NZ 'art books' compare with best
NZ 'art books' compare with best
Bryan James reviews Hauaga and Subterra.
NZ Books
Against the odds
Against the odds
Ian Williams reviews This Barren Rock and The Awa Book of New Zealand Sports Writing.
Two eclectic collections
Two eclectic collections
Gavin McLean reviews Griffith Review 28 and Sport 28.
Story of remote idealism has appeal
Story of remote idealism has appeal
Clark Isaacs reviews A Life On Gorge River.
Pinning down landscapes and identity tricky
Pinning down landscapes and identity tricky
Gavin McLean reviews Beyond the Scene
It's a long walk to the big smoke
It's a long walk to the big smoke
Along the Red Hill Range, over the Cascade River and through the bush to Jackson Bay - it has been a long walk for new author Robert Long from the wilds of South Westland on his way to Dunedin for his first book launch.
Sights set on creating a portrait of our times
Sights set on creating a portrait of our times
"I'd like to create a big, interlinked portrait of our society and times," Charlotte Grimshaw told Claire McIntosh in a recent
Striding across cultures
Striding across cultures
Cannibal Jack is an offshoot of an earlier work by Trevor Bentley, Pakeha Maori (1999).
Noted: New Zealand special
Noted: New Zealand special
A good, thick Landfall 219 ($29.95, pbk) will be available on Monday from the Otago University Press, and it is a cracker.
Focus on character so we can 'get into their heads'
Focus on character so we can 'get into their heads'
With 15 collections of poetry to her name and several awards, including the Prime Minister's Award for Poetry in 2008, Elizabeth Smither is usually seen as a poet who also writes in other modes.
Master of the literary memoir
Master of the literary memoir
Lawrence Jones reviews South-West of Eden.
Bookmarks: Reviews in brief
Bookmarks: Reviews in brief
This we week review The Wives of Henry Oades, The Surrendered, The Storyteller, The Devil's Queen, The Officer's Lover, Pictures of You and Rhythms of Water.
Worthy addition to Gee's 54-year body of work
Worthy addition to Gee's 54-year body of work
Lawrence Jones reviews Access Road.
Scholars have their say about the nation's history
Scholars have their say about the nation's history
Bryan James reviews The New Oxford History of New Zealand.
Sports journalist makes good job of a difficult task
Sports journalist makes good job of a difficult task
Oliver Riddell reviews How We Saw the War.
Shared history through different eyes
Shared history through different eyes
Cushla McKinney reviews Collision.
Timely anthology tends to reflect the best bits of growing up
Timely anthology tends to reflect the best bits of growing up
Bryan James reviews Way Back Then Before We Were Ten.
The light - fantastic
The light - fantastic
Dunedin, specifically Port Chalmers, can claim the artist Bill Culbert - a significant and pioneering figure on the art world's stage - as one of its own, although it has not done a great deal yet to recognise his status.
New book explores a 'Canterbury' art
New book explores a 'Canterbury' art
Bryan James reviews Inner Landscapes.
Worthwhile advice for mothers of sons
Worthwhile advice for mothers of sons
Elspeth McLean reviews Mothers Raising Sons.