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Scaring them silly, Linda Burgess
Gladys Goes to War Glyn Harper (Jenny Cooper illus) Puffin, $20.00, ISBN 9780143507208 Speed King David Hill (Phoebe Morris illus) Puffin, $25.00, ISBN 9780143507222 My Grandpa is a Dinosaur Richard Fairgray and Terry Jones Puffin, $20.00, ISBN 9780143507192 Did You…
Tagged with: Autumn 2017, David Hill, Glyn Harper, Issue 117, Jenny Cooper, Linda Burgess, Phoebe Morris, Raymond McGrath, Richard Fairgray, Terry Jones
Posted in Children, Literature, Review
Posted in Children, Literature, Review
Consecrated ground, Ian Lochhead
Historic Churches: A Guide to Over 60 Early New Zealand Churches Linda Burgess (Robert Burgess photographer) Random House, $50.00, ISBN 9781775537335 Worship: A History of New Zealand Church Design Bill McKay (Jane Ussher photographer) Godwit, $85.00, ISBN 9781775538363 One of…
Tagged with: Bill McKay, Godwit, Ian Lochhead, Issue 114, Jane Ussher, Linda Burgess, Random House, Robert Burgess, Winter 2016
Posted in Architecture, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Architecture, Non-fiction, Review
History, myth and jollity, Linda Burgess
Roly the Anzac Donkey Glyn Harper (Jenny Cooper illus) Puffin, $20.00, ISBN 9780143506638 The Song of Kauri Melinda Szymanik (Dominique Ford illus) Scholastic, $27.00, ISBN 9781775432289 I Am Not a Worm Scott Tulloch Scholastic, $19.00, ISBN 9781775432517 Zoo Train Sally…
Tagged with: Daron Parton, Dominique Ford, Issue 111, Linda Burgess, Melinda Szymanik, Sally Sutton, Scholastic, Scott Tulloch, Spring 2015, Walker Books
Posted in Children, Literature, Review
Posted in Children, Literature, Review
Rhyming pleasures, Linda Burgess
Over the Hill to Greytown Tania Atkinson (Viv Walker illus) Wai Art Press, $20.00, ISBN 9780473252526 Bruiser and the Big Snow Gavin Bishop Random House, $21.00, ISBN 9781775534860 Toucan Can Juliette MacIver and Sarah Davis Gecko Press, $20.00, ISBN 9781877467547…
Tagged with: Gavin Bishop, Gecko Press, Issue 106, Juliette MacIver, Linda Burgess, Random House, Sarah Davis, Tania Atkinson, Viv Walker, Wai Art Press, Winter 2014
Posted in Children, Literature, Review
Posted in Children, Literature, Review
No getting away from the man, Linda Burgess
Civilisation: Twenty Places on the Edge of the World Steve Braunias Awa Press, $36.00, ISBN 9781877551352 Steve Braunias is one of our very best writers. How does he do it, wonders the reviewer, as within a sentence Braunias moves from…
Tagged with: Autumn 2013, Awa Press, Issue 101, Linda Burgess, Steve Braunias
Posted in Essays, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Essays, Non-fiction, Review
The cult of celebrity, Linda Burgess
Mike McRoberts: Beyond the Front Line Mike McRoberts HarperCollins, $39.99, ISBN 9781869509392 Scrim: The Man with a Mike William Renwick Victoria University Press, $50.00, ISBN 9780864736956 “I like to think I have my father’s courage and humour, and…
Tagged with: Colin Scrimgeour, HarperCollins, Issue 98, Linda Burgess, Mike McRoberts, Scrim, Victoria University Press, William Renwick, Winter 2012
Posted in Autobiography, Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Autobiography, Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Debuts and returns, Linda Burgess
Enemy at the Gate Philippa Werry Scholastic New Zealand, $17.99 ISBN 9781869438135 Old Drumble Jack Lasenby HarperCollins, $16.99, ISBN 978169506742 Chicken Feathers Joy Cowley and David Elliot (illus) Puffin Books, $17.95, ISBN 9780143303909 Five (and a bit) Days in the…
Tagged with: David Elliot, HarperCollins, Issue 86, Jack Lasenby, Joy Cowley, Linda Burgess, Michelle Kelly, Philippa Werry, Puffin Books, Random Books, Rebecca Cundy, Scholastic New Zealand, Val Bird, Winter 2009
Posted in Children, Literature, Review
Posted in Children, Literature, Review
Faith and works, Linda Burgess
Women with a Mission: Rediscovering Missionary Wives in Early New Zealand Cathy Ross Penguin Books, $39.95, ISBN 0143020501 Be careful what you leave behind you. That unflattering photo could well be the one chosen for your obituary (should you be…
Tagged with: Autumn 2008, Cathy Ross, Issue 81, Linda Burgess, Penguin Books
Posted in Gender, History, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Posted in Gender, History, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Not everyone gets a bargain, Linda Burgess
I See Red: The Shocking Story of a Battle against the Warehouse Judith Bell aka Stephen Tindall – the woman Awa Press, $29.99, ISBN 0958250979 I do think it’s a mistake to put the word “shocking” on any book. I’ll…
Tagged with: Awa Press, Issue 78, Judith Bell, Linda Burgess, Winter 2007
Posted in Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
Bovver boys
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