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Issue 28 | June 1997
Volume 7 | Number 2 | Issue 28 | June 1997 Nelson Wattie: Shadbolt the storyteller Aorewa McLeod, Selina Tusitala Marsh, Sia Figiel’s exciting talent Michael Bassett: revisiting John Banks Sir Geoffrey Palmer: what should be done about ACC…
Thin issues, rich wit, a gang and a psychopath, Heather Murray
The Journey Home Cathie Dunsford Spinifex Press Pty Ltd (Australia), $24.95, ISBN 1 875559 54 X Dr Beale’s Wednesday Liz Falkner Arrow, Random House, $17.95, ISBN 1 86941 297 4 The Visitation Sue Reidy Black Swan, $19.95, ISBN 0 552…
Tagged with: Arrow, Black Swan, Bronwyn Tate, Cathie Dunsford, Heather Murray, Issue 28, Laura Solomon, Liz Falkner, Otago University Press, Random House, Spinifex Press, Sue Reidy, Summer 1997, Tandem Press
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
The most exciting recent book, Aorewa McLeod
where we once belonged Sia Figiel Pasifica Press, $24.95, ISBN 0 908597 27 4 When I heard Sia Figiel in 1995, sitting cross-legged on the floor of the Auckland University English department common room, read/tell the second story in this…
Tagged with: Aorewa McLeod, Issue 28, Pasifica Press, Sia Figiel, Summer 1997
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Almost at any cost, Bill Sewell
Work in progress Poets should always have something else to do. Of course, most have to make a living and, unless a poet is in sufficient demand as a performer, that usually means being part of the everyday workforce. And…
Letters – Issue 28
Not so blind While Paul White in “(Not) to the consumer’s taste (New Zealand Books, March 1997) substantiates much of his interesting criticism of wine writers, there are a couple of points on which he is factually incorrect. He states…
War, love and self, Jane Stafford
Blood Money: the incredible true story of David Morris and the tragedy of Somalia Trisha Stratford Penguin Books, $24.95, ISBN 0 140 26323 3 Escape from Bosnia: Aza’s Story Sue McCauley Shoal Bay Press, $29.95, ISBN 0 908704 42 9…
Tagged with: David Morris, Issue 28, Jane Stafford, Neva Clarke McKenna, Penguin Books, Shoal Bay Press, Sue McCauley, Summer 1997, Tandem Press, Trisha Stratford
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
A distinct voice, uncovering others Selina Tusitala Marsh
where we once belonged Sia Figiel Pasifica Press, $24.95, ISBN 0 908597 27 4 It’s all about giving voice to a whole generation that is voiceless,” Sia Figiel has said about where we once belonged. 1 And voices we hear.…
Tagged with: Issue 28, Pasifica Press, Selina Tusitala Marsh, Sia Figiel, Summer 1997
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
The tides of labour, Len Richardson
Holding the Balance: A History of New Zealand’s Department of Labour 1891-1995 John E Martin Canturbury University Press, $49.95 limp, $69.95 cased, ISBN 0 908812 61 2 John Martin’s Holding the Balance is, in his own words, “a reassertion of…
Tagged with: Canturbury University Press, Issue 28, John E Martin, Len Richardson, Summer 1997
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
It’s all in the touch, Janet Hughes
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