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
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)
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
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