Featured Books
The frangipani is dead : contemporary Pacific art in New Zealand, 1985-2000, Karen Stevenson. (2008).
"As well as examining key individual artists, the book also addresses the key issues that underlie this movement as well as the inspirations for creating this art. It is a focused overview of a very specific period and it contextualises the emergent Pacific art within the broader New Zealand socio-political scene of the time, particularly that of the Maori sovereignty movement. Includes approximately 80 colour plates, many of which have not been published before." (Huia)
The adventures of Vela, Albert Wendt.
"Vela the lonely admirer of pigs and the connoisseur of feet; Vela the lover of song maker Mulialofa the Boneman. Follow him down through the centuries on his travels, encountering the single-minded society of the Tagatanei and the Smellocracy of Olfact. Accompany him, too, as he recounts the stories of Lady Nafanua, the fearsome warrior queen, before whose powers Palagi priests and travelling chroniclers still bow down today. Albert Wendt is the foremost Pacific novelist, writer and poet. He has published numerous novels, collections of poetry, collections of short stories and anthologies." (Huia)
Other titles of interest
- The Pacific arts of Polynesia and Micronesia, by Adrienne L. Kaeppler.
- Sophia Scarlet and other Pacific writings, by Robert Louis Stevenson ; edited by Robert Hoskins.
- A well written body, by Karlo Mila ; with paintings by Delicia Sampero.
- Polynesian festival, by Evotia Tamua.
- Paradise by design : tropical residences and resorts, by Bill Bensley.
- Introduction to South Pacific law, by Jennifer Corrin and Don Paterson.
