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Unicorn in the cabbage patch, Desmond Bovey
Aesop’s Kiwi Fables: Paintings Ray Ching David Bateman, $50.00, ISBN 9781869538453 I spotted Ray Ching’s new book, Aesop’s Kiwi Fables, in our local post office-cum-bookstore. I stopped buying picture books some time ago; they have become so glossily tempting that…
Tagged with: David Bateman, Desmond Bovey, Issue 102, Ray Ching, Winter 2013
Posted in Art, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Art, Non-fiction, Review
Eye-witness, Francis McWhannell
William Colenso: His Life and Journeys by A G Bagnall and G C Petersen Ian St George (ed) Otago University Press, $65.00, ISBN 9781877578151 When it was first published in 1948, A G Bagnall’s and G C Petersen’s William Colenso:…
Tagged with: A G Bagnall, Francis McWhannell, G C Petersen, Ian St George, Issue 102, Otago University Press, William Colenso, Winter 2013
Posted in Biography, History, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, History, Non-fiction, Review
Unbuttoning, Nadine France
Magnificent Moon Ashleigh Young Victoria University Press, $28.00, ISBN 9780864737632 This Hill, All It’s about is Lifting it to a Higher Level Vaughan Gunson Steele Roberts, $20.00, ISBN: 9781877577840 Three Days in a Wishing Well Kerrin P Sharpe Victoria University…
Tagged with: Ashleigh Young, Issue 102, Kerrin P Sharpe, Nadine France, Steele Roberts, Vaughan Gunson, Victoria University Press, Winter 2013
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Cloaks and generic proper nouns, David Hill
A Necklace of Souls R L Stedman HarperCollins, $25.00, ISBN 9781775540069 Ghosts of Parihaka David Hair HarperCollins, $25.00, ISBN 9781869509233 Cattra’s Legacy Anna MacKenzie Longacre, $20.00, ISBN 9781775533184 Phantom of Terawhiti Des Hunt HarperCollins, $20.00, ISBN 9781869509545 Whenever I’m taking…
Tagged with: Anna Mackenzie, David Hair, David Hill, Des Hunt, HarperCollins, Issue 102, Longacre, R L Stedman, Winter 2013
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults
Transformation, Simon Upton
Home in the Howling Wilderness Peter Holland Auckland University Press, $50.00, ISBN 9781869407391 This book is about what can be learned of the environmental and ecological understanding of pioneer farmers in the southern half of the South Island over the…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Issue 102, Peter Holland, Simon Upton, Winter 2013
Posted in History, Natural History, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in History, Natural History, Non-fiction, Review
Literary dreams, Elspeth Sandys
In the Memorial Room Janet Frame Text, $35.00, ISBN 9781922147134 It will come as no surprise to readers of Janet Frame’s work that this hitherto unpublished novel is, before anything else, an examination of language, and the slippery, unreliable character…
Tagged with: Elspeth Sandys, Issue 102, Janet Frame, Text, Winter 2013
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
The Veblen effect, Roger Blackley
Behind the Canvas: An Insider’s Guide to the New Zealand Art Market Warwick Henderson New Holland, $45.00, ISBN 9781869663674 In a recent New Zealand Listener, cultural curmudgeon Hamish Keith commented on the dangers of the art market: “Buying and selling…
Tagged with: Issue 102, New Holland, Roger Blackley, Warwick Henderson, Winter 2013
Posted in Art, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Art, Non-fiction, Review
Jesus with a human face, Hugo Petzsch
New Zealand Jesus: Social and Religious Transformations of an Image, 1890–1940 Geoffrey Troughton Peter Lang, US$78.95, ISBN 9783034310475 The figure of Jesus and the powerful ideas that are often associated with him have attracted men, women and children for centuries.…
Tagged with: Geoffrey Troughton, Hugo Petzsch, Issue 102, Peter Lang, Winter 2013
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Religion, Review
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Religion, Review
Telling stories Catharina van Bohemen
Singing Historian: A Memoir Edmund Bohan Canterbury University Press, $30.00, ISBN 9781927145319 Sarah Vaughan Is not my Mother: A Memoir of Madness Maryjane Thomson Awa Press, $35.00, ISBN 9781877551802 Where the Rainbow Fell Down: A New Zealand Memoir Lynette Robinson…
Tagged with: Awa Press, B J and L M Coker Family Trust, Canterbury University Press, Catharina van Bohemen, Edmund Bohan, Issue 102, Lynette Robinson, Maryjane Thomson, Winter 2013
Posted in Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
Bookshelf
Non-fiction Diplomatic Ladies: New Zealand’s Unsung Envoys, Joanna Woods, Otago University Press, $50.00, ISBN 9781877578304 Using private letters and interviews, the author of Katerina: The Russian World of Katherine Mansfield (2001) writes about the wives and daughters who have…