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A new young voice, Kirsty Cochrane
The Kite Ron Bacon and Kelvin Hawley, Hodder & Stoughton, Auckland, 1991, $10.95 Out Walked Mel Paula Boock, John McIndoe, Dunedin, 1991, $16.95 A picture-book format, and a story that doesn’t quite match: which could be a short-story for slightly…
Tagged with: Autumn 1992, Hodder & Stoughton, Issue 4, John McIndoe, Kelvin Hawley, Kirsty Cochrane, Paula Boock, Ron Bacon
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults
A poetic resurgence, Tony Beyer
An Open Return Alan Riach, Untold Books, Wellington, 1991, $23 Paper Boats Peter Bland, John McIndoe, Dunedin, 1991, $16.95 The Man of Paradise Denys Trussell, Hudson/ Cresset, Auckland, (distrib Brick Row Publishers. PO Box 100-057, Auckland 10), 1991, $17.95 The…
Tagged with: Alan Riach, Cresset Publishing, Denys Trussell, Hudson, Issue 3, John McIndoe, Peter Bland, Spring 1991, Tony Beyer, Untold Books
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
In praise of difficult women, Annabel Cooper
Who is Sylvia? The Diary of a Biography Lynley Hood John McIndoe, Dunedin, 1990, $29.95 Sylvia! The Biography of Sylvia Ashton-Warner Lynley Hood Viking, Auckland 1988, $39.95, Paper $24.95 Who is Sylvia? is a day-by-day account of Lynley Hood’s work,…
Tagged with: Annabel Cooper, Issue 2, John McIndoe, Lynley Hood, Sylvia Ashton-Warner, Viking, Winter 1991
Posted in Biography, Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
Recent New Zealand Poetry, Charles Croot:
Cabin Fever Anne French Auckland University Press, 1990, $15.95 Park Island Leonard Lambert John McIndoe, Dunedin, 1990, $18.95 Jazz Waists Robert Sullivan Auckland University Press, 1990, $16.95 Man with a Child’s Violin Gregory O’Brien Caxton Press, Christchurch, 1990, $14.55 What’s…
Tagged with: Anne French, Auckland University Press, Autumn 1991, Caxton Press, Charles Croot, Gregory O’Brien, Issue 1, John McIndoe, Leonard Lambert, Robert Sullivan
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
What about the workers? A historical view, John Roberts
The Forgotten Worker: The Rural Wage Worker in Nineteenth Century New Zealand John E Martin, Allen and Unwin/Trade Union History Project, Wellington, 1990, $35.95 New Zealand Working People 1890-1990 Stevan Eldred-Grigg Dunmore Press, Palmerston North, 1990, $34.95 Nuclear Free:…