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The body in the pantry, Margot Schwass

Posted on December 1, 2002 by NZ Books

The Case of the Missing Kitchen Barbara Else Random House, $26.95, ISBN 1869415744 The Case of the Missing Kitchen is Barbara Else’s wicked, waspish take on the thriller. Set in Wellington, it brims over with the genre’s stock elements: there’s…

Tagged with: Barbara Else, Issue 60, Margot Schwass, Random House, Summer 2002
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review

Volunteer photographers abroad, Paul Thompson

Posted on June 1, 2002 by NZ Books

New Zealand Abroad – The story of VSA’s work in Africa, Asia and the Pacific Trevor Richards, Jeremy Rose, Margot Schwass (photographs: Bruce Connew, Nicola Dove, Bryn Evans, David Gurr, Gil Hanly, Louise Hyatt, Glenn Jowitt, Terry O’Connor) Bridget Williams…

Tagged with: Bridget Williams Books, Bruce Connew, Bryn Evans, David Gurr, Gil Hanly, Glenn Jowitt, Issue 58, Jeremy Rose, Louise Hyatt, Margot Schwass, Nicola Dove, Paul Thompson, Te Tuao Tawahi, Terry O’Connor, Trevor Richards, Volunteer Service Abroad, Winter 2002
Posted in Non-fiction, Photography, Review

The family way, Margot Schwass

Posted on December 1, 2000 by NZ Books

Authors’ Choice: Leading New Zealand writers choose their favourite stories – and explain why ed Owen Marshall Penguin, $29.95, ISBN 0141005297 Short short stories, postmodern short stories, short stories by young writers, women writers, gay writers … In recent years,…

Tagged with: Issue 52, Margot Schwass, Owen Marshall, Penguin Books, Summer 2002
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review, Short stories

Europhiles, Neo-Americans et al, Margot Schwass

Posted on August 7, 2000 by NZ Books

The Flamingo Anthology of New Zealand Short Stories ed Michael Morrissey HarperCollins, $29.95, ISBN 1 86950 335 X Editing an anthology of New Zealand fiction must be one of life’s more thankless tasks. Whether motivated by even-handedness and some sense…

Tagged with: HarperCollins, Issue 44, Margot Schwass, Michael Morrissey
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review, Short stories

A discomforting book, Margot Schwass

Posted on March 13, 1999 by NZ Books

Choo Woo Lloyd Jones Victoria University Press, $24.95, ISBN 0 86473 345 3 The roaming narratives of Lloyd Jones – lately of Russia, Paris, Albania and other exotic destinations – return to local ground with Choo Woo. It’s certainly tempting to…

Tagged with: Issue 37, Lloyd Jones, Margot Schwass, Victoria University Press
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review