Volume 12 | Number 4 | Issue 55 | October 2002 Tim Hazledine: Jane Kelsey, At the Crossroads. Three Essays Editorial Letters “Imprints”: Peter Wells Jane Stafford: Derek Challis and Gloria Rawlinson, The Book of Iris: A Life of Robin…
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A better class of hoon, Mark Broatch
Stonedogs Craig Marriner Random House, $26.95, ISBN 1869414764 I donned my beanie before writing this review. It seemed only fitting. Part of the challenge of this book is its subject matter: drunken, stoned hoons, racing around the country in an…
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Tagged with: Craig Marriner, Issue 55, Mark Broatch, Random House, Spring 2001
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
“Ikey” and I, Paul Morris
At the Edge of Memory: A Family Story Michael King Penguin, $34.95, ISBN 0143018159 In his new book, Michael King revisits his Kiwi Irish Catholic background, focusing on his experiences of anti-semitism. Nuns explained that God had withdrawn His blessing…
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Tagged with: Issue 55, Michael King, Paul Morris, Penguin, Spring 2001
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Poem – Cilla McQueen
The missing alternative, Tim Hazledine
At The Crossroads: Three Essays Jane Kelsey Bridget Williams Books, $34.95, ISBN 1877242918 Re-launching his New Left Review for the new millennium, the veteran British socialist Perry Anderson conceded with apparent equanimity that “the only starting point for a realistic…
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Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
The trouble with Harry, Catherine Hill
Tomorrow Tastes Better Russell Haley HarperCollins, $19.95, ISBN 1869503910 The English Harem Anthony McCarten Random House, $26.95, ISBN 1869414640 What exactly is a comic novel? The question arises because comedy is the common feature of Tomorrow Tastes Better and The…
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Tagged with: Anthony McCarten, Catherine Hill, HarperCollins, Issue 55, Random House, Russell Haley, Spring 2001
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Charms and riddles, Kathryn Walls
Another 100 New Zealand Poems for Children ed Rachel McAlpine (illustrated David Elliot) Random House, $24.95, ISBN 1869414853 Like its evidently popular predecessor, this anthology is invitingly presented. Hard covers announce that it is meant to be kept for long-term…
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Tagged with: David Elliot, Issue 55, Kathryn Walls, Rachel McAlpine, Spring 2001
Posted in Children, Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Children, Literature, Poetry, Review
On the Main Trunk Line, Charlotte Yates
An Ordinary Joker: the life and songs of Peter Cape ed Roger Steele Steele Roberts, $59.95, ISBN 1877228125 For a singer, Peter Cape has always struck me as an anomaly, with his thin nasal tenor, tentative tuning, and strongly defective…
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Tagged with: Charlotte Yates, Issue 55, Peter Cape, Roger Steele, Spring 2001, Steele Roberts
Posted in Biography, Music, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, Music, Non-fiction, Review
Pamela to pomo, Sydney Shep
Samuel Richardson of London, Printer: A Study of his Printing Based on Ornament Use and Business Accounts Keith Maslen University of Otago (Studies in English 7), $95.00, ISBN 0473077604 Reading/Saying/Making: Selected Essays Alan Loney The Writers Group, $39.95, ISBN 0473076284…
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Tagged with: Alan Loney, Issue 55, Keith Maslen, Samuel Richardson, Spring 2001, Sydney Shep, The Writers Group, University of Otago
Posted in Biography, Essays, Literature, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, Essays, Literature, Non-fiction, Review
Small shoes; small reviews: media treatment of children’s literature, Barbara Mabbett
It is a truth universally acknowledged that value of labour is associated with size of client: children’s nurses and teachers, for instance, are almost always paid less that those who nurse or teach people whose shoes and wallets are somewhat…
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