Trial by Ambush: The Prosecutions of David Bain Joe Karam HarperCollins, $45.00, ISBN 9781869508340 I am reasonably new to the criminal justice system, having been appointed a judge in 2010, and seem to be one of the few people in…
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No proof of innocence, W K Hastings
Tagged with: Autumn 2013, David Bain, HarperCollins, Issue 101, Joe Karam, W K (Bill) Hastings
Posted in History, Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in History, Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
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…
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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
Men (mostly) behaving well, W K Hastings
Gay Men, Sex and HIV Heather Worth Dunmore Press, $39.95, ISBN 864694342 As chief censor, I recently classified The Gift, a documentary directed by Louise Hogarth about gay men’s relationships with a virus. It interviews men who “bareback”, who choose…
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Tagged with: Dunmore Press, Dunmore Publishing, Heather Worth, Issue 62, W K (Bill) Hastings, Winter 2003
Posted in Gender, Health, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Gender, Health, Non-fiction, Review
Something nobody counted on, Bill Hastings
Unquiet World: The Life of Count Geoffrey Potocki de Montalk Stephanie de Montalk Victoria University Press, $39.95, ISBN 086473414X I completely misunderstood this book. I did what I usually do to begin reviewing a book. I checked for a subtitle,…
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Tagged with: Bill Hastings, Issue 52, Stephanie de Montalk, Summer 2002, Victoria University Press, W K (Bill) Hastings
Posted in Biography, Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
Relatively free speech, W K Hastings
Lynley Hood, in New Zealand Books June 2003, writes of a debate in which she just wanted to tell the truth “as I saw it”. So should everybody. What caught my attention about Ms Hood’s assertion was what might be…
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