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What’s been lost, Louise O’Brien
The Silence Beyond: Selected Writings Michael King (introduction by Rachael King) Penguin, $42.00, ISBN 9780143565567 The Passionless People Revisited Gordon McLauchlan David Bateman, $30.00, ISBN 9781869537906 The Silence Beyond is a new and posthumous selection of rare and…
Tagged with: David Bateman, Gordon McLauchlan, Issue 99, Louise O’Brien, Michael King, Penguin, Rachael King, Spring 2012
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review
Life in the bush, by the bay, Dougal McNeill
Speaking Frankly: The Frank Sargeson Memorial Lectures 2003-2010 Sarah Shieff (ed) Cape Catley, $31.99, ISBN 9781877340277 Celebrating Katherine Mansfield: A Centenary Volume of Essays Gerri Kimber and Janet Wilson (eds) Palgrave Macmillan, $162.00, ISBN 9780230277731 It was a…
Tagged with: C K Stead, Cape Catley, Christine Cole Catley, Dougal McNeill, Frank Sargeson, Gerri Kimber, Issue 98, Janet Wilson, Katherine Mansfield, Lawrence Jones, Michael King, Owen Marshall, Palgrave Macmillan, Peter Wells, Sarah Shieff, Vincent O’Sullivan, Winter 2012
Posted in Essays, Lecture, Literature, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Essays, Lecture, Literature, Non-fiction, Review
Lifting the lid of the national box, Stevan Eldred-Grigg
The Penguin History of New Zealand Michael King Penguin, $29.95, ISBN 0143018671 A Short History of New Zealand Gordon McLauchlan Penguin, $29.95, ISBN 0143019082 One day at the start of the 21st century, happening to be staying in a hotel…
Tagged with: Autumn 2004, Gordon McLauchlan, Issue 65, Michael King, Penguin, Stevan Eldred-Grigg
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review
Poem – Fleur Adcock
Historian dies in fiery crash (i.m. Michael King, 1945-2004) And all our competence in words fails us. When the horror’s beyond exaggeration, go back. Try not to imagine it. But not only “historian”: his wife too – and just…
War tourism, Les Cleveland
One Flag, One Queen, One Tongue: New Zealand, the British and the South African War ed John Crawford and Ian McGibbon Auckland University Press, $39.99, ISBN 1869402936 Landscapes of Conflict: A Field Guide to the New Zealand Wars Nigel Prickett…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Ian McGibbon, Issue 60, John Crawford, Les Cleveland, Matthew Wright, Michael King, Nigel Prickett, Penguin Books, Random House, Reed Books, Summer 2002
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, War
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, War
Back in the frame, Elizabeth Alley
An Inward Sun: The World of Janet Frame Michael King, contemporary photographs by Reg Graham Penguin Books, $39.95, ISBN 0143018388 So much has already been said. It is an irony that Janet Frame’s life, so often described as that of…
Tagged with: Autumn 2002, Elizabeth Alley, Issue 57, Janet Frame, Michael King, Penguin Books, Reg Graham
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
“Ikey” and I, Paul Morris
At the Edge of Memory: A Family Story Michael King Penguin, $34.95, ISBN 0143018159 In his new book, Michael King revisits his Kiwi Irish Catholic background, focusing on his experiences of anti-semitism. Nuns explained that God had withdrawn His blessing…
Tagged with: Issue 55, Michael King, Paul Morris, Penguin, Spring 2001
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Argument without end, Michael King
The Shaping of History: Essays from The New Zealand Journal of History ed Judith Binney Bridget Williams Books, $49.95, ISBN 1877242179 Histories, Power and Loss: Uses of the Past – a New Zealand Commentary ed Andrew Sharp and Paul McHugh…
Tagged with: Andrew Sharp, Autumn 2001, Bain Attwood, Bridget Williams Books, Fiona Magowan, Issue 53, Judith Binney, Michael King, Paul McHugh
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
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The historian who opened our eyes, Jock Phillips
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