Governor-General years highlight of memoirs
Governor-General years highlight of memoirs
Bryan James reviews Cat Among the Pigeons.
Bryan James
Candid assessment an appeal to idealism of youth
Candid assessment an appeal to idealism of youth
Otago Daily Times books editor Bryan James reviews Ill Fares the Land.
Serious type takes on repression
Serious type takes on repression
Bryan James reviews The Appointment and In the Company of Angels.
Study of 'a fine plain behind the Snowy Range'
Study of 'a fine plain behind the Snowy Range'
Bryan James reviews The Mackenzie Country.
NZ 'art books' compare with best
NZ 'art books' compare with best
Bryan James reviews Hauaga and Subterra.
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.
Noted: Otago special
Noted: Otago special
Danny Knudson is a name well known in Otago education and he is also an accomplished writer on educational subjects.
Love affair with trees
Love affair with trees
Bryan James reviews The Life & Love of Trees.
Country's fortune built on the backs of sheep and shearers
Country's fortune built on the backs of sheep and shearers
Johnny Jones kept a thousand merinos at Waikouaiti and sold their wool in Sydney, among the very first New Zealand farmers to do so.
A cautionary tale tailored for our turbulent times
A cautionary tale tailored for our turbulent times
Bryan James reviews Chalcot Crescent.
Book Review: 'Rauru'
Book Review: 'Rauru'
Rauru, recently published by Otago University Press
Nonfiction books
Nonfiction books
Bryan James reviews Beneath the Reflections, Robbie, and Capturing Port
Frances Hodgkins earned her place in the world
Frances Hodgkins earned her place in the world
Eric McCormick used the telling description ‘‘femme du monde'' for the Dunedin-born painter Frances Hodgkins as she was in 1912, having by then established herself as a professional artist and teacher in Europe, and a reputation as an ‘‘advanced'' painter.
For art's sake
For art's sake
Books editor Bryan James reviews four recent art books.
A hit and miss look at NZ landscapes
A hit and miss look at NZ landscapes
This fine view of the lake at St Bathans at sunset is one of the pictures in Grant Sheehan's New Zealand Landscapes: Northland to Antarctica.
Just browsing
Just browsing
Reviews of Nordy, A Season of Leaves, Uncommon Arrangements, The Spies of Warsaw and Endgame 1945 .
Pictures tell a war story
Pictures tell a war story
On Tuesday this week we marked Remembrance Day, the 90th anniversary of the signing of the Armistice that ended World War 1.