McLaren proved Kiwis can fly: The Bruce McLaren Scrapbook, by Jan McLaren & Richard Becht (HarperCollins, RRP $60): In the world of motorsport, Bruce McLaren did it all: he was a driver, creator, designer, engineer, constructor and even a team…
Month: December 2011
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Bookmarks: A selection of NZ books
Finding the Path by Kelvin Cruickshank with Margie Thomson (Penguin, RRP $42): Celebrity psychic medium Kelvin Cruickshank is well known through his work on the television programme Sensing Murder but he also writes books on psychic ability. In this, his…
Good value and lots of fun
Stickmen Book of Rugby, by Peter Vegas (Random House, RRP $20): This latest little offering in the Stickmen series focuses on that most Kiwi of games that had (most of) the nation glued to the telly at the business end…
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Poems from the abbatoir
Writing poetry probably is not a common pastime for blokes working on the chain at the meatworks – but Terry Lynch is not most blokes. In an interview in The Press in 1995, the meatworker said he was almost scared…
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Grahame Sydney’s Central Otago
Artist’s book simply stunning A stunning collection of photographs of Central Otago from artist Grahame Sydney provides a new perspective on the beautiful and varied landscape of the region. Over the last decade, since shifting to live in the heart…
Baking: so hot it’s cool
New Zealand’s Hottest Home Baker, with Dean Brettschneider (Penguin, RRP $35): Baking is one of those retro things that has suddenly become cool again and television has jumped on the bandwagon with New Zealand’s Hottest Home Baker, which isn’t quite…
Quick and Christmassy
4 Ingredients Christmas, by Kim McCoster (Random House, RRP $35): I hate to be the bearer of bad news folks, but Christmas is just around the corner. Really, it truly must officially be the festive season because a certain large…
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99 Ways Into New Zealand Poetry
Size doesn’t matter … even in poetry This massive 624-page beast of a book looks a little daunting at first glance but don’t let the size of the thing put you off. New Zealand has a diverse range of very…
The stories behind our stamps
It’s In The Post, by Richard Wolfe (Craig Potton Publishing, RRP $40): All the emailing and texting going on these days must make it hard for the budding stamp collectors out there, which is really a shame. When I was…