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In the jaws of Moloch, Les Cleveland
On My Way to the Somme Andrew Macdonald HarperCollins, $35.00, ISBN 11869505549 Galatas 1941 Lynn McConnell Reed, $39.99, ISBN 0790010496 In the Face of the Enemy Glyn Harper and Colin Richardson HarperCollins, $35.99, ISBN 1869505220 The Big Show Alison Parr…
Disputed territory, W K Hastings
Sexuality Down Under: Social and Historical Perspectives Allison Kirkman and Pat Moloney (eds) Otago University Press, $39.95, ISBN 1877372102 Books of essays presenting breadth without sacrificing depth are rare, and their editors must be prepared for bracing confrontations with would-be…
Tagged with: Allison Kirkman, Issue 76, Pat Moloney, Summer 2006, W K (Bill) Hastings
Posted in Essays, Gender, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Posted in Essays, Gender, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Old novelists never die, John McCrystal
Guthrie Wilson: Soldier, Writer, Educator Julia Millen First Edition, $34.95, ISBN 1877391638 A stroll past the literature shelves of the “reference-only” section of a public library is a sobering experience for a writer, for there engraved on the spines of…
Tagged with: First Edition, Guthrie Wilson, Issue 76, John McCrystal, Julia Millen, Summer 2006
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Circulation wars, James Hollings
He Pitopito Korero no te Perehi Maori: Readings from the Maori-language Press Jenifer Curnow, Ngapare Hopa and Jane McRae (eds) Auckland University Press, $39.99, ISBN 1869403592 Colonial Discourses: Niupepa Maori 1855-1863 Lachy Paterson Otago University Press, $39.95, ISBN 1877372269 Friends,…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Issue 76, James Hollings, Jane McRae, Jenifer Curnow, Lachy Paterson, Ngapare Hopa, Otago University Press, Summer 2006
Posted in History, Māori, Media, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in History, Māori, Media, Non-fiction, Review
Obituary — Peter Munz
Peter Munz (1921-2006) In 1924 Stalin is reputed to have said that of academicse had no fear but intellectuals were always a threat. Emeritus Professor Peter Munz was an intellectual, challenging received wisdom, brave in his judgements and a…
Wit and moral clarity, Hugh Roberts
Whim Wham’s New Zealand: The Best of Whim Wham 1937-1988 Terry Sturm (ed) Vintage, $34.99, ISBN 1869417577 It is by now no secret that Allen Curnow, a man with few rivals for the title of “New Zealand’s Greatest Poet”,…
Tagged with: Allen Curnow, Hugh Roberts, Issue 76, Summer 2006, Terry Sturm, Vintage, Whim Wham
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Home and away. Paula Morris
I Am Always With You Philip Temple Random, $34.99, ISBN 1869417739 The Viewing Platform Ian Wedde Penguin, $29.95, ISBN 9780143020929 Local writers Stevan Eldred-Grigg (Kaput!) and Tina Shaw (The Black Madonna) have found imaginative inspiration in wartime Berlin, and now…
Tagged with: Ian Wedde, Issue 76, Paula Morris, Philip Temple, Random, Summer 2006
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
“Girl interested in wave technology”, David Hill
Bright Star: Beatrice Hill Tinsley Astronomer Christine Cole Catley Cape Catley, $49.99, ISBN 1877340014 I can offer the usual apologia for astronomy. There’s its significance as a global employer (NASA alone pays 20,000 salaries). Its contributions to other sciences, such…
Tagged with: Cape Catley, Christine Cole Catley, David Hill, Issue 76, Summer 2006
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review, Science
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review, Science
Various elsewheres, Michael Hulse
Degrees of Separation Laurence Fearnley Penguin, $28.00, ISBN 0143020579 Relative Strangers Emma Neale Vintage, $27.99, ISBN 1869417828 Work in Progress Paul Thomas Black Swan, $27.99, ISBN 1869418255 Shanghai Boy Stevan Eldred-Grigg Vintage, $27.99, ISBN 1869417933 If I didn’t know…
Tagged with: Black Swan, Emma Neale, Issue 76, Laurence Fearnley, Paul Thomas, Penguin, Stevan Eldred-Grigg, Summer 2006, Vintage
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Casual labour, Paula Morris
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