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Bearing witness, again, Louise Wareham Leonard
That F word: Growing Up Feminist in Aotearoa Lizzie Marvelly HarperCollins, $35.00, ISBN 9781775541127 There was an Empress of Austria named Elisabeth – many called her Sissi – a beauty and horsewoman and wife of Franz Joseph, and she was…
Tagged with: HarperCollins, Issue 124, Lizzie Marvelly, Louise Wareham Leonard, Summer 2018
Posted in Gender, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Gender, Non-fiction, Review
Looking for love, Kirsten McDougall
52 Men Louise Wareham Leonard Red Hen Press, $36.00, ISBN 97815970999967 I felt deeply sad upon finishing Louise Wareham Leonard’s new book, 52 Men. Its constituent 52 parts tell a story that fits right into our Tinder-times, even though Leonard…
Tagged with: Issue 114, Kirsten McDougall, Louise Wareham Leonard, Red Hen Press, Winter 2016
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Life invisible, Louise Wareham Leonard
The Pale North Hamish Clayton Penguin, $30.00 ISBN 9780143569268 The Pale North, written by 1977 Hawke’s Bay-born Hamish Clayton, is an experiment, a metafiction, a deconstruction, a love letter and an investigation heir to certain writers – the late German…
Tagged with: Hamish Clayton, Issue 112, Louise Wareham Leonard, Penguin Books, Summer 2015
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
A damn good shake up, Beryl Fletcher
Caging Skies Christine Leunens Vintage, $27.99, ISBN 9781869419578 Remember Me Derek Hansen HarperCollins, $34.99, ISBN 9780732287160 Miss Me a Lot Of Louise Wareham Leonard Victoria University Press, $30.00, ISBN 9780864735553 In New Zealand Books Autumn 2008, Elizabeth Caffin writes that…
Tagged with: Beryl Fletcher, Christine Leunens, Derek Hansen, HarperCollins, Issue 83, Louise Wareham Leonard, Spring 2008, Victoria University Press, Vintage
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review