Anthony Wilding:
A Sporting Life

By Len Richardson and Shelley Richardson

He has been described as “tennis’ first matinee idol” and remains the only New Zealander to have won the Wimbledon men’s singles title, yet many Kiwis today know little about Anthony Wilding. A new book published by Canterbury University Press, Anthony Wilding: A Sporting Life, aims to change that.

Written by historians and University of Canterbury alumni Len and Shelley Richardson, the biography fleshes out the life of the sporting legend who sits alongside the likes of Olympic champion Jack Lovelock as one of the most important sporting icons of New Zealand’s twentieth-century history.

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Hooked: A History of the New Zealand Fishing Industry

By Jenny Haworth and David Johnson

From the introduction by David Johnson: Fishing is not an industry. It's a passion. That passion grips people of all backgrounds, all ages. Some are hunters, who would catch the last fish in the world if they could. Some are men (or women) of the sea, happy only when the deck is moving beneath their feet, the engine is turning over with a steady beat, and the seabirds are screaming...Some are skilled shipwrights. Some are conservationists, keen observers of their environment, deeply concerned about fish stocks and catches. Those who catch fish are only one part of the equation. This book explores all those involved in this favourite industry.

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Political Animals: Confessions of a Parliamentary Zoologist.
by Jane Clifton

Jane Clifton has been big-game hunting in the corridors of power for more than 25 years as a political journalist, columnist and commentator. Here she looks back with characteristic wit and insight on that quarter century - from her first terrifying encounter with the fearsome Muldoon, through the dense and dangerous media undergrowth, to the wild parliamentary jungles where exotic creatures lurk. Part memoir, part pen-portrait, this is Clifton at her ascerbic, entertaining best.

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