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Boys’ own journey, Chris Szekely
The Top Secret Undercover Notes of Buttons McGinty Rhys Darby Scholastic, $18.00, ISBN 9781775434979 Between Adele Broadbent One Tree House, $20.00, ISBN 9780995106420 Slice of Heaven Des O’Leary Mākaro Press, $25.00, ISBN 9780995109247 I reckon I had the best summer…
Tagged with: Adele Broadbent, Autumn 2019, Chris Szekely, Des O’Leary, Issue 125, Mākaro Press, One Tree House, Rhys Darby, Scholastic
Posted in Children, Literature, Review
Posted in Children, Literature, Review
Believing not belonging, Mike Grimshaw
New World, New God: Rethinking Christianity for a Secular Age Ian Harris Mākaro Press, $30.00, ISBN 9780994137869 In 1967, Lloyd Geering, Principal of Knox Theological Hall and Old Testament lecturer, was tried for heresy by the Presbyterian Church of New…
Tagged with: Autumn 2019, Ian Harris, Issue 125, Mākaro Press, Mike Grimshaw
Posted in Non-fiction, Religion, Review
Posted in Non-fiction, Religion, Review
Patchwork, Lisa Warrington
These Two Hands: A Memoir Renée Mākaro Press, $38.00, ISBN 9780994137845 These Two Hands is the memoir of a woman’s life which is simultaneously ordinary and extraordinary. Born in Napier in 1929, Renée has lived through tumultuous times, both in…
Tagged with: Issue 124, Lisa Warrington, Mākaro Press, Renée, Summer 2018
Posted in Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
Jewels and binoculars, Murray Bramwell
Blood Ties: New and Selected Poems 1963–2016 Jeffrey Paparoa Holman Canterbury University Press, $25.00, ISBN 9781927145883 Dylan Junkie Jeffrey Paparoa Holman Mākaro Press, $25.00, ISBN 9780994137807 It is a harsh fact that we live in a world where there is…
Tagged with: Canterbury University Press, Issue 120, Jeffrey Paparoa Holman, Mākaro Press, Murray Bramwell, Summer 2017
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
People and places, Louise O’Brien
A Surfeit of Sunsets Dulcie Castree Mākaro Press, $35.00, ISBN 9780994123787 The Earth Cries Out Bonnie Etherington Vintage, $38.00, ISBN 9780143770657 In the late Dulcie Castree’s novel, Shirley abandons her sophisticated life in Wellington in favour of the small seaside…
Tagged with: Bonnie Etherington, Dulcie Castree, Issue 119, Louise O’Brien, Mākaro Press, Spring 2017, Vintage
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Wonderful New Zealand everydayness, Caitlin Walker
The Year of Falling Janis Freegard Mākaro Press, $35.00 ISBN 9780994106575 Selina’s life seems perfect. She’s got the job of her dreams, she and her boyfriend have been together for a record 18 months, and she’s got her health under…
Tagged with: Autumn 2017, Caitlin Walker, Issue 117, Janis Freegard, Mākaro Press
Posted in Literature, Review, Young adults
Posted in Literature, Review, Young adults
“Pure, straight sound”, Elizabeth Kerr
Peter Godfrey: Father of New Zealand Choral Music Elizabeth Salmon Mākaro Press, $40.00, ISBN 9780994106582 On the book’s cover a young boy stands a little uncertainly before the camera. He’s wearing the Eton suit of a King’s College chorister, complete…
Tagged with: Elizabeth Kerr, Elizabeth Salmon, Issue 115, Mākaro Press, Peter Godfrey, Spring 2016
Posted in Music, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Music, Non-fiction, Review
Unearthing skeletons, John McCrystal
Daughters of Messene Maggie Rainey-Smith Mākaro Press, $35.00, ISBN 9780994117267 Something Else David Parkyn (Sally Griffin illus) Piedog Press, $38.00, ISBN 9780473321505 “There are only two or three human stories,” as Willa Cather once said, “and they go on repeating…
Tagged with: David Parkyn, Issue 114, John McCrystal, Maggie Rainey-Smith, Mākaro Press, Piedog Press, Sally Griffin, Winter 2016
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
For us there is only the trying, Paul Morris
Tell You What: Great New Zealand Non-Fiction 2015 Jolisa Gracewood and Susanna Andrew (eds) Auckland University Press, $30.00 ISBN 9781869408244 Greatest Hits: A Quarter Century of Journalistic Encounters and Notes from Lost Cities David Cohen Mākaro Press, $35.00 ISBN 9780994106544…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, David Cohen, Issue 110, Jolisa Gracewood, Mākaro Press, Paul Morris, Susanna Andrew, Winter 2015
Posted in Essays, Media, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Essays, Media, Non-fiction, Review
The sliding door in the dark, Airini Beautrais
The Lonely Nude Emily Dobson Victoria University Press, $25.00, ISBN 9780864739292 Cinema Helen Rickerby Mākaro Press, $25.00, ISBN 9780473276485 Waha/Mouth Hinemoana Baker Victoria University Press, $25.00, ISBN 9780864739704 I have often wondered how far poetry can stray into the mundane,…
Tagged with: Airini Beautrais, Autumn 2015, Emily Dobson, Helen Rickerby, Hinemoana Baker, Issue 109, Mākaro Press, Victoria University Press
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review