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Home and away. Paula Morris

Posted on December 1, 2006 by NZ Books

I Am Always With You Philip Temple Random, $34.99, ISBN 1869417739 The Viewing Platform Ian Wedde Penguin, $29.95, ISBN 9780143020929 Local writers Stevan Eldred-Grigg (Kaput!) and Tina Shaw (The Black Madonna) have found imaginative inspiration in wartime Berlin, and now…

Tagged with: Ian Wedde, Issue 76, Paula Morris, Philip Temple, Random, Summer 2006
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review

Shifting the ground rules, Aaron Lister

Posted on September 1, 2006 by NZ Books

Leo Bensemann: Portraits, Masks and Fantasy Figures Caroline Otto Nikau Press, $44.95, ISBN 0958224242 Frances Hodgkins: A Private Viewing Joanne Drayton Random, $59.95, ISBN 1869621174 The Expatriates: Barrie Bates and Frances Hodgkins Christina Barton Adam Art Gallery, $25.00, ISBN 1877309044…

Tagged with: Aaron Lister, Adam Art Gallery, Barrie Bates, Caroline Otto, Christina Barton, Frances Hodgkins, Issue 75, Joanne Drayton, Leo Bensemann, Nikau Press, Random, Spring 2006
Posted in Art, Non-fiction, Review

Snowflake game, David Larsen

Posted on September 1, 2006 by NZ Books

The Geometry of Desire Linda Niccol David Ling, $24.99, ISBN 1877378054 Fish’n’Chip Shop Song and Other Stories Carl Nixon Random, $27.99, ISBN 1869417615 I set out recently to teach my nine-year-old son about apostrophes. It was pleasingly straightforward. You learn…

Tagged with: Carl Nixon, David Larsen, David Ling Publishing, Issue 75, Linda Niccol, Random, Spring 2006
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review, Short stories

Kissing the gunner’s daughter, Raymond Huber

Posted on June 1, 2006 by NZ Books

A Respectable Girl Fleur Beale Random, $19.00, ISBN 186941764X Sea of Mutiny Ken Catran Random, $18.95, ISBN 1869417070 Red Leader Down Ken Catran Random, $19.99, ISBN 1869417593 Red Haze: Australians and New Zealanders in Vietnam Leon Davidson Black Dog, $16.95,…

Tagged with: Black Dog Books, Fleur Beale, Issue 74, Ken Catran, Leon Davidson, Random, Raymond Huber, Winter 2006
Posted in Literature, Non-fiction, Review, War, Young adults

Plaits and mandibles, Margaret Mahy

Posted on December 1, 2005 by NZ Books

Mona Minim and the Smell of the Sun Janet Frame, illustrations by David Elliot Random, $29.95, ISBN 1869417240 Mona Minim and the Smell of the Sun, by novelist Janet Frame, was first published in 1969. In those days not many…

Tagged with: David Elliot, Issue 72, Janet Frame, Margaret Mahy, Random, Summer 2005
Posted in Children, Literature, Review

Pinning down the “again” factor, Linda Burgess

Posted on June 1, 2005 by NZ Books

The Other Ark Lynley Dodd Mallinson Rendel, $27.95, ISBN 090878385X Taming the Sun: Four Maori Myths Gavin Bishop Random, $29.95, ISBN 1869416120 Koro’s Medicine Melanie Drewery, illustrations by Sabrina Malcolm Huia, $16.95, ISBN 1869691044 Clubs Kate De Goldi, illustrations by…

Tagged with: Gavin Bishop, Huia, Issue 68, Jacqui Colley, June 2005, Kate De Goldi, Linda Burgess, Lynley Dodd, Mallinson Rendel, Melanie Drewery, Random, Sabrina Malcolm, Trapeze
Posted in Children, Literature, Review

Minding our own beeswax, Barbara Murison

Posted on June 1, 2005 by NZ Books

Everything You Need to Know About the World by Simon Eliot Lloyd Jones, illustrations by Timon Maxey Four Winds Press, $19.95, ISBN 0958251495 From Weta to Kauri: A Guide to the New Zealand Forest Janet Hunt, photographs by Rob Lucas…

Tagged with: Andrew Crowe, Barbara Murison, Four Winds Press, Issue 68, Jennifer Beck, Lloyd Jones, Penguin Books, Random, Rob Lucas, Scholastic, Summer 2004, Timon Maxey
Posted in Biography, Children, Natural History, Non-fiction

Screen play, Martin Edmond

Posted on September 1, 2004 by NZ Books

On River Road Chris Else Random, $26.95, ISBN 1869416236 Tarzan Presley Nigel Cox Victoria University Press, $29.95, ISBN 0864734808 Stench Mike Johnson Hazard Press, $24.95, ISBN 1877270687 Three books, all works of fiction, all by men who will not see…

Tagged with: Chris Else, Hazard Press, Issue 67, Martin Edmond, Mike Johnson, Nigel Cox, Random, Spring 2004, Victoria University Press
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review

Primitive satisfaction, Norman Bilbrough

Posted on June 1, 2004 by NZ Books

The Real Thing Brian Falkner Mallinson Rendel, $16.95, ISBN 0908783825 Seal Boy Ken Catran Random, $16.95, ISBN 1869416112 Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? Sandy McKay Longacre Press, $14.95, ISBN 1877135976 Colin Goes Bush Sandy McKay Longacre Press, $14.95, ISBN…

Tagged with: Brian Falkner, Eirlys Hunter, Issue 66, Ken Catran, Longacre Press, Mallinson Rendel, Norman Bilbrough, Random, Sandy McKay, Scholastic, Winter 2004
Posted in Children, Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults