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Quality assured, Guy Somerset
Annual Kate De Goldi and Susan Paris (eds) Gecko Press, $40.00, ISBN 9781776570775 Would it kill Wellington children’s publisher Gecko Press to once – just once! – say “Sod it, really, who can be bothered?” and bung out some bit…
Tagged with: Autumn 2017, Gecko Press, Guy Somerset, Issue 117, Kate De Goldi, Susan Paris
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
“thethrillingalchemy”, Emma Martin
From the Cutting Room of Barney Kettle Kate De Goldi Longacre, $30.00, ISBN 9781775535768 Kate De Goldi’s writing for children and young adults has been acclaimed for its vibrancy and verisimilitude. De Goldi often takes the reader into psychologically complex…
Tagged with: Autumn 2016, Emma Martin, Issue 113, Kate De Goldi, Longacre
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults
Sweet and upbeat, Paula Morris
The 10pm Question Kate De Goldi Longacre Press, $29.99, ISBN 978977460203 “Every family has a secret,” says Alan Bennett, “and the secret is that it’s not like other families.” For Frankie Parsons, the clever, neurotic hero of Kate De Goldi’s…
Tagged with: Autumn 2009, Issue 85, Kate De Goldi, Longacre Press, Paula Morris
Posted in Literature, Review, Young adults
Posted in Literature, Review, Young adults
Picture books, the cunning genre, Norman Bilbrough
Papa’s Island Melanie Drewery, illustrations Fifi Colston Reed, $16.99, ISBN 1869485947 Nobody’s Dog Jennifer Beck, illustrations Lindy Fisher Scholastic, $16.99, ISBN 1869437284 Haere – Farewell, Jack, Farewell Tim Tipene, illustrations Huhana Smith Huia, $16.99, ISBN 1869691040 Uncle Jack Kate De…
Tagged with: Ben Brown, Fifi Colston, Gavin Bishop, Helen Taylor, Huhana Smith, Huia, Issue 74, Jacqui Colley, Jean Prior, Jennifer Beck, Kate De Goldi, Lindy Fisher, Melanie Drewery, Norman Bilbrough, Pamela Allen, Puffin, Reed, Scholastic, Tim Tipene, Trapeze, Winter 2006
Posted in Children, Literature, Review
Posted in Children, Literature, Review
Pinning down the “again” factor, Linda Burgess
The Other Ark Lynley Dodd Mallinson Rendel, $27.95, ISBN 090878385X Taming the Sun: Four Maori Myths Gavin Bishop Random, $29.95, ISBN 1869416120 Koro’s Medicine Melanie Drewery, illustrations by Sabrina Malcolm Huia, $16.95, ISBN 1869691044 Clubs Kate De Goldi, illustrations by…
Tagged with: Gavin Bishop, Huia, Issue 68, Jacqui Colley, June 2005, Kate De Goldi, Linda Burgess, Lynley Dodd, Mallinson Rendel, Melanie Drewery, Random, Sabrina Malcolm, Trapeze
Posted in Children, Literature, Review
Posted in Children, Literature, Review
The flip side of adventurousness, Judith Holloway
Closed, Stranger Kate De Goldi Penguin, $15.95, ISBN 0 14 130504 5 hanging on letting go Helen Beaglehole Mallinson Rendel, $14.95, ISBN 0 908783 47 7 The Shaman and the Droll Jack Lasenby Longacre, $14.95, ISBN 1 877135 32 1…
Tagged with: Cape Catley, Elizabeth Benney, Helen Beaglehole, Issue 44, Jack Lasenby, Judith Holloway, Kate De Goldi, Mallinson Rendel, Penguin
Posted in Literature, Review, Young adults
Posted in Literature, Review, Young adults
Adolescents and other animals, Kate De Goldi
Dog Breath and other stories Norman Bilbrough Mallinson Rendel, $15.95, ISBN 0 908783 30 2 Raindancer Vivienne Joseph Mallinson Rendel, $15.95, ISBN 0 908783 34 5 Go Horatio! Pat Quinn Scholastic, $11.95, ISBN 1 86943 404 8 Comes Naturally David…
Tagged with: David Hill, Issue 38, Kate De Goldi, Mallinson Rendel, Norman Bilbrough, Pat Quinn, Scholastic, Vivienne Joseph
Posted in Children, Literature, Review, Young adults
Posted in Children, Literature, Review, Young adults
Out of the twilight, Harry Ricketts interviews Kate De Goldi
Interview Harry Ricketts (HR): Did books mean a lot to you as a child? Kate De Goldi (K De G): They were my whole life really. I was a remarkably sedentary child. My mother’s favourite description of me was…
Tagged with: December 2000, Harry Ricketts, Issue 46, Kate De Goldi
Posted in Children, Literature, Review
Posted in Children, Literature, Review
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Blaming Tolkien, Kate de Goldi
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