The Wandering Mind: What the Brain Does When You’re Not Looking, by Michael C Corballis (Auckland University Press, RRP $35): As often as I stop to think, then forget to start again, I am also plagued by bouts of my…
Tag: Auckland University Press
Ordinary Kiwis tell our country’s story
Changing Times: New Zealand Since 1945, by Jenny Carlyon and Diana Morrow (Auckland University Press $45): Much has been written about New Zealand’s attempts to find its place in the world as a fledgling nation and the role of rugby…
Take a trip through some of NZ’s literary history
Anthology of New Zealand Literature, edited by Jane Stafford and Mark Williams (Auckland University Press, RRP $75): This massive tome will likely be the biggest book you’ll buy this year and if you are going to spend $75 on a…
Bollard gives fascinating insight to financial crisis
Crisis: One Central Bank Governor and the Global Financial Crisis, by Alan Bollard with Sarah Gaitanos (Auckland University Press, RRP $35): There’s no denying the global economy is in pretty bad shape and the forecasts for where it’s heading go…
Soldiers’ letters bring home horror
Letters From Gallipoli: New Zealand Soldiers Write Home, edited by Glyn Harper (Auckland University Press, RRP $49.95): This latest book by Glyn Harper is one that brings home the trauma, hardship, heartache and horror of living through, and with, a…
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The Black River
C K Stead’s latest offering a real gem: It may come as a surprise to some who know me when I say I like poetry. Not the flowery stuff of Shakespeare (no, that’s not an invitation for Shakespeare geeks to…
A treat for fans
Joanna Margaret Paul Drawing, by Jill Trevelyan and Sarah Treadwell (Auckland University Press, $49.99): Over nearly four decades, the late Joanna Paul accumulated a body of work brimming with graphic invention and poetic observation. An artist, film-maker, poet and writer,…
Interesting look at not-so-well-known NZ history
The Bookmen’s Dominion, by Chris Hilliard (Auckland University Press, $34.99): Taking a look at an almost forgotten chapter in New Zealand’s history, The Bookmen’s Dominion focuses on the activities and networks of historians and literary critics during the 1920s and…