom Elliott
I Loved You the Moment I Saw You Peter Black Victoria University Press, $60.00, ISBN 9780864736598 The first pages of Peter Black’s I Loved You the Moment I Saw You struck me with their colourful, contemporary design and fine…
Tagged with: Autumn 2012, Ian Wedde, Issue 97, Peter Black, Tom Elliott, Victoria University Press
Posted in Non-fiction, Photography, Review
Posted in Non-fiction, Photography, Review
The big picture, Nepia Mahuika
Nga Tini Whetu: Navigating Maori Futures Mason Durie Huia, $49.99, ISBN 9781869694524 Unlike many in the steady stream of publications about things Maori, Mason Durie’s latest book, Nga Tini Whetu: Navigating Māori Futures, turns its attention not to the…
Tagged with: Autumn 2012, Huia, Issue 97, Mason Durie, Nepia Mahuika
Posted in Lecture, Māori, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Lecture, Māori, Non-fiction, Review
Minding the gap, Tom Brooking
People, People, People: A Brief History of New Zealand Stevan Eldred-Grigg David Bateman, $24.95, ISBN 9781869538132 In 1980 Stevan Eldred-Grigg wrote a provocative study of the great estate owners of the South Island which proved beyond any semblance of doubt…
Tagged with: Autumn 2012, David Bateman, Issue 97, Stevan Eldred-Grigg, Tom Brooking
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review
Orchids in socks, Rae Varcoe
Quarantine! Protecting New Zealand at the Border Gavin McLean and Tim Shoebridge Otago University Press, $45.00, ISBN 9781877372827 The word quarantine derives from the Italian for 40: the number of days deemed appropriate to seclude a vessel known to…
Tagged with: Autumn 2012, Gavin McLean, Issue 97, Otago University Press, Rae Varcoe, Tim Shoebridge
Posted in Health, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Health, Non-fiction, Review
Frame by frame, Paul Wolffram
New Zealand Film: An Illustrated History Diane Pivac (ed) with Frank Stark and Lawrence McDonald Te Papa Press, $85.00, ISBN 9781877385667 It is rare to find a non-fiction book that offers such a fascinating and comprehensive view of its…
Tagged with: Autumn 2012, Diane Pivac, Frank Stark, Issue 97, Lawrence McDonald, Paul Wolffram, Te Papa Press
Posted in Media, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Media, Non-fiction, Review
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