Hall bernadette (40 resultados)

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Lorna Staveley Anker was born in 1914. She used to joke that this was the cause of the First World War. In truth, the poems in this fine collection reveal her as New Zealand's first woman war poet. There are poems here that arise from her childhood memories of Kaiser Bill. Three of her uncles died in France. She was a 'war widow' in the Second World War, one of the civilian casualties who make up what is known as 'the unsung generation'. This collection contains the best of her published poems and a substantial number never seen before. Edited with loving care by Canterbury poet Bernadette Hall, this is a book that will open your eyes to our nation's invisible history, the story of a semmingly ordinary life that proves to be extraordinary in the telling. The poems in this fine collection reveal Lorna Staveley Anker as New Zealand's first woman war poet. She was a "war widow" of WWII--a civilian casualty in the "unsung generation." This collection contains the best of her published poems and a substantial number never seen before. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. The subtle and sophisticated poems in this collection artfully move across a spectrum of geographic and emotional landscapes. After shunning the physical reality of Antarcticas hazardous beauty in favor of exploring the inner world it inspires, the poet considers the urban nightmare of London after the 2005 bombings that killed her niece. Finally, a section based on artworks and memories weaves through love in the 1960s to the liveliness of contemporary New Zealand. The subtle and sophisticated poems in this collection artfully move across a spectrum of geographic and emotional landscapes. After shunning the physical reality of Antarcticas hazardous beauty in favour of exploring the inner world it inspires, the poet considers the urban nightmare of London after the 2005 bombings that killed her niece. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Evocative and beautiful, this anthology tracks between the dualities of the rain-washed skies of Donoughmore, County Cork, and the Queensland rainforest and national and personal histories. Inspired by the poet's experiences near Blarney in Ireland as well as her New Zealand homeland and family, the lighthearted yet daring verses reflect a questing, generous, civilized mind. The poetry ultimately succeeds by being tough-minded and wary. An anthology that tracks between the dualities of the rain-washed skies of Donoughmore, County Cork, and the Queensland rainforest and national and personal histories. It is inspired by the poet's experiences near Blarney in Ireland as well as her New Zealand homeland and family. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Life & Customs begins and ends in Otago. It circles through places and through history, picking up the rhythms of a maze. It is full of stories: a girl slips into an anorexic silence as cold as Antarctica; lovers wander hand in hand into a southern future. 'The hope thing' emerges as a stubborn possibility. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condición: Good.

0 64 p.; 22 cm. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. A few pencilled marks, else very good+.

Hardcover. Condición: new. Hardcover. Hedge through the hedge and way back then pushing my way out into the Central Otago sun there was the laughing face of Jean and someone else whose name I have forgotten they played with me as if I was a doll Bernadette Hall is Otago born and bred. Following a long and much enjoyed career as a high school teacher in Dunedin and Christchurch, she has for the last eighteen years lived in a renovated bach at Amberley Beach in the Hurunui, North Canterbury, where she has built up a beautiful garden. Fancy Dancing is her eleventh collection of poetry. It's as close as I'll ever get to writing an autobiography,' she says, laughing. And as for the wilful sonnets that explode in the final pages of this book, she wonders where on earth they came from. It was such fun writing them,' she says, as if I d kicked down the stable doors and taken to the hills.' In 2015 she collaborated with Robyn Webster on Matakaea, Shag Point, an art /text installation exhibited at the Ashburton Art Gallery. In the same year she was awarded the Prime Minister's Award for literary achievement in poetry. In 2017 she was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to literature in Aotearoa New Zealand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Soft cover. Condición: Good. Book is in a good condition. Inscribed on inner page with previous owner's name.

Soft cover. Condición: Good. Five programmes: The Marian Arts Society Drama Group Presents The Comedian by Henri Gheon Dec 1951; (2) Marian Arts Society Presents Our Lady's Tumbler by Ronald Duncan April 1954.; (3) Francis Stuart. The Strange Guest. December, 1954.; (4/5) Two Annual Pantomimes; The Banshee in the Abbey, The Ploughboy of the Wester Stars. Both undated. Circa 1950's.…

Octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. 9 photocopied or mimeographed pages held together with one staple. Once folded to mail.

SIGNED, INSCRIBED & DATED, octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.…

SIGNED, DATED & INSCRIBED, octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.…

Paperback. Condición: As New. 87 pp. Drawings by Kathryn Madill. contents clean & tightAn exquisite book featuring a set of drawings by Dunedin artist Kathryn Madill, this landmark in recent New Zealand poetry publishing is Bernadette Hall's fifth collection and solidifies her reputation as one of the most distinctive poetic voices to have emerged in recent years. Throughout her work, the themes of secul ar and religious love and the transporting passion of writing are strongly felt and extended by a deepening political engagement with the history and the possib ilities inherent in New Zealand.…

Soft cover. Condición: New.

first edition, octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.…

Signed. Paperback (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Lorna Staveley Anker was born in 1914. She used to joke that this was the cause of the First World War. In truth, the poems in this fine collection reveal her as New Zealand's first woman war poet. There are poems here that arise from her childhood memories of Kaiser Bill. Three of her uncles died in France. She was a 'war widow' in the Second World War, one of the civilian casualties who make up what is known as 'the unsung generation'. This collection contains the best of her published poems and a substantial number never seen before. Edited with loving care by Canterbury poet Bernadette Hall, this is a book that will open your eyes to our nation's invisible history, the story of a semmingly ordinary life that proves to be extraordinary in the telling. The poems in this fine collection reveal Lorna Staveley Anker as New Zealand's first woman war poet. She was a "war widow" of WWII--a civilian casualty in the "unsung generation." This collection contains the best of her published poems and a substantial number never seen before. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

first edition octavo illus light card covers (VG+) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.…

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. The subtle and sophisticated poems in this collection artfully move across a spectrum of geographic and emotional landscapes. After shunning the physical reality of Antarcticas hazardous beauty in favor of exploring the inner world it inspires, the poet considers the urban nightmare of London after the 2005 bombings that killed her niece. Finally, a section based on artworks and memories weaves through love in the 1960s to the liveliness of contemporary New Zealand. The subtle and sophisticated poems in this collection artfully move across a spectrum of geographic and emotional landscapes. After shunning the physical reality of Antarcticas hazardous beauty in favour of exploring the inner world it inspires, the poet considers the urban nightmare of London after the 2005 bombings that killed her niece. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Evocative and beautiful, this anthology tracks between the dualities of the rain-washed skies of Donoughmore, County Cork, and the Queensland rainforest and national and personal histories. Inspired by the poet's experiences near Blarney in Ireland as well as her New Zealand homeland and family, the lighthearted yet daring verses reflect a questing, generous, civilized mind. The poetry ultimately succeeds by being tough-minded and wary. An anthology that tracks between the dualities of the rain-washed skies of Donoughmore, County Cork, and the Queensland rainforest and national and personal histories. It is inspired by the poet's experiences near Blarney in Ireland as well as her New Zealand homeland and family. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Life & Customs begins and ends in Otago. It circles through places and through history, picking up the rhythms of a maze. It is full of stories: a girl slips into an anorexic silence as cold as Antarctica; lovers wander hand in hand into a southern future. 'The hope thing' emerges as a stubborn possibility. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condición: new. Hardcover. Hedge through the hedge and way back then pushing my way out into the Central Otago sun there was the laughing face of Jean and someone else whose name I have forgotten they played with me as if I was a doll Bernadette Hall is Otago born and bred. Following a long and much enjoyed career as a high school teacher in Dunedin and Christchurch, she has for the last eighteen years lived in a renovated bach at Amberley Beach in the Hurunui, North Canterbury, where she has built up a beautiful garden. Fancy Dancing is her eleventh collection of poetry. It's as close as I'll ever get to writing an autobiography,' she says, laughing. And as for the wilful sonnets that explode in the final pages of this book, she wonders where on earth they came from. It was such fun writing them,' she says, as if I d kicked down the stable doors and taken to the hills.' In 2015 she collaborated with Robyn Webster on Matakaea, Shag Point, an art /text installation exhibited at the Ashburton Art Gallery. In the same year she was awarded the Prime Minister's Award for literary achievement in poetry. In 2017 she was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to literature in Aotearoa New Zealand. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Soft cover. Condición: Near Fine. 45p (1p) Reprint edition Oblong format Poems by Bernadette Hall, and Sculptures by Llew Summers, depict, and tell, the story of the fourteen stations in the Cathedral.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Evocative and beautiful, this anthology tracks between the dualities of the rain-washed skies of Donoughmore, County Cork, and the Queensland rainforest and national and personal histories. Inspired by the poet's experiences near Blarney in Ireland as well as her New Zealand homeland and family, the lighthearted yet daring verses reflect a questing, generous, civilized mind. The poetry ultimately succeeds by being tough-minded and wary. An anthology that tracks between the dualities of the rain-washed skies of Donoughmore, County Cork, and the Queensland rainforest and national and personal histories. It is inspired by the poet's experiences near Blarney in Ireland as well as her New Zealand homeland and family. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. The subtle and sophisticated poems in this collection artfully move across a spectrum of geographic and emotional landscapes. After shunning the physical reality of Antarcticas hazardous beauty in favor of exploring the inner world it inspires, the poet considers the urban nightmare of London after the 2005 bombings that killed her niece. Finally, a section based on artworks and memories weaves through love in the 1960s to the liveliness of contemporary New Zealand. The subtle and sophisticated poems in this collection artfully move across a spectrum of geographic and emotional landscapes. After shunning the physical reality of Antarcticas hazardous beauty in favour of exploring the inner world it inspires, the poet considers the urban nightmare of London after the 2005 bombings that killed her niece. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condición: Good. 1st. 75 pages. The wraps are bit worn and shelf rubbed. Slight creasing. Light marks. Internally clean and tightly bound. [P.K.]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Life & Customs begins and ends in Otago. It circles through places and through history, picking up the rhythms of a maze. It is full of stories: a girl slips into an anorexic silence as cold as Antarctica; lovers wander hand in hand into a southern future. 'The hope thing' emerges as a stubborn possibility. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. First edition, a clean unmarked copy in wraps, circa 1950.

Softcover. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No Dust Jacket As Issued. First Edition. No signatures. Some foxing to dust-jacket. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover. A nice copy of this title.; Pages unnumbered. Thick card covers with metallic bronze lettering on front cover. The book has no spine, but the leaves and covers are held together by a metal pin at the upper corner. Page dimensions: 208 x 148mm. Featuring the work of 8 poets and 8 jewellers. Poetry. Colour illustrations of jewellery. The jewellers are: Chris Idour; Anna Claire Thompson; Chaim Cleavin; David McLeod; Lynn Kelly; John Z. Robinson; Debbie Adamson; Paul McDowell. The Caselberg Trust's website describes the event associated with this publication: "The Caselberg Trustâs 2010 Art Event â" 29 October at the Otago Museum - We matched 8 contemporary jewellers with 8 of New Zealandâs well-known poets to create new work and modelled on the night by 8 Dunedin personalities. The event was a treat for the senses, listening to the poets give life to their words as they viewed the fine detail of the jewellery on video and being worn by models, all put to a back drop of beautiful music played by guitarist Matt Langley. Peter Hayden kept the crowd amused with introductions both humorous and informative." Very Good No dust jacket as issued.…