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A reasonable idea at the time, Barbara Murison

Posted on September 1, 2010 by NZ Books

Telling Tales: A Life in Writing William Taylor HarperCollins, $39.99, ISBN 1869508378 According to his siblings William Taylor was called after his father’s dog. And here, among an endearing collection of sepia, black and white, and coloured photos in his…

Tagged with: Barbara Murison, HarperCollins, Issue 91, Spring 2010, William Taylor
Posted in Autobiography, Non-fiction, Review

Violence – physical, psychological, geological, Raymond Huber

Posted on June 1, 2005 by NZ Books

Land of Milk and Honey William Taylor HarperCollins, $16.99, ISBN 1869505492 Out on the Edge Anna Mackenzie Longacre Press, $18.95, ISBN 1877361038 Something Wicked This Way Comes Ken Catran Scholastic, $16.99, ISBN 186943546X A Canoe in the Mist Elsie Locke…

Tagged with: Anna Mackenzie, Elsie Locke, HarperCollins, Issue 70, Ken Catran, Longacre Press, Raymond Huber, Scholastic, William Taylor, Winter 2005
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review

Full lives and f words, William Taylor

Posted on June 1, 2004 by NZ Books

Malcolm and Juliet Bernard Beckett Longacre Press, $18.95, ISBN 1877135941 Out of Tune Joanna Orwin Longacre Press, $18.95, ISBN 1877135909 Coming Back David Hill Mallinson Rendel, $16.95, ISBN 0908783868 Dark Penelope Todd Longacre Press, $18.95, ISBN 1877135968 On a Good…

Tagged with: Bernard Beckett, David Hill, Deborah Burnside, Issue 66, Joanna Orwin, Longacre Press, Mallinson Rendel, Penelope Todd, Penguin, William Taylor, Winter 2004
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults

Bad girls and bright boys, Raymond Huber

Posted on March 1, 2002 by NZ Books

No Alarms Bernard Beckett Longacre, $16.95, ISBN 1877135755 Spider William Taylor Longacre, $16.95, ISBN 1877135607 These two young adult novels are character studies that reveal both the desperation and the potential of the teenage years. No Alarms is a fast-paced,…

Tagged with: Autumn 2002, Bernard Beckett, Issue 57, Longacre, Raymond Huber, William Taylor
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults

A slimming diet, Rose Lovell-Smith

Posted on August 1, 2001 by NZ Books

Scarface and the Angel William Taylor Longacre Press, $14.95, ISBN 1877135445 Afterwards David Hill Mallinson Rendel, $14.95, ISBN 090878354X Twenty-Four Hours Margaret Mahy Collins, $16.95, ISBN 0007113722 Leon Frances Cherry Mallinson Rendel, $14.95, ISBN 0908783582 Here’s a batch of four…

Tagged with: August 2001, Autumn 2001, Collins, David Hill, Frances Cherry, Issue 49, Longacre Press, Mallinson Rendel, Margaret Mahy, Rose Lovell-Smith, William Taylor
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults

Secrets and lies, Fleur Beale

Posted on March 26, 2000 by NZ Books

Love and Other Excuses Jane Westaway Longacre, $14.95, ISBN 1 877135 28 3 Hostel Girl Maurice Gee Penguin, $15.95, ISBN 0 14 130653 X Jerome William Taylor Longacre, $14.95, ISBN 1 877135 29 1 I started reading Love and Other…

Tagged with: Fleur Beale, Issue 42, Jane Westaway, Longacre, Maurice Gee, Penguin, William Taylor
Posted in Literature, Review, Young adults

The good, the sad and the reckless, Pat Quinn

Posted on March 16, 1999 by NZ Books

Taur Jack Lasenby Longacre Press, $14.95, ISBN 1 877135 18 6 because he’s my brother Helen Beaglehole Mallinson Rendel, $16.95, ISBN 0 908783 31 0 At the Big Red Rooster William Taylor Longacre Press, $14.95, ISBN 0 877135 20 8…

Tagged with: Fleur Beale, Helen Beaglehole, Issue 37, Jack Lasenby, Longacre Press, Mallinson Rendel, Pat Quinn, Scholastic, William Taylor
Posted in Children, Literature

Only kidding, Julie Eberly

Posted on August 4, 1998 by NZ Books

Hark William Taylor Scholastic, $11.95 ISBN 1 86943 397 1 Uncle Trev’s Teeth Jack Lasenby Cape Catley, $24.95 ISBN 0 90856166 0 Bad grammar and quickly dated vernacular are the most significant problems in William Taylor’s use of a first…

Tagged with: Cape Catley, Issue 34, Jack Lasenby, Julie Eberly, Scholastic, William Taylor
Posted in Children, Fiction, Literature, Review

Unacknowledged legislators, Diane Hebley

Posted on December 1, 1993 by NZ Books

Zigzag William Taylor (ed), Penguin, $19.95 Slide the Corner Fleur Beale, Ashton Scholastic Take Me to Your Leaders Gaelyn Gordon, Tui Harper/Collins, $14.95 Those who support New Zealand literature for children and young adults have always claimed the justification for…

Tagged with: Ashton Scholastic, Collins, Fleur Beale, Gaelyn Gordon, Issue 11, Penguin, Summer 1993, Tui Harper, William Taylor
Posted in Children, Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults