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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
Breaking the silence, Katherine Findlay
The Middle Bridge: A New Zealand childhood Sheryl Jennings Tandem Press, $19.95, ISBN 0 908884508 Warriors of Truth: Adult Survivors Healing from Childhood Sexual Abuse Kim McGregor University of Otago Press, $29.95, ISBN 0 90856984X Invisible Wounds: A Self‑help Guide…
Varying power and art, Kim Worthington
Between Friends Linda Burgess University of Otago Press, $24.95 Cowrie Cathie Dunsford Tandem Press, $19.95 In Translation Annamarie Jagose Victoria University Press $24.95 Sing to Me, Dreamer Shonagh Koea Random House, $24.95 Having recently returned to New Zealand after several…
Tagged with: Annamarie Jagose, Cathie Dunsford, Issue 16, Kim Worthington, Linda Burgess, Random House, Shonagh Koea, Summer 1994, Tandem Press, University of Otago Press, Victoria University Press
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
The thrill of discovery, Christine Tremewan
Traditional Lifeways of the Southern Maori, by James Herries Beattie Atholl Anderson (ed) University of Otago Press in association with Otago Museum, $59.95 The South Island has not been as fortunate as the North with tribal histories. The slim…
Tagged with: Atholl Anderson, Christine Tremewan, Issue 14, James Herries Beattie, Otago Museum, University of Otago Press, Winter 1994
Posted in History, Māori, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in History, Māori, Non-fiction, Review
Nicholas Reid: Overturning arcadianism
Breath Becomes the Wind Simon Rae University of Otago Press, $39.95 Islands of the Dawn Robert S Ellwood University of Hawaii Press, $32.00 Permit me to remind you of two inane stereotypes, which lurk in the minds of secular liberals…
Tagged with: Issue 13, Nicholas Reid, Robert S Ellwood, Simon Rae, University of Hawaii Press, University of Otago Press, Winter I 1994
Posted in Non-fiction, Religion, Review
Posted in Non-fiction, Religion, Review