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Moral force, John Campbell

Posted on May 30, 2014 by NZ Books

The Mighty Totara: The Life and Times of Norman Kirk David Grant Random House, $50.00, ISBN 9781775535799 I was 10 when Norman Kirk died. It was the first death I had ever registered. When the news came through, my parents…

Tagged with: David Grant, Issue 106, John Campbell, Norman Kirk, Random House, Winter 2014
Posted in Biography, History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review

Bovver boys

Posted on December 1, 2011 by NZ Books

What they wrote A taste of contributor comments over our first 20 years On New Zealand Books My hope is that New Zealand Books will provide a forum for frank discussion that dares to rise above the suffocating confines…

Tagged with: Alan Duff, Alan Knowles, Barbara Else, Bernard Carpinter, Bill Manhire, Bill Sewell, Bruce Stewart, Charles Ferrall, Chris Else, Chris Knox, Christopher Tremewan, Colin James, Dale Williams, David Hill, Diane Hebley, Guy Somerset, Hamish Keith, Harry Ricketts, Heather Murray, Hilary Stace, Iain Sharp, Issue 96, Jane Bowron, Jane Stafford, Jane Westaway, John Campbell, Linda Burgess, Linley Boniface, Mark Williams, Murray Edmond, Nelson Wattie, Peter Wells, Roger Robinson, Sue McCauley, Summer 2011, Tom Beard, William Brandt
Posted in Comment

Same notes, different tunes, Jenny DeBell

Posted on September 1, 2007 by NZ Books

The Six Pack: Winning Writing from New Zealand Book Month 2006 John Campbell (introduction) New Zealand Book Month with Whitireia Publishing, $6.00, ISBN 1877192279 The Best New Zealand Fiction 3 Fiona Kidman (ed) Vintage, $34.99, ISBN 1869417976 Sunday 22: The…

Tagged with: Fiona Kidman, Huia, Issue 79, Jack Ross, Jenny DeBell, John Campbell, New Zealand Book Month, Owen Marshall, Reed, Selina Tusitala Marsh, Spring 2007, Tina Shaw, Vintage, Whitireia Publishing
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review, Short stories

A mighty little innings, John Campbell

Posted on June 1, 2007 by NZ Books

How to Catch a Cricket Match Harry Ricketts Awa Press, $24.99, ISBN 9780958662903 Harry Ricketts’ game plan is simple. He and a Victoria University colleague, Tony (like a character in a Russian novel he has no surname but a defining…

Tagged with: Awa Press, Harry Ricketts, Issue 78, John Campbell, Winter 2007
Posted in Non-fiction, Review, Sport

Good old Wanganui, John Campbell

Posted on October 27, 1999 by NZ Books

Dancing with Beelzebub Michael Laws HarperCollins, $29.95, ISBN 1 86950 324 4 Michael Laws, we are told by the New Zealand Woman’s Weekly, wrote Dancing with Beelzebub at the rate of a thousand words a day. “That’s about my limit…

Tagged with: HarperCollins, Issue 40, John Campbell, Michael Laws
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review

Modern, John Campbell

Posted on June 1, 1999 by NZ Books

Full Circle: A Modern Morality Tale Bob Jones Hazard Press, $24.95, ISBN 1877161764 Modern Morality Tale.” Let’s begin with those words. And of those words, there’s one in particular I really want you to think about: ”Modern”. “Modern” is…

Tagged with: Bob Jones, December 2000, Hazard Press, Issue 46, John Campbell
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review