Tag: Book Reviews
Owen Wilkes, the intellect behind New Zealand’s anti-nuclear stance
A new book about one of New Zealand's foremost peace activists offers insight into Owen Wilkes, the man described as the intellect behind New...
CAFCA stalwart and prolific reviewer Jeremy Agar dies
OBITUARY: By Murray Horton in Christchurch
It is with great sadness that I am reporting that Jeremy Agar was found dead in his Lyttelton home...
New covid book exposes global media bias, racism and stigmatisation
REVIEW: By Krishan Dutta
While the covid-19 pandemic’s relentless cyclone continues across the globe wreaking havoc on economies and social systems, this book sheds light...
Coups, globalisation and Fiji’s reset structures of ‘democracy’
BOOKS: David Robie, editor of Pacific Journalism Review
When Commodore (now rear admiral retired and an elected prime minister) Voreqe Bainimarama staged Fiji’s fourth "coup...
Post-coup Rabuka crackdown as seen from Fiji Times editor’s ‘hot seat’
REVIEW: By Shailendra Singh
A Fiji Diary: Reminiscences and Reflections of a Newsman is a selection of revised and updated writings by Vijendra Kumar, a...
Drone killings on a par with mafia hitmen murders
REVIEW: By David Robie
One of the ironies of the legacy of eight years of Barack Obama’s presidency is that under the leadership of the...
Endangered – the frontline journalism of outrage
War Reporters, a short video launched by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) last year to honour journalists facing "danger zones". Its release coincided with the...
Polar bear mojo for Greenpeace captain’s environmental thriller
The Arctic 30's thank you message after their release in November 2013 - cited in Peter Willcox's new book out next week. Video: Greenpeace
Review...
Behind the Blockade : A ‘prisoner’ mother’s struggle to remove barriers
Behind the Blockade, by Veronica Hatutasi. Boroko, Papua New Guinea: Word Publishing Company. 233 pages hardcover. ISBN 978-9980-89-024-5.
Reviewed by Anna Solomon
Behind the Blockade, by...
Merdeka: Media and the case for Papuan civil resistance
From Pacific Journalism Review
Reviewed by David Robie
Merdeka and the Morning Star: Civil resistance in West Papua, by Jason MacLeod. St Lucia: University of Queensland...
RSF cheekily climbing the barricades
From Pacific Journalism Review
Reviewed by David Robie
Saving Independent Journalism: 30 Years Defending Media (39pp); Hostile Climate of Environmental Journalists (27pp). 2015. Paris, France: Reporters...
