Check it Out: a Guide to Effective Writing Margaret McLaren, Longman Paul, Auckland, 1991, $12.95 In many ways, this slim paperback is a more useful book than the latest truncated New Zealand Style Book, since its advice on matters such…
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Effective writing, Gavin McLean
Tagged with: Gavin McLean, Issue 6, Longman Paul, Margaret McLaren, Spring 1992
Posted in Literature, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Literature, Non-fiction, Review
Reminiscences, Gavin McLean
Dreamscape 1 John Summers, Pisces Print, Christchurch, 1991, $45 Second-hand booksellers are a breed apart, either mute chainsmoking social misfits concerned only with turning dog-eared Mills and Boons into cash, or erudite but loquacious to the point of distraction oil…
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Tagged with: Gavin McLean, Issue 6, John Summers, Pisces Print, Spring 1992
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
What’s wrong with the new right? Alison Glenny
Superwoman where are you? Social Policy and Women’s Experience Celia Briar, Robyn Munford, Mary Nash (eds), Dunmore Press, 1992, $39.95 Women and Education in Aotearoa II Sue Middleton and Alison Jones (eds), Bridget Williams Books, 1992, $34.95 The sweeping changes currently…
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Tagged with: Alison Glenny, Alison Jones, Bridget Williams Books, Celia Briar, Issue 6, Mary Nash, Robyn Munford, Spring 1992, Sue Middleton
Posted in Education, Gender, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review, Sociology
Posted in Education, Gender, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review, Sociology
Approaches to Writing, Ian Gordon
Committed to Print J E Traue, Victoria University Press, Wellington, $24.95 The Common Writer Robert Neale, Oxford University Press, Auckland, $29.95 Real Writing Rachel McAlpine, GP Publications, Petone, $24.95 These three books approach the craft of writing from three very different…
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Tagged with: GP Publications, Ian Gordon, Issue 6, J E Traue, Oxford University Press, Rachel McAlpine, Robert Neale, Spring 1992, Victoria University Press
Posted in Literature, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Literature, Non-fiction, Review
A poet’s story, Kevin Ireland
Curved Horizon: An Autobiography Ruth Dallas, University of Otago Press, MacIndoe, 1991, $29.95 I have only ever met Ruth Dallas once, and briefly, so I have no idea of what she is like to talk to, but she always comes…
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Tagged with: Issue 6, Kevin Ireland, Otago University Press, Ruth Dallas, Spring 1992
Posted in Autobiography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Autobiography, Non-fiction, Review
Very Much a ‘Wellington’ piece? Janet Wilson
Janet Wilson discussed Phil Mann’s ‘The Poverty Trap’ with Rev Dr Penny Jamieson, Bishop of Dunedin. Dr Jamieson has recently served on the People’s Select Committee which enquired into the effects of benefit cuts, and other aspects of the National Government’s…
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Tagged with: Issue 6, Janet Wilson, Phil Mann, Rev Dr Penny Jamieson, Spring 1992
Posted in Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Posted in Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Believable magic and poignant realism, Celia Dunlop
See Ya, Simon David Hill, Mallinson Rendel, 1992, $19.95 Under the Rotunda James Norcliffe, Hazard Press, 1992, $14.95 David Hill’s exceptional first novel for younger teenagers shows all the assurance one would expect from this former high school teacher and…
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Tagged with: Celia Dunlop, David Hill, Hazard Press, Issue 6, James Norcliffe, Mallinson Rendel, Spring 1992
Posted in Children, Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Children, Fiction, Literature, Review
Autobiography through journalism, Rachel Lawson
Hidden Places: a memoir in journalism Michael King, Hodder and Stoughton, 1992, $27.95 Rachel Lawson reviews Michael King’s new book and discusses his work with him. Michael King has established his reputation through exploring what it means to be a…
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Tagged with: Hodder and Stoughton, Issue 6, Michael King, Rachel Lawson, Spring 1992
Posted in Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Memoir, Non-fiction, Review