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Flights of fancy, Diane Hebley

Posted on September 1, 2009 by NZ Books

Sting Raymond Huber Walker Books, $16.99, ISBN 9781921150890 The Strange and Diverting Story of The Loblolly Boy: A Fantasy Novel Involving Enchantment, Mystery, one Garden Gnome and a Wombat’s Bottom James Norcliffe Longacre Press, $19.99, ISBN 9781877460258 Return for the…

Tagged with: Diane Hebley, Issue 87, James Norcliffe, Longacre Press, Margaret Hall, Raymond Huber, Spring 2009, Walker Books
Posted in Children, Literature, Review

Illustrating the gaps between words, Raymond Huber

Posted on June 1, 2008 by NZ Books

Rats! Gavin Bishop Random House, $30.00, ISBN 978869419028 Tahi: One Lucky Kiwi Melanie Drewery, illustrations Ali Teo and John O’Reilly Random House, $30.00, ISBN 9781869419301 To the Harbour Stanley Palmer Lopdell House Gallery, $35.00, ISBN 9780958228442 Snake and Lizard Joy…

Tagged with: Ali Teo, Gavin Bishop, Gecko Press, Issue 81, Jenny Cooper, John O’Reilly, Joy Cowley, Lopdell House Gallery, Melanie Drewery, Random House, Raymond Huber, Scholastic, Stanley Palmer, Winter 2008
Posted in Children, Fiction, Literature, Review

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

Violence – physical, psychological, geological, Raymond Huber

Posted on June 1, 2005 by NZ Books

Land of Milk and Honey William Taylor HarperCollins, $16.99, ISBN 1869505492 Out on the Edge Anna Mackenzie Longacre Press, $18.95, ISBN 1877361038 Something Wicked This Way Comes Ken Catran Scholastic, $16.99, ISBN 186943546X A Canoe in the Mist Elsie Locke…

Tagged with: Anna Mackenzie, Elsie Locke, HarperCollins, Issue 70, Ken Catran, Longacre Press, Raymond Huber, Scholastic, William Taylor, Winter 2005
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review

Bad girls and bright boys, Raymond Huber

Posted on March 1, 2002 by NZ Books

No Alarms Bernard Beckett Longacre, $16.95, ISBN 1877135755 Spider William Taylor Longacre, $16.95, ISBN 1877135607 These two young adult novels are character studies that reveal both the desperation and the potential of the teenage years. No Alarms is a fast-paced,…

Tagged with: Autumn 2002, Bernard Beckett, Issue 57, Longacre, Raymond Huber, William Taylor
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults