The Catastrophe Ian Wedde Victoria University Press, $35.00, ISBN 9780864736475 The image on the cover of Ian Wedde’s new novel, The Catastrophe, sets the satirical tone and pitch of the ensuing story: the bold noun of the title, announcing…
The Catastrophe Ian Wedde Victoria University Press, $35.00, ISBN 9780864736475 The image on the cover of Ian Wedde’s new novel, The Catastrophe, sets the satirical tone and pitch of the ensuing story: the bold noun of the title, announcing…
Bligh: William Bligh in the South Seas Anne Salmond Viking, $65.00, ISBN 9780670075560 One of the prefaces in the late Greg Dening’s Mr Bligh’s Bad Language: Passion, Power and Theatre on the Bounty (1992) is written at the “bicentenary…
The Hungry Heart: Journeys with William Colenso Peter Wells Vintage, $49.99, ISBN 9781869794743 Give Your Thoughts Life: William Colenso’s Letters to the Editor Ian St George (ed) Otago University Press, $60.00, ISBN 9781877578144 The Greek word historia, from…
Dark Night: Walking with McCahon Martin Edmond Auckland University Press, $37.99, ISBN 9781869404833 A meander through Sydney in the possible footsteps of artist Colin McCahon, who once spent 28 amnesiac hours lost in the unfamiliar city, seems a flimsy…
The Broken Book Fiona Farrell Auckland University Press, $34.99, ISBN 9781869405762 Renowned for her short fiction, novels, poetry and plays, Fiona Farrell’s distinguished writing career earned her the 2007 New Zealand Prime Minister’s Award for Fiction. This latest work,…