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Issue 70 | October 2005
Volume 15 | Number 4 | Issue 70 | October 2005 Anna Jackson: Elizabeth Knox, Dreamhunter; Anne Kennedy, The Time of the Giants; Margaret Mahy, Maddigan’s Fantasia Guy Somerset: “Review and be damned” (Editorial) Kathryn Walls: Tessa Duder, Margaret…
One of the survivors, Tony Simpson
A Radical Writer’s Life Dick Scott Reed, $39.99, ISBN 0790009765 The society in which I grew up largely no longer exists, immolated in the “reforms” of the 80s and 90s. It would be wrong to consider that an entirely bad…
Tagged with: Dick Scott, Issue 70, Reed, Tony Simpson, Winter 2005
Posted in Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
Editorial – Issue 70
Review and be damned There is in Britain a financial journalist called Peter Jay, who, when he was economics editor of The Times, famously dismissed a sub-editor’s querying of his incomprehensible copy by informing him haughtily that the article was…
Gardening as rebellion, Brian Turner
This Piece of Earth: A Life in My New Zealand Garden Harvey McQueen Awa Press, $34.95, ISBN 0958253838 Reading Harvey McQueen’s account of a year’s engagement with his garden has confirmed what I’ve thought for a long time: you have…
Tagged with: Awa Press, Brian Turner, Harvey McQueen, Issue 70, Winter 2005
Posted in Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
Unearthly mapmaking, Anna Jackson
Dreamhunter Elizabeth Knox HarperCollins, $24.95, ISBN 0732281938 The Time of the Giants Anne Kennedy Auckland University Press, $27.99, ISBN 1869403428 Maddigan’s Fantasia Margaret Mahy HarperCollins, $24.95, ISBN 1869505611 Maddigan’s Fantasia opens with Garland Maddigan’s note to herself, “Written down things…
Tagged with: Anna Jackson, Anne Kennedy, Auckland University Press, Elizabeth Knox, HarperCollins, Issue 70, Margaret Mahy, Winter 2005
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults
Smoking documents, Anna Livesey
Hypnic Jerks Geoff Cochrane Victoria University Press, $24.95, ISBN 08647350006 Milk & Honey Michele Leggott Auckland University Press, $28.00, ISBN 1869403347 Cassandra’s Daughter Michael Harlow Auckland University Press, $25.00, ISBN 1869403320 Writing poetry – seriously writing poetry and expecting someone…
Tagged with: Anna Livesey, Auckland University Press, Geoff Cochrane, Issue 70, Michael Harlow, Michele Leggott, Victoria University Press, Winter 2005
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
The sparkling, the homely and the cool, Douglas Lloyd Jenkins
Built for Us: The Work of Government and Colonial Architects, 1860s to 1960s Lewis E Martin University of Otago Press, $49.95, ISBN 1877276642 We Call It Home: A History of State Housing in New Zealand Ben Schrader Reed, $39.99, ISBN…
Violence – physical, psychological, geological, Raymond Huber
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
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Woman alone, Lawrence Jones
The Captive Wife Fiona Kidman Vintage, $27.95, ISBN 1869416864 The title of The Captive Wife and the setting, New Zealand and Australia of the 1930s, lead us to expect a colonial captivity narrative, and it is present in Betty…
Tagged with: Fiona Kidman, Issue 70, Lawrence Jones, Vintage, Winter 2005
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Tickling history, Jane Stafford
The New Zealand Wars Trilogy: The House of Strife, Monday’s Warriors, Season of the Jew Maurice Shadbolt David Ling, $99.99, ISBN 0908990995 On August 8 this year, a ceremony was held at Parliament to unveil a plaque to Lieutenant Colonel…
Tagged with: David Ling Publishing, Issue 70, Jane Stafford, Maurice Shadbolt, Winter 2005
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review