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Leading by the nose, Elizabeth Crayford
Scented Laurence Fearnley Penguin, $38.00 ISBN 9780143773283 If technology and price allowed, Scented would have made a fantastic “scratch and sniff” novel. As it is, the pitfalls of first-person narration make this a challenging read, and I finished the book…
Tagged with: Elizabeth Crayford, Issue 128, Penguin, Summer 2019
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
A view of the inner cemeteries, Reuben Johnson
Mind that Child: A Medical Memoir Simon Rowley with Adam Dudding Penguin, $35.00, ISBN 9780143771982 We can Make a Life: A Memoir of Family, Earthquake and Courage Chessie Henry Victoria University Press, $35.00, ISBN 9781776561940 Dr Simon Rowley is a…
Life and death before 20, Angelina Sbroma
Catch Me When You Fall Eileen Merriman Penguin, $20.00, ISBN 9780143770930 Ash Arising Mandy Hager Penguin, $20.00, ISBN 9780143772439 Eileen Merriman’s Catch Me When You Fall – a title that provokes a head-tilt to begin with and that takes multiple…
Tagged with: Angelina Sbroma, Eileen Merriman, Issue 123, Mandy Hager, Penguin, Spring 2018
Posted in Literature, Review, Young adults
Posted in Literature, Review, Young adults
From a trio of veterans, Anna Mackenzie
The Severed Land Maurice Gee Penguin, $20.00, ISBN 9780143770244 Shooting Stars Brian Falkner Scholastic, $21.00, ISBN 9781775433606 Cool Nukes Des Hunt Scholastic, $20.00, ISBN 9781775433422 As a veteran of more than 50 years, Maurice Gee is one of New Zealand’s…
Tagged with: Anna Mackenzie, Autumn 2017, Brian Falkner, Des Hunt, Issue 117, Maurice Gee, Penguin, Scholastic
Posted in Children, Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults
Posted in Children, Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults
Before and after, Christina Stachurski
Remembering Christchurch: Voices from Decades Past Alison Parr Penguin, $45.00, ISBN 9780143573371 A Villa at the End of the Empire: One Hundred Ways to Read a City Fiona Farrell Vintage, $40.00, ISBN 9781775537519 King Rich Joe Bennett HarperCollins, $37.00, ISBN…
Tagged with: Alison Parr, Autumn 2016, Christina Stachurski, Fiona Farrell, HarperCollins, Issue 113, Joe Bennett, Penguin, Vintage
Posted in Non-fiction, Sociology
Posted in Non-fiction, Sociology
The Richie McCaw of golf caddies, Spiro Zavos
Out of the Rough Steve Williams with Michael Donaldson Penguin, $40.00, ISBN 9780143573555 Here is Adam Scott, the languid Australian golfer, on the second playoff hole of the 2013 Masters. He has hit his second shot to the green.…
Tagged with: Autumn 2016, Issue 113, Michael Donaldson, Penguin, Spiro Zavos, Steve Williams
Posted in Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
Captions and context, David Littlewood
The Anzacs: An Inside View of New Zealanders at Gallipoli Auckland War Memorial Museum Penguin, $45.00, ISBN 9780143572336 Brothers in Arms: Gordon and Robin Harper in the Great War Jock Phillips with Philip Harper and Susan Harper NZHistoryJock, $40.00, ISBN…
Tagged with: Auckland War Memorial Museum, Gordon Harper, Issue 111, Jock Phillips, NZHistoryJock, Penguin, Philip Harper, Robin Harper, Spring 2015, Susan Harper
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, War
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, War
The place where stories begin, Paula Morris
Chappy Patricia Grace Penguin, $38.00, ISBN 9780143572398 It’s over a decade since Patricia Grace’s last novel, the moving, cinematic Tu – an ambitious book about war and its temptations, adventures and devastations for the men who went and the families…
Tagged with: Issue 111, Patricia Grace, Paula Morris, Penguin, Spring 2015
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
“Shocking the model” John McCrystal
Five Minutes Alone Paul Cleave Penguin, $38.00, ISBN 9780143572312 The Legend of Winstone Blackhat Tanya Moir Vintage, $38.00, ISBN 9781775537755 MiSTORY Philip Temple Font Publishing, $35.00, ISBN 978047328204 You could argue that the artistic imagination is like one of those…
Tagged with: Font Publishing, Issue 110, John McCrystal, Paul Cleave, Penguin, Philip Temple, Tanya Moir, Vintage, Winter 2015
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Moving historiographical boundaries, Paul Moon
Man of Secrets: The Private Life of Donald McLean Matthew Wright Penguin, $40.00, ISBN 9780143572213 At the Margin of Empire: John Webster and Hokianga, 1841–1900 Jennifer Ashton Auckland University Press, $50.00, ISBN 9781869408251 Those of us interested in reading about…
Tagged with: Donald McLean, Issue 110, Jennifer Ashton Auckland University Press, John Webster, Matthew Wright, Paul Moon, Penguin, Winter 2015
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review
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