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Obituary — Terry Sturm
Terry Sturm (1941-2009) Terry Sturm, a major figure in the literary culture of New Zealand for more than a quarter of a century, died in June in Auckland after a long and characteristically tenacious battle with cancer. He would have…
Poets for the ear, Hugh Roberts
James K Baxter: Poems Sam Hunt (ed) Auckland University Press, $29.99, ISBN 9781869404345 Doubtless: New and Selected Poems Sam Hunt Craig Potton Publishing, $29.99, ISBN 9781877333811 Googling the phrase “New Zealand’s greatest poet” finds hits evenly divided between James K…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Craig Potton Publishing, Hugh Roberts, Issue 87, James K Baxter, Sam Hunt, Spring 2009
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Pioneers of bicultural spirituality, Paul Morris
Ratana: The Prophet Keith Newman Raupo, $40.00, ISBN 978014310972 Double Rainbow: James Baxter, Ngati Hau and the Jerusalem Commune John Newton Victoria University Press, $40.00, ISBN 9780864736037 Pakeha and Maori find themselves in Martin Heidegger’s phrase “thrown” together in our…
Tagged with: Issue 87, James K Baxter, John Newton, Keith Newman, Paul Morris, Raupo, Spring 2009, Victoria University Press
Posted in Health, Māori, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Health, Māori, Non-fiction, Review
A hectic ride, Ruth Nichol
Limestone Fiona Farrell Vintage, $29.99, ISBN 9781869791681 By the time Murray lumbers into view on p15 of Fiona Farrell’s latest novel, Limestone, I knew I was in the hands of a writer who really knows what she’s doing. Dr Clare…
Tagged with: Fiona Farrell, Issue 87, Ruth Nichol, Spring 2009, Vintage
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Home and away, Nicholas Reid
Dead People’s Music Sarah Laing Vintage, $29.99, ISBN 9781869791087 Footnotes to Sex Mia Farlane Viking, $37.00, ISBN 9780670917938 Mother’s Day Laurence Fearnley Penguin, $28.00, ISBN 9780143011255 I am male, middle-aged, heterosexual and monogamous. The first two terms make me different…
Tagged with: Issue 87, Laurence Fearnley, Mia Farlane, Nicholas Reid, Penguin, Sarah Laing, Spring 2009, Viking, Vintage
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Good clean fun, Bernard Carpinter
Bold Blood Lindy Kelly HarperCollins, $36.99, ISBN 9781869507336 Full Moon Fever David Rodewald Rodewald Family Trust, $25.00, ISBN 9780473132736 The Bone Tiki David Hair HarperCollins, $19.99, ISBN 9781869507343 Bold Blood comes with a foreword recommendation from Mark Todd, which may…
Tagged with: Bernard Carpinter, David Hair, David Rodewald, HarperCollins, Issue 87, Lindy Kelly, Rodewald Family Trust, Spring 2009
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults
Fierce bliss, Jane Stafford
The Angel’s Cut Elizabeth Knox Victoria University Press, $35.00, ISBN 9780864736000 In Elizabeth Knox’s 1998 novel The Vintner’s Luck an old French peasant from 19th century Burgundy who sees the angel Xas is carted off to the asylum; in its…
Tagged with: Elizabeth Knox, Issue 87, Jane Stafford, Spring 2009, Victoria University Press
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
What, where, here, not here, Peter Ireland
Peter Peryer Photographer Peter Peryer (photographs); Peter Simpson and Peter Peryer (essays) Auckland University Press, $59.99, ISBN 9781869494178 Room Room Ann Shelton (photographs); Martin Patrick (essay) City Gallery in association with McNamara Gallery, $7.00, ISBN 0958270465 Acerbic old Degas once…
Tagged with: Ann Shelton, Auckland University Press, City Gallery, Issue 87, Martin Patrick, McNamara Gallery, Peter Ireland, Peter Peryer, Peter Simpson, Spring 2009
Posted in Non-fiction, Photography, Review
Posted in Non-fiction, Photography, Review