Ricochet Baby Fiona Kidman Vintage, $29.95, ISBN 1 86941 304 0 Fiona Kidman is today more than ever in command of her craft. Ricochet Baby, her new novel— and first book since the semi-autobiographical volume, Palm Prints (1994) — will…
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Gripping, lyrical Kidman, Janet Wilson
Tagged with: Fiona Kidman, Issue 27, Janet Wilson, Vintage, Winter 1997
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
The law, Not one for cultural cringe, Bill Sewell
Salmond: Southern Jurist Alex Frame Victoria University Press, $49.95, ISBN 0 86473 286 4 The name Sir John Salmond will mean little to most New Zealanders. Historians may be familiar with him as an influential Solicitor-General from 1910 to 1920 (though…
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Tagged with: Alex Frame, Bill Sewell, Issue 27, Sir John Salmond, Victoria University Press, Winter 1997
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Poem – Sarah Quigley
At last, some mayhem, Howard Warner
Mr Halliday and the Circus Master James McNeish David Ling, $19.95, ISBN 0 908990 38 3 The Opawa Affair Edmund Bohan Hazard Press, $19.95, ISBN 0 908790 61 9 Payday in Saudi Selwyn Carson Arrow, $17.95, ISBN 1 86941 285…
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Tagged with: Arrow, David Ling, Edmund Bohan, Hazard Press, Howard Warner, Issue 27, James McNeish, Selwyn Carson, Winter 1997
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Poem – Lauris Edmond
(Not) to the consumer’s taste, Paul White
Wines & Vineyards of New Zealand (1996—fifth edition) Michael Cooper, photos John McDermott Hodder Moa Beckett, $89.95, ISBN 1 86958 297 7 Michael Cooper’s 1997 Buyer’s Guide to New Zealand Wine Michael Cooper Hodder Moa Beckett, $29.95, ISBN 1 86958…
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Tagged with: Hodder Moa Beckett, Issue 27, John McDermott, Michael Cooper, Penguin Books, Vic Williams, Winter 1997
Posted in Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Non-fiction, Review
No better New Zealander, Nicholas Reid
The Story of Suzanne Aubert Jessie Munro Auckland University Press/Bridget Williams Books, $49.95, ISBN 1 86940 155 7 Catholic Boys Jim Sullivan Penguin Books, $24.95, ISBN 0 140 26034 X Beyond The Veil Pauline Grogan Penguin Books, $29.95, ISBN O…
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Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Bridget Williams Books, Issue 27, Jessie Munro, Jim Sullivan, Nicholas Reid, Pauline Grogan, Penguin Books, Winter 1997
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Sponsorship critical but… Diane Hebley
What has toothpaste got to do with children’s books? Much brightening and enlightening if you put the word AIM in front of Children’s Book Awards. From 1990-95 the marketers of AIM toothpaste have sponsored these annual awards (this year New…
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