December (Summer) issue of New Zealand Books

EditorJane Westaway writes:

"Our summer issue features something for every reader. Reviews of poetry collections by Vincent O’Sullivan, Ian Wedde and Bernadette Hall; new fiction from Stephanie Johnson, Ann Kennedy and Damien Wilkins; YA fiction from Sandy McKay, David Hill and Fleur Beale; along with a self-portrait from Marti Friedlander, tributes to the late Hugh Price and Isa Moyihan, and memoir, music and the health system."

On sale in all good bookshops on 6 December

Contents

2       Letters

3       Roger Robinson: Damien Wilkins, Max Gate

4       Gregory O’Brien: “Fireflies in the Twilight” (Imprints)

5       Julia Millen: Angela Wanhalla, Matters of the Heart: A History of Interracial Marriage in New Zealand

6       Bookshelf

7       Rae Varcoe: Hamish Wilson and Wayne Cunningham, Being a Doctor: Understanding Medical Practice

8       Mark Houlahan: Vincent O’Sullivan, Us, Then; Ian Wedde, The Lifeguard: Poems 2008-2013; Bernadette Hall, Life and Customs

9       Spiro Zavos: Bob Jones, Fighting Talk: Boxing and the Modern Lexicon

10     Tim Hazledine: Max Rashbrooke (ed), Inequality: A New Zealand Crisis; Jim McAloon, Judgements of All Kinds: Economic Policy-Making in New Zealand 1945-1984

11     David Hill: Tony Simpson, Ambiguity and Innocence: The New Zealand Division and the Occupation of Trieste, May 1945; Glyn Harper and John Tonkin-Covell, The Battles of Monte Cassino: The Campaign and its Consequences

12     Tribute: Hugh Price 
Tribute: Isa Moynihan

13     Hamish Clayton: Craig Harrison, The Quiet Earth

14     Peter Calder: Marti Friedlander with Hugo Manson, Self-portrait

15     Jane Westaway: Peter Farrell, The Lie That Settles; Jeffrey Paparoa Holman, The Lost Pilot; Lloyd Jones, A History of Silence

16     Ross Somerville: Davinia Caddy, How to Hear Classical Music

17     Rick Millington: Jack Ross (poems), Emma Smith (drawings), Celanie: Poems and Drawings after Paul Celan

18     Heather Roberts: Stephanie Johnson, The Writing Class; Anne Kennedy, The Last Days of the National Costume

19     John McCrystal: Rosemary Wildblood, Pentimento; Sarah Laing, The Fall of Light

20     David Grant: Mark Derby, White-collar Radical: Dan Long and the Rise of White-collar Unions

21     David Round: Nicola R Wheen and Janine Howard (eds), Treaty of Waitangi Settlements

22     Murray Bramwell: Emma Martin, Two Girls in a Boat; Amy Head, Tough; Jo Randerson, Tales from the Netherworld

23     Emma Neale: “Fantail” (poem)

24     Ann Beaglehole: Alan Duff, Frederick’s Coat; Stevan Eldred-Grigg, Bangs; Joan Rosier-Jones, Waiting for Elizabeth

25     Brian Easton: Miriam J Laugesen and Robin Gauld, Democratic Governance and Health: Hospitals, Politics and Health Policy in New Zealand
Nelson Wattie: “In a Railway Carriage” (poem)

26     Caoilinn Hughes: Sandy McKay, When Our Jack Went to War; David Hill, Brave Company; Fleur Beale, Speed Freak

27     Prize cryptic crossword

Footnote:

After eleven years, Jane Westaway is standing down as co-editor of New Zealand Books Pukapuka Aotearoa.

"I’ve loved my years in the job, and it’s hard to give it up, but it’s time to move on. Louise O’Brien will be taking my place alongside Harry Ricketts."

"I'd like to thank all our reviewers and subscribers for your work and support over the years. NZB only survives because of its subscribers, so please do keep subscribing or buying us over the counter of good bookshops. And a year’s sub makes a great Christmas present for book-loving friends and family. Go here http://nzbooks.org.nz/ to subscribe or gift, and click on Subscribe."