Blog Archives
Bury my heart in the Maniototo, Laura Kroetsch
Speaking for Themselves: Ex-pats Have Their Say Jan Morgan Cape Catley, $29.99, ISBN 9781877340123 Visitors to New Zealand are asked, not long after arrival, a little question that comes up again and again – “So, what do you think of…
Tagged with: Cape Catley, Issue 83, Jan Morgan, Laura Kroetsch, Spring 2008
Posted in Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Posted in Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Letters – Issue 83
Balance before vitriol I was sorry to read Graeme Hunt’s letter (NZB Winter 2008) in which he takes offence at Trevor Richards’ admirable review of Spies and Revolutionaries (NZB Autumn 2008). Hunt demands novel admissions from his reviewer – first,…
Containing multitudes, Hamish Clayton
The Plumb Trilogy Maurice Gee Penguin Books, $40.00, ISBN 9780143007562 Towards the end of Sole Survivor, the final instalment of Maurice Gee’s The Plumb Trilogy, journalist Ray Sole reflects on both the desire and difficulty of writing the story of…
Tagged with: Hamish Clayton, Issue 83, Maurice Gee, Penguin Books, Spring 2008
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Cock-a-doodle-do Jane Westaway
Roosters I Have Known Steve Braunias Awa Press, $30.00, ISBN 9780958275057 When my kids were small, we kept a bantam rooster called Mr Wingspan. The name was meant to be ironic, but what Mr Wingspan lacked in stature he more…
Tagged with: Awa Press, Issue 83, Jane Westaway, Spring 2008, Steve Braunias
Posted in Essays, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Essays, Non-fiction, Review
Editorial – Issue 83
Hares and tortoises Readers, reviewers and authors may have noticed (and perhaps even grumbled) that NZB reviews tend to run rather later in the life of a book than those broadcast, or appearing elsewhere. Newspapers, magazines and radio usually feature…
Counterpunching King, Stevan Eldred-Grigg
No Left Turn: The Distortion of New Zealand’s History by Greed, Bigotry and Right Wing Politics Chris Trotter Random House, $36.99, ISBN 9781869418090 This book is a riposte, a counterpunch in a sparring match between spokesmen for two ideologies. It’s…
Tagged with: Chris Trotter, Issue 83, Random House, Spring 2008, Stevan Eldred-Grigg
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review
Issue 83 | Spring 2008
Volume 18 | Number 3 | Issue 83 | Spring 2008 Editorial: “Hares and Tortoises” Jane Westaway: Steve Braunias, Roosters I Have Known Letters Tony Simpson: “Out of the Secret Annex” (Byline) Michael Nicolaidi: The Theatre Royal: An Illustrated…
Work in progress — David Geary
Up the river David Geary comes to grips with Mark Twain in Maoriland. I have two wives. They met on a Canadian canoe trip down the W(h)anganui River in 2002. It was not a good scene. A Canadian canoe is…
Obituary — Richard King
Richard King (1948-2008) The New Zealand book world lost one of its most able and respected publishers with the sudden and premature death earlier this year of Richard King, managing editor of Canterbury University Press. Over the past decade CUP…