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Issue 59 | August 2003
Volume 13 | Number 3 | Issue 59 | August 2003 Janet Wilson: Marilyn Duckworth, Swallowing Diamonds Editorial Correspondence Gavin McLean: Heather Worth, Anna Paris and Louisa Allen (eds), The Life of Brian: Masculinities, Sexualities and Health in New…
The art of the odd, Janet Wilson
Swallowing Diamonds Marilyn Duckworth Vintage, $26.95, ISBN 1869415485 In Marilyn Duckworth, New Zealand has its finest writer of the absurd. Although others have written about states of unreality or non-reality – most particularly Janet Frame, younger novelists like Elizabeth Knox,…
Tagged with: Issue 59, Janet Wilson, Marilyn Duckworth, Spring 2002, Vintage
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
The odd couple, Eric Richards
States of Mind: Australia and New Zealand 1901-2001 ed Arthur Grimes, Lydia Wevers, and Ginny Sullivan Institute of Policy Studies, Victoria University of Wellington, $39.00, ISBN 0908935644 There is something peculiar about two affluent and well-established small countries sitting together…
Tagged with: Arthur Grimes, Eric Richards, Ginny Sullivan, Institute of Policy Studies, Issue 59, Lydia Wevers, Spring 2002, Victoria University of Wellington
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Speed reading, Bernard Carpinter
50 Years on Track Sandy Myhre Hodder Moa Beckett, $79.99, ISBN 186958936X Classic Racers – New Zealand’s Grand Prix Greats Eoin Young HarperSports, $34.99, ISBN 1869504607 If you noticed that McLaren cars won the first two Formula One Grands Prix…
Tagged with: Bernard Carpinter, Eoin Young, HarperSports, Hodder Moa Beckett, Issue 59, Sandy Myhre, Spring 2002
Posted in Non-fiction, Review, Sport
Posted in Non-fiction, Review, Sport
Communal faith, shared vision, Peter Lineham
Prophetic Histories: The People of the Maramatanga Karen Sinclair Bridget Williams Books, $49.95, ISBN 1877242926 This remarkable book is written by an American anthropologist from Eastern Michigan University. Over a period of 30 years, she entered the world of a…
Tagged with: Bridget Williams Books, Issue 59, Karen Sinclair, Peter Lineham, Spring 2002
Posted in History, Māori, Non-fiction, Religion, Review
Posted in History, Māori, Non-fiction, Religion, Review
Lore meets law, Kate Riddell
Mihipeka: Call of an Elder Karanga a te kuia Mihi Edwards Steele Roberts, $29.95, ISBN 1877228222 The Tribes of Muriwhenua: Their Origins and Stories Dorothy Urlich Cloher (Maori translation by Merimeri Penfold) Auckland University Press, $29.95, ISBN 1869402693 Rere atu,…
Tagged with: Alex Frame, Auckland University Press, Dorothy Urlich Cloher, Issue 59, Jane McRae, Jenifer Curnow, Kate Riddell, Merimeri Penfold, Mihi Edwards, Ngapare Hopa, Spring 2002, Steele Roberts, Victoria University Press
Posted in Autobiography, Biography, History, Language, Māori, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Posted in Autobiography, Biography, History, Language, Māori, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Avoiding the cookie-cutter, Jennifer Lawn
Manifold Utopia: The Novels of Janet Frame Marc Delrez Rodopi, $59.95 approx, ISBN 904201508X The appearance of the term “manifold” in the titles of two recent books on Janet Frame’s fiction suggests a current fascination with the multiple modes of…
Tagged with: Issue 59, Janet Frame, Jennifer Lawn, Marc Delrez, Rodopi, Spring 2002
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Non-fiction
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Non-fiction
Literary honours
Playwright Roger Hall of Auckland was made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (CNZM) in the latest Queen’s Birthday honours. Jo Noble, also of Auckland, was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM)…
Short lives on earth, Rebecca J Davies
Life on Earth Sue McCauley Vintage, $26.95, ISBN 1869415493 Water Bernard Steeds Penguin, $27.95, ISBN 0143018353 The Chandrasekhar Limit and other stories Sugu Pillay The Writers Group, price unavailable, ISBN 0473087316 There is a common misconception that big themes require…
Tagged with: Bernard Steeds, Issue 59, Penguin, Rebecca J Davies, Spring 2002, Sue McCauley, Sugu Pillay, The Writers Group, Vintage
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Owen Marshall awarded inaugural fellowship
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