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Glenn Colquhoun - An Explanation of Poetry to My Father by Glenn Colquhoun
14.99 NZD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: very good
In this new collection Glenn uses hands-on language and humour to explain poetry to his builder father ('a man of few words') - and anyone else not yet captivated with the magic of words.
How We Fell (a love story) by Glenn Colquhoun
29.99 NZD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: very good
Faster than a speeding simile! Able to leap hyperbole in a single bound! Can Poetryman rescue the damsel from catastrophic cliches Award-winning poet Glenn Colquhoun's innovative new collection describes his ten year relationship with his former wife through all its highs, cries, lies and sighs. Vivid i ...Show more
Jumping Ship by Glenn Colquhoun
9.99 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction | Series: Montana Estates Essays | Reading Level: very good
'It took six years to sign the Treaty of Waitangi with Aunty Rongo. It was not an august occasion. I do not remember a fuss. The signing took place at Aunty Rongo's whare, a small grey fibrolite bach that sits on the beach at Te Tii like an empty peach tin with the wrapper faded. I live there now. The p ...Show more
Jumping Ship and other essays by Glenn Colquhoun
24.99 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
"A book of essays and poems on the relationship between Pākehā and Māori, and on the practice of medicine...Includes, among other things, a state of the nation speech from Waitangi 2007, organised by the Treaty Resource Centre: He Puna Mātauranga te Tiriti; a keynote address for the English teachers ...Show more
Late Love (BWB Texts) by Glenn Colquhoun
14.99 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: Very Good
'Most of the time I have no idea what to do with them or what to say in response to them.' Award-winning New Zealand poet Glenn Colquhoun is also a doctor who works with struggling young people at the margins, painfully aware of the limits of his role. In this BWB Text he offers penetrating insight int ...Show more
Letters to Young People by Glenn Colquhoun
38.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
“It is difficult to ignore the story of a young person. When they are in pain, that pain seems all the more demanding because they are vulnerable and because their life still lies ahead of them ... I have learnt that the most important medicine they need from me is to listen to these stories, to hold th ...Show more
Mr Short, Mr Thin, Mr Bald and Mr Dog by Glenn Colquhoun
19.99 NZD
Category: Children Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Mr Short was very tall. Mr Thin was fat. Mr Bald had lots of hair And Mr Dog kept cats Glenn Colquhoun is best known for his three highly-acclaimed collections of poetry: An Explanation of Poetry to my Father,The Art of Walking Upright and Playing God. This wacky picture book is Glenn ColquhounÂs thi ...Show more
Playing God by Glenn Colquhoun
24.99 NZD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: Very Good
Winner, Montana New Zealand Book Awards, 2003 (Poetry Section & Reader's Choice). Glenn Colquhoun'?s The Art of Walking Upright won the 2000 Montana NZ best first book award for poetry. He has also published a children'?s book and An Explanation of Poetry to my Father, which sold over 1000 copies. T ...Show more
The Art of Walking Upright by Glenn Colquhoun
24.99 NZD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: Very Good
Montana New Zealand Book Awards 2000 winner Best first book - poetry. Glenn is a doctor. During his training he took a year off to live in a remote Bay of Islands community. This is a profound, beautiful and funny distillation of that experience. Rich insights into Maori and Pakeha - a vision of Aotearo ...Show more
Uncle Glenn and Me by Glenn Colquhoun
27.00 NZD
Category: Picture Books
Children's Picture Book
Uncle Glenn and Me Too by Glenn Colquhoun
14.99 NZD
15.99 (6% off)
Category: Children Fiction
Uncle Glenn hangs out a lot with his niece doing cool stuff like ballet dancing, playing cops and robbers and eating ice-cream for tea (it looks like potato so it must be okay!!). Follow Uncle Glenn and his niece into their wonderful worlds of make-believe and reality, Glenn sometimes mixing it up, som ...Show more
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