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Lord of the wings, Roger Robinson
Sky Dancer Witi Ihimaera Penguin, $34.95, ISBN 0143018698 If Witi Ihimaera is a national treasure, he is an impishly unpredictable one. At an age when he could be securely serene, he persists with youthful glee in taking literary risks. With…
Tagged with: Issue 62, Penguin, Roger Robinson, Winter 2003, Witi Ihimaera
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
When Moore isn’t less, Tim Hazledine
A World Without Walls: Freedom, Development, Free Trade and Global Governance Mike Moore Cambridge University Press, $75, ISBN 0521827019 The cover of Mike Moore’s new book about his three years as director-general of the World Trade Organization (WTO) shows a…
Tagged with: Cambridge University Press, Issue 62, Mike Moore, Tim Hazledine, Winter 2003
Posted in Memoir, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Posted in Memoir, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Obituary — Ronald Holloway
Ronald Holloway (1909-2003) Ronald Holloway was born in England in 1909, came to New Zealand as a child, and died in an Auckland nursing home on 30 October 2003. There can be few non-writers in New Zealand who had…
Issue 62 Winter 2003
Volume 13 | Number 2 | Issue 62 | Winter 2003 Garth Baker: Ron Palenski, Century in Black: 100 Years of All Black Test Rugby; Paul Verdon, Heritage: Golden Years of All Black Rugby; Bob Howitt and Diane Haworth,…
Torch under the duvet, Eirlys Hunter
Red Dog in Bandit Country – A true story Bill Redding (as told to Fleur Beale) Longacre Press, $16.95, ISBN 187713581X Watermark Penelope Todd Longacre Press, $16.95, ISBN 1877135836 Thunder Road Ted Dawe Longacre Press, $18.95, ISBN 1877135879 Two of…
Tagged with: Bill Redding, Eirlys Hunter, Fleur Beale, Issue 62, Longacre Press, Penelope Todd, Ted Dawe, Winter 2003
Posted in Literature, Review, Young adults
Posted in Literature, Review, Young adults
The wit, the cook and the poet, Chris Else
On Writing Hit Songs Simon Morris Four Winds Press, $14.95, ISBN 0958237573 Biography of a Local Palate David Burton Four Winds Press, $14.95, ISBN 0958237581 Under the Influence Bill Manhire Four Winds Press, $14.95, ISBN 0958237565 Reviewing three books at…
Tagged with: Bill Manhire, Chris Else, David Burton, Four Winds Press, Issue 62, Simon Morris, Winter 2003
Posted in Essays, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Essays, Non-fiction, Review
Obituary — Janet Frame
Janet Frame (1924 – 2004) New Zealand’s most celebrated writer, Janet Frame, died in Dunedin in January, two months after being awarded a Prime Minister’s Awards for Literary Achievement. She was 79. Her first book, The Lagoon and Other Stories,…
Poem – C K Stead
On Fame Quid dedicatum poscit Apollinem Who asks the gods for glory and that his books may be read throughout the world, should recall the one whose prayer was answered, who lived ten years in hiding, lost friends, family,…
NZ Post Book Awards
The shortlist for the 2004 New Zealand Post Book Awards was announced in early February. Finalists are: Junior fiction – The Serpents Of Arakesh: Book One – The Karazan Quartet by V M Jones; My Story: Journey To Tangiwai –…
Writers off the page, Jane Stafford
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