Blog Archives
Infinite last gasps in Niu Sila, Dougal McNeill
The Life and the Dark Richard Reeve Auckland University Press, $21.99, ISBN 1869403126 Wild Dogs Under My Skirt Tusiata Avia Victoria University Press, $24.95, ISBN 0864734743 Richard Reeve fits the definition: he is a man possessed of more than usual…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Dougal McNeill, Issue 66, Richard Reeve, Tusiata Avia, Victoria University Press, Winter 2004
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Once upon a time in West Auckland, Denis Welch
Black and White John Tamihere (with Helen Bain) Reed, $29.95, ISBN 0790009641 Few politicians these days have lives interesting enough to write about, let alone turn into saleable books. No one is going to queue up at Whitcoulls for Steve…
Tagged with: Denis Welch, Helen Bain, Issue 66, John Tamihere, Reed, Winter 2004
Posted in Autobiography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Autobiography, Non-fiction, Review
The House that we built, Colin James
The House: New Zealand’s House of Representatives 1854-2004 John E Martin Dunmore Press, $59.95, ISBN 0864694636 Parliament is a brutal place. Only the idealistic, the ideological, the hard-nosed and the ruthless gather there. No person is inviolate, no secret safe,…
Tagged with: Colin James, Dunmore Press, Dunmore Publishing, Issue 66, John E Martin, Winter 2004
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Long ago and far away, Rose Lovell-Smith
The Drover’s Road Collection: Adventures in New Zealand Joyce West Bethlehem Books & Ignatius Press, $35.95 [approx], ISBN 1883937698 Joyce West published Drover’s Road with Dent in London in 1953. Two further volumes about Gay Allan and the other Drover’s…
Tagged with: Bethlehem Book, Ignatius Press, Issue 66, Joyce West, Rose Lovell-Smith, Winter 2004
Posted in Children, Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults
Posted in Children, Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults
Geek chic, Jane Bowron
An Asian at my Table Raybon Kan Penguin, $29.95, ISBN 0143019104 I first encountered Raybon Kan across a crowded news room at The Dominion when I was just starting out as tv critic back in the early 1990s. Raybon had…
Tagged with: Issue 66, Jane Bowron, Penguin, Raybon Kan, Winter 2004
Posted in Essays, Media, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Essays, Media, Non-fiction, Review
Insolent bassists and mad drummers, Mark Amery
Ready to Fly: The Story of New Zealand Rock Music David Eggleton Craig Potton Publishing, $49.95, ISBN 1877333069 I have a confession to make. I’m not much of a reader – at least not in the always-head-in-a-novel kind of a…
Tagged with: Craig Potton Publishing, David Eggleton, Issue 66, Mark Amery, Winter 2004
Posted in History, Music, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in History, Music, Non-fiction, Review
Obituary — Alan Preston
Alan Preston (1932-2004) As I write this, in one week exactly it will be Alan’s birthday. On October 29 Alan would have celebrated 72 years. Thus I have been spared the annual brain-wracking for a suitable present. Alan, you…
Sisterhood is powerful, Robyn Munford
No Friend Like a Sister: Exploring the Relationship between Sisters Jenny Neale Victoria University Press, $39.95, ISBN 0864734700 No Friend Like a Sister gives a rich account of the relationships between sisters. Jenny Neale used focus groups (women aged between…
Tagged with: Issue 66, Jenny Neale, Robyn Munford, Victoria University Press, Winter 2004
Posted in Review, Sociology
Posted in Review, Sociology
Maurice Shadbolt
Maurice Shadbolt 1932-2004 Writer Maurice Shadbolt died in Taumaranui in October after a long illness. He worked as a journalist and a scriptwriter before going to Europe in the late 50s. Two years later he published his first book, a…
Art and craft – the story so far, Megan Clayton
Posted in Comment