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Every breath you take, Rae Varcoe
Adverse Reactions: The Fenoterol Story Neil Pearce Auckland University Press, $40.00, ISBN 9781869403744 At the outset I confess to a personal interest in this story. I am a physician (some physicians are among the villains of this piece), and I…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Issue 80, Neil Pearce, Rae Varcoe, Summer 2007
Posted in Health, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Health, Non-fiction, Review
Editorial — Issue 80
Fruit and veg Who’d be a judge? Particularly a literary judge. As Kevin Ireland once observed, when you’re a judge, the only ones who love you are the winners. Which, taken to the other extreme, can mean former mates crossing…
Neither here nor there, Jane Westaway
Here Comes Another Vital Moment Diane Brown Godwit, $25.00, ISBN 1869621190 News of the Swimmer Reaches Shore Gregory O’Brien Victoria University Press, $30.00, ISBN 0864735324 Luca Antara: Passages in Search of Australia Martin Edmond Addenda, $44.95, ISBN 1921037083 According to…
Tagged with: Addenda, Diane Brown, Godwit, Gregory O’Brien, Issue 80, Jane Westaway, Martin Edmond, Summer 2007, Victoria University Press
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Memoir, Non-fiction, Poetry, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Memoir, Non-fiction, Poetry, Review
Issue 80 Summer 2007
Volume 17 | Number 4 | Issue 80 | Summer 2007 Editorial Letters John McCrystal: Fiona Farrell, Mr Allbones’ Ferrets: An Historical Pastoral Satirical Scientifical Romance, with Mustelids Fiona Farrell: “Extraordinary fortune” (Byline) Gordon Challis: “Soul food” (poem) Linley…
Slow exposure, Alan Knowles
Into the Light: A History of New Zealand Photography David Eggleton Craig Potton Publishing, $59.99, ISBN 1877333549 A history of New Zealand through photography: at long last the poor cousin of art and literature has crawled out from the black…
Tagged with: Alan Knowles, Craig Potton Publishing, David Eggleton, Issue 80, Summer 2007
Posted in Non-fiction, Photography, Review
Posted in Non-fiction, Photography, Review
Then and now, Peter Ireland
Aberhart Gregory O’Brien and Justin Paton (eds) Victoria University Press, $125.00, ISBN 9780864735560 It’s given to few artists – in their lifetimes, at least – to be known simply by their surname. The great 20th century instance was Picasso, a…
Tagged with: Gregory O’Brien, Issue 80, Justin Paton, Peter Ireland, Summer 2007, Victoria University Press
Posted in Non-fiction, Photography, Review
Posted in Non-fiction, Photography, Review
So far, so George, Paula Boock
When She Became He: A Change for Good John Thorp Cape Catley, $27.99, ISBN 1877340073 When I worked as a publisher a well-worn line about New Zealand autobiographies was that only All Blacks and politicians could sell enough to make…
Tagged with: Cape Catley, Issue 80, John Thorp, Paula Boock, Summer 2007
Posted in Gender, Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Gender, Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
Sounds like us, Harry Ricketts
Classic New Zealand Poets in Performance Jack Ross and Jan Kemp (eds) Auckland University Press, $45.00, ISBN 9781869403676 Contemporary New Zealand Poets in Performance Jack Ross and Jan Kemp (eds) Auckland University Press, $45.00, ISBN 9781869403959 Wordsworth had a Northern…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Issue 80, Jack Ross, Jan Kemp, Summer 2007
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Polishing a grubby art, Duncan Campbell
The Vertical Harp: Selected Poems of Li He Mike Johnson (retrans) Titus Books, $42.95, ISBN 9781877441035 By all accounts, the Chinese poet Li He, who died in 816 at the age of 26, was the oddest of the major poets…
Tagged with: Duncan Campbell, Issue 80, Mike Johnson, Summer 2007, Titus Books
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
They are not alone, Margaret Beames
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