Blog Archives
Express lane, John Horrocks
Peat Lynn Jenner Otago University Press, $35.00, ISBN 9781988531694 Lynn Jenner lives on the Kāpiti Coast, not far from the new expressway between Mackays Crossing and Peka Peka. She writes in Peat that thinking about the construction of the road…
Tagged with: Issue 128, John Horrocks, Lynn Jenner, Otago University Press, Summer 2019
Posted in Literature, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Literature, Non-fiction, Review
Yearning and erasure, John Horrocks
He’s so MASC Chris Tse Auckland University Press, $30.00, ISBN 1781869408879 The Facts Therese Lloyd Victoria University Press, $25.00, ISBN 9781776561810 Dark Days at the Oxygen Café James Norcliffe Victoria University Press, $25.00, ISBN 9781776560837 (more…)…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Chris Tse, Issue 123, James Norcliffe, John Horrocks, Spring 2018, Therese Lloyd, Victoria University Press
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Olympian heights, John Horrocks
Striking Gold: New Zealand Hockey’s Remarkable Victory at the 1976 Olympics Suzanne McFadden Mary Egan Publishing, $40.00 ISBN 9780473343729 Striking Gold is the story of one of the great moments in New Zealand’s sporting history. The 1976 Olympics are remembered…
Tagged with: Issue 115, John Horrocks, Mary Egan Publishing, Spring 2016, Suzanne McFadden
Posted in Non-fiction, Review, Sport
Posted in Non-fiction, Review, Sport
On men of a certain age, John Horrocks
The Conch Trumpet David Eggleton Otago University Press, $25.00, ISBN 9781877578939 Wonky Optics Geoff Cochrane Victoria University Press, $25.00, ISBN 9780864739810 Half Dark Harry Ricketts Victoria University Press, $25.00, ISBN 9780864739841 Feeding the Birds Kevin Ireland Steele Roberts, $20.00, ISBN…
Tagged with: David Eggleton, Geoff Cochrane, Harry Ricketts, Issue 110, John Horrocks, Kevin Ireland, Otago University Press, Steele Roberts, Victoria University Press, Winter 2015
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Remembering, John Horrocks
Under the Dundas Street Bridge Peter Olds Steele Roberts, $20.00, ISBN 9781877577833 Chords and Other Poems Sam Hunt Craig Potton Publishing, $30.00, ISBN 9781877338181 Voicetracks: Poems 2002-2012 Jan Kemp Puriri Press/Tranzlit, $32.50, ISBN 9780908943388 Like Paul McCartney singing “Remember” at…
Tagged with: Craig Potton Publishing, Issue 102, John Horrocks, Peter Olds, Puriri Press, Sam Hunt, Steele Roberts, Tranzlit, Winter 2013
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Died in the wool, John Horrocks
Making Sheep Country: Mt Peel Station and the Transformation of the Tussock Lands Robert Peden Auckland University Press, $49.99, ISBN 9781869404857 The early pastoralists of the South Island, with their huge, remote holdings, their substantial homesteads, and their apparent…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Issue 96, John Horrocks, Robert Peden, Summer 2011
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review
Collecting and restoring, John Horrocks
Where Your Left Hand Rests Fiona Kidman Godwit, $29.00, ISBN 9781869621773 As Fiona Kidman points out herself, it is half a lifetime ago since her first book of poems, Honey and Bitters, was published in 1975. Her new collection…
Tagged with: Fiona Kidman, Godwit, Issue 92, John Horrocks, Summer 2010
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Moving deeper, John Horrocks
Mirabile Dictu Michele Leggott Auckland University Press, $27.99, ISBN 9781869404406 The Lustre Jug Bernadette Hall Victoria University Press, $25.00, ISBN 9780864736086 Just This Brian Turner Victoria University Press, $25.00, ISBN 9780864735911 One can expect that these new collections by three…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Autumn 2010, Bernadette Hall, Brian Turner, Issue 89, John Horrocks, Michele Leggott, Victoria University Press
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Porridge stirring, John Horrocks
The Problem of Prisons: Correction Reform in New Zealand since 1840 Greg Newbold Dunmore Press, $49.95, ISBN 9790187399213 Mt Eden Prison in Auckland speaks of an era when punishment and incarceration were very visible. Its turreted buildings of black volcanic…
Tagged with: Autumn 2008, Dunmore Press, Dunmore Publishing, Greg Newbold, Issue 81, John Horrocks
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review