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Long shot, Russell Campbell
Shot in New Zealand: The Art and Craft of the Kiwi Cinematographer Duncan Petrie Random House, $55.00, ISBN 9781869417918 Shot in New Zealand is a handsomely produced survey of the work of 12 New Zealand cinematographers, ordered alphabetically from Warwick…
Tagged with: Duncan Petrie, Issue 84, Random House, Russell Campbell, Summer 2008
Posted in Media, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Media, Non-fiction, Review
For their own good, Eric Medcalf
Unreasonable Force Beth Wood, Ian Hassall, George Hook with Robert Ludbrook Save the Children New Zealand, $25.00, ISBN 978047313095 Unreasonable Force documents the campaign leading to the repeal, in June 2007, of Section 59 of the 1961 Crimes Act. Section…
Tagged with: Beth Wood, Eric Medcalf, George Hook, Ian Hassall, Issue 84, Robert Ludbrook, Save the Children New Zealand, Summer 2008
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Up the line to death, Edmund Bohan
March to the Sound of the Guns Ray Grover Longacre Press, $34.99, ISBN 9781877460012 Ray Grover’s extremely well written novel March to the Sound of the Guns traces the harrowing years of the First World War, and the years immediately…
Tagged with: Edmund Bohan, Issue 84, Longacre Press, Ray Grover, Summer 2008
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review
In or out, Hugh Roberts
Dream Boat: Selected Poems Tony Beyer HeadworX, $34.99, ISBN 9780473126520 Making Lists for Frances Hodgkins Paula Green Auckland University Press, $24.99, ISBN 9781869404024 Mr Maui’s Monologues Peter Bland Steele Roberts, $24.99, ISBN 9781877448270 In Continents Richard Reeve Auckland University Press,…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, HeadworX, Hugh Roberts, Issue 84, Paula Green, Peter Bland, Richard Reeve, Steele Roberts, Summer 2008, Tony Beyer
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
The mystery writer, Murray Bramwell
Ngaio Marsh: Her Life in Crime Joanne Drayton HarperCollins, $59.99, ISBN 9781869506353 Whatever it was that impelled Ngaio Marsh, at the age of 36, to purchase six exercise books and a handful of pencils and go back to her cold…
Tagged with: HarperCollins, Issue 84, Joanne Drayton, Murray Bramwell, Ngaio Marsh, Summer 2008
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Murder most foul, Bernard Carpinter
Cemetery Lake Paul Cleave Random House, $34.99, ISBN 9781869418908 The Ringmaster Vanda Symon Penguin Books, $28.00, ISBN 9780143008347 The Devils Are Here Cam Stokes Cape Catley, $29.99, ISBN 9781877340192 Christ Clone David McLeod Random House, $35.99, ISBN 9781869419592 Christchurch is…
Tagged with: Bernard Carpinter, Cam Stokes, Cape Catley, David McLeod, Issue 84, Paul Cleave, Penguin Books, Random House, Summer 2008, Vanda Symon
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Whisper and shuffle, Elspeth Sandys
Adam’s Ale Bronwyn Tate Brava Publications, $30.00, ISBN 9780473133986 Reading a novel written while the author was dying and published posthumously, is, inevitably, an experience tinged with sadness. I knew Bronwyn Tate only slightly, but I admit I’ve been unable…
Tagged with: Brava Publications, Bronwyn Tate, Elspeth Sandys, Issue 84, Summer 2008
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Ruck on, Chris Knox
The Swinging Sixties: When New Zealand Changed Forever Graham Hutchins HarperCollins, $49.99, ISBN 9781869506537 Missed opportunities – don’t you just hate them? I was a little apprehensive about The Swinging Sixties, given that Graham Hutchins was primarily known for his…
Tagged with: Chris Knox, Graham Hutchins, HarperCollins, Issue 84, Summer 2008
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review
Darts and sledgehammers, Sue McCauley
Two Little Boys Duncan Sarkies Penguin Books, $28.00, ISBN 9780143020912 Acid Song Bernard Beckett Longacre Press, $29.99, ISBN 9781877460111 Girlie Gillian Ranstead Penguin Books, $28.00, ISBN 9780143010005 “I thought it was one of those boys’ books,” said a friend when…
Tagged with: Bernard Beckett, Duncan Sarkies, Gillian Ranstead, Issue 84, Longacre Press, Penguin Books, Sue McCauley, Summer 2008
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review