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Tales from a teenage colony, Harvey McQueen
The Duel on the Creek… and other tales of Victorian New Zealand Ray Hargreaves and Peter Holland (eds) University of Otago Press, $24.95 ISBN 0908569912 In the hastily constructed miners huts, over the elegant drawing room tea‑cups, around the boiling…
Tagged with: Harvey McQueen, Issue 20, Peter Holland, Ray Hargreaves, Summer 1995, University of Otago Press
Posted in Fiction, Literature
Posted in Fiction, Literature
A little too obvious, Judith Holloway
Take it Easy David Hill Mallinson Rendel, $19.95, ISBN 0 908783 043 Kick Back David Hill Ashton Scholastic, $9.95, ISBN 1869432207 Curtain Up David Hill Heinemann Education, $14.95, ISBN 1868636908 See Ya, Simon David Hill Mallinson Rendel, $21.95, ISBN 0…
Tagged with: Ashton Scholastic, David Hill, Heinemann Education, Issue 20, Judith Holloway, Mallinson Rendel, Summer 1995
Posted in Children, Literature, Review, Young adults
Posted in Children, Literature, Review, Young adults
“Our own inimitable way”, Miria Simpson
Toi Wahine ‑ The Worlds of Maori Women Kathie lrwin and lrihapeti Ramsden (eds) Penguin Books, $39.95 ISBN 0140147241 How refreshing to find a collection of writing by my own kind ‑ some from my own waka, Te Arawa, another…
Tagged with: Issue 20, Kathie lrwin, lrihapeti Ramsden, Miria Simpson, Penguin Books, Summer 1995
Posted in Gender, Māori, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Gender, Māori, Non-fiction, Review
Marrying the senses, Bill Sewell
Dear Mr Sargeson Riemke Ensing Cape Catley, $19.95 ISBN 0 908561 46 6 Like I Have Seen the Dark Green Ladder Climbing Riemke Ensing The Pear Tree Press, no price given, ISBN 0958344205 Bodily Presence W H Oliver and Anne…
Tagged with: Anne Munoz, Bill Sewell, Cape Catley, Issue 20, Llewelyn Richards, Peter Jacobson, Riemke Ensing, Summer 1995, The Arbor Press, The Hand‑in‑Hand Press, The Pear Tree Press, W H Oliver
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Away from home, David Eggleton
First and Last Songs Alan Riach Auckland University Press, $19.95, ISBN 1 869401220 Photographs Albert Wendt Auckland University Press, $19.95, ISBN 1 869401220 The notes at the back refer to quotations from Robert Burns’ Poems and Songs, and on the…
Tagged with: Alan Riach, Albert Wendt, Auckland University Press, David Eggleton, Issue 20, Summer 1995
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Off-track, Brian Turner
Lost at Sea Gary McCormick Hodder Moa Beckett, $14.95, ISBN 1869581849 Down the Backbone Sam Hunt Hodder Moa Beckett, $14.95, ISBN 1869581830 Recently I picked up a copy of Heartland, the book of the television series, text by Gary McCormick.…
Tagged with: Brian Turner, Gary McCormick, Hodder Moa Beckett, Issue 20, Sam Hunt, Summer 1995
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Poem — Dinah Hawken
The Lake Sometimes the lovely land comes gently to water sometimes it falls. The cliff is thrilling rising like a regiment or a choir of angels out of the lake but no‑one has power over water, since water being fluent…
Editorial – Issue 20
Editorial – Issue 20, October 1995 Two awards for the price of one The Wattie has long gone, beans having been swapped for wine. Now the New Zealand book awards go, too. There is to be from next year one…
Letters – Issue 20
Letters, Issue 20, October 1995 The black box Andrew Ladley misrepresents the notion of black box in his review of Elizabeth McLeay’s The Cabinet and Political Power in New Zealand (August 1995). Since he may not be alone in his…
Poem — Vincent O’Sullivan
The Cheyenne Party I know more people who want to write a book than I do those who know what party they’ll vote for in the next election which is a bit like saying I’ve seen in my time more…
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