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Best of all possible worlds? Stephen Levine
Promises Promises: 80 Years Of Wooing New Zealand Voters Claire Robinson Massey University Press, $60.00, ISBN 9780995109544 When Jacinda Ardern stated in 2017 that, if elected, Labour would move to “abolish child poverty”, this resonated as an ambitious goal, enlightened,…
Tagged with: Claire Robinson, Issue 128, Massey University Press, Stephen Levine, Summer 2019
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Radical carrot, upside down parrot, Gregory O’Brien
Frances Hodgkins: European Journeys Catherine Hammond and Mary Kisler (eds) Auckland University Press, $75.00, ISBN 9781869408930 Finding Frances Hodgkins Mary Kisler Massey University Press, $45.00, ISBN 9780995102972 You reach a certain age and your favourite artists and writers start invading…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Catherine Hammond, Frances Hodgkins, Gregory O’Brien, Issue 128, Mary Kisler, Massey University Press, Summer 2019
Posted in Art, Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Art, Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Imperial identities, Tim Cook
For King And Other Countries: The New Zealanders Who Fought In Other Services In The First World War Glyn Harper Massey University Press, $60.00, ISBN 9780995102996 New Zealand, like Australia, Canada, India, Newfoundland and South Africa, contributed enormous numbers of…
Tagged with: Glyn Harper, Issue 128, Massey University Press, Summer 2019, Tim Cook
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, War
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, War
“A kind of undressing”, Elspeth Sandys
Dear Oliver: Uncovering a Pākehā History Peter Wells Massey University Press, $40.00, ISBN 9780994143 Peter Wells is a wonderful writer, and this is almost a wonderful book. Writing a family memoir (or, as the author calls this particular memoir, Uncovering…
Tagged with: Elspeth Sandys, Issue 123, Massey University Press, Peter Wells, Spring 2018
Posted in Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
Downtown voices and sugar-rush diction, David Cohen
The Journal of Urgent Writing 2016 Nicola Legat (ed) Massey University Press, $40.00, ISBN 9780994130068 Tell You What 2017: Great New Zealand Nonfiction Susanna Andrew and Jolisa Gracewood (eds) Auckland University Press, $30.00, ISBN 9781869408602 If I had to name…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Autumn 2017, David Cohen, Issue 117, Jolisa Gracewood, Massey University Press, Nicola Legat, Susanna Andrew
Posted in Essays, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Essays, Non-fiction, Review
Mud, blood and misconception, Damien Fenton
First Day of the Somme: The Complete Account of Britain’s Worst-ever Military Disaster Andrew Macdonald, HarperCollins, $40.00, ISBN 9781775540403 Experience of a Lifetime: People, Personalities and Leaders in the First World War John Crawford, David Littlewood and James Watson (eds)…
Tagged with: Andrew Macdonald, David Littlewood, Dr Damien Fenton, HarperCollins, Issue 115, James Watson, John Crawford, Massey University Press, Spring 2016
Posted in Non-fiction, Review, War
Posted in Non-fiction, Review, War