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Bullies behind the screen, Jane Westaway
Whale Oil Margie Thomson Potton and Burton, $40.00, ISBN 9780947503819 The authors of certain books published in this country deserve medals. Not literary prizes, although they might merit these, too. But I mean authors who devote themselves to uncovering connections…
Tagged with: Issue 128, Jane Westaway, Margie Thomson, Potton and Burton, Summer 2019
Posted in Media, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Posted in Media, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Listening for the voice, Janet Hughes
Coming to it: Selected Poems Sam Hunt Potton and Burton, $30.00, ISBN 9780947503802 Poeta: Selected and New Poems Cilla McQueen Otago University Press, $40.00, ISBN 9781988531281 Watching for the Wingbeat: New and Selected Poems Pat White Cold Hub Press, $40.00,…
Tagged with: Autumn 2019, Cilla McQueen, Issue 125, Janet Hughes, Otago University Press, Pat White, Potton and Burton, Sam Hunt
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Fighting the good fight, Philip Simpson
Fight for the Forests Paul Bensemann Potton and Burton, $70.00, ISBN 9780947503130 This book is a marvellous chronicle of the people, the campaigns, the sorrows and sacrifices and, ultimately, the achievement to protect New Zealand’s unique publicly owned native forests.…
Tagged with: Autumn 2019, Issue 125, Paul Bensemann, Philip Simpson, Potton and Burton
Posted in Natural History, Non-fiction, Science
Posted in Natural History, Non-fiction, Science
Radiant living: a hero rediscovered, Julia Millen
Edmund Hillary: A Biography Michael Gill Potton and Burton, $60.00, ISBN 9780947503383 1953: Edmund Hillary, Everest conqueror (with Tenzing Norgay), is knighted by newly-crowned Queen Elizabeth II. From the time he climbed his first peak in the Southern Alps,…
Tagged with: Autumn 2018, Issue 121, Julia Millen, Michael Gill, Potton and Burton
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Balancing the probabilities, Christopher Pugsley
Hit and Run: The New Zealand SAS in Afghanistan and the Meaning of Honour Nicky Hager and Jon Stephenson Potton and Burton, $35.00, ISBN 9780947503390 “What is it that we don’t understand? We’re going to lose this fucking war if…
Tagged with: Christopher Pugsley, Issue 119, Jon Stephenson, Nicky Hager, Potton and Burton, Spring 2017
Posted in Non-fiction, Review, War
Posted in Non-fiction, Review, War
Cartoonist with bite, Dinah Priestley
Murdoch: The Cartoons of Sharon Murdoch Sharon Murdoch (with commentary by Melinda Johnston) Potton and Burton, $40.00, ISBN 9780947503239 Anne Tolley crouches watchfully inside a beneficiary’s uterus, high heels digging into the soft pink flesh, her two fists blocking the…
Tagged with: Dinah Priestley, Issue 118, Melinda Johnston, Potton and Burton, Sharon Murdoch, Winter 2017
Posted in Media, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Posted in Media, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Memory and amnesia, Giovanni Tiso
To the Memory: New Zealand’s War Memorials Jock Phillips Potton and Burton, $60.00, ISBN 9780947503024 Think of it as a road guide to New Zealand of sorts, one that maps your route both spatially and chronologically: for almost every town…
Tagged with: Giovanni Tiso, Issue 116, Jock Phillips, Potton and Burton, Summer 2016
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, War
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, War
Forward to the 1950s, Trevor Agnew
The Adventures of Hutu and Kawa Avis Acres (text and illus) Puffin, $25.00, ISBN 9780143507055 First to the Top: Sir Edmund Hillary’s Everest Adventure David Hill (Phoebe Morris illus) Puffin, $25.00, ISBN 9780143506874 Changing Times: The Story of a New…
Tagged with: Avis Acres, Bob Kerr, David Hill, Issue 115, Phoebe Morris, Potton and Burton, Puffin, Sally Louise Hill, Spring 2016, Treasured Travels Publishing, Trevor Agnew
Posted in Children, Literature, Review
Posted in Children, Literature, Review
Rescuing an heroic figure, Jane Westaway
Petals & Bullets: Dorothy Morris, New Zealand Nurse in the Spanish Civil War Mark Derby Potton and Burton, $40.00, ISBN 9781927213766 In the preface to Mark Derby’s new book, Spanish War historian Angela Jackson writes of the challenge in recounting…
Tagged with: Dorothy Morris, Issue 114, Jane Westaway, Mark Derby, Potton and Burton, Winter 2016
Posted in Biography, History, Non-fiction, Review, War
Posted in Biography, History, Non-fiction, Review, War
Get the picture? David Hill
The Heading Dog Who Split in Half: Legends and Tall Tales from New Zealand Michael Brown and Mat Tait Potton and Burton, $40.00, ISBN 9781927213575 One of my reservations about graphic novels has been that they limit readers’ imaginative options.…
Tagged with: Autumn 2016, David Hill, Issue 113, Mat Tait, Michael Brown, Potton and Burton
Posted in Graphic novel, Literature, Review
Posted in Graphic novel, Literature, Review