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Yearly Archives: 1999
Poems for the pocket, Vivienne Plumb
50 Poems: A Celebration Lauris Edmond Bridget Williams Books/Peppercorn Press, $29.95, ISBN 1 877 242 039 It is good to mark our lives with some celebration, which
is why we should welcome this celebratory collection of Lauris Edmond’s work marking…
Tagged with: Bridget Williams Books, Issue 41, Lauris Edmond, Peppercorn Press, Vivienne Plumb
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
With the seams showing, Vivienne Shakespear
After Robert Sarah Quigley Penguin, $24.95, ISBN 0 14 028437 0 Halley and Claudia, 20-year-olds living on opposite sides of the planet but “born under the same astrological influence” are stars set to collide in Sarah Quigley’s upbeat first novel,…
Tagged with: Issue 41, Penguin, Sarah Quigley, Vivienne Shakespear
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
The virtues of style, Peter Hawes
Losing Alice Noel Virtue Vintage, $24.95, ISBN 1 86941 370 9 I saw a TV interview with Noel Virtue while writing this review. Fortunately he got everything right. He spoke about personal redemption in his work, and how it comes…
Myths and Legends of Aotearoa, Richard Smith
Myths and Legends of Aotearoa Annie Rae Te Ake Ake, illustrated by New Zealand secondary school artists Scholastic, $34.95, ISBN 1 86943 388 2 The publication of Myths and Legends of Aotearoa is an interesting story in itself. This book…
Still in the ascendant, Anne French
The Lark Quartet Elizabeth Smither Auckland University Press, $19.95, ISBN 1 86940 216 2 Now here’s a curious thing. The Elizabeth Smither who burst fully formed out of the New Zealand literary forehead 25 years ago, back in 1975, turns…
Tagged with: Anne French, Auckland University Press, Elizabeth Smither, Issue 41
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Neighbourhood watch, L E Scott
The Usefulness of Singing Helen Jacobs Sudden Valley Press, $16.95, ISBN 0 9583684 1 4 Legend of the Cool Secret Graham Lindsay Sudden Valley Press, $16.95, ISBN 0 9583684 6 5 Stone Moon Dark Water John Allison Sudden Valley Press,…
Tagged with: David Gregory, Graham Lindsay, Hazard Press, Helen Jacobs, Issue 41, John Allison, John O’Connor, Kenneth Fea, Koenraad Kuiper, Sudden Valley Press
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
More spills than thrills, Bernard Carpinter
The Wastings Don Donovan Hazard Press, $24.95, ISBN 1 877161 52 7 Don Donovan’s The Wastings could be read as a savage satire on the evils of the right-wing economic theories that have bedevilled this country over the last 15…
Tagged with: Andrew Grant, Bernard Carpinter, Denis Edwards, Don Donovan Hazard Press, Hodder Moa Beckett, Issue 41, Keith Stewart, Penguin, Shoal Bay Press, Tony Williams, Vintage
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
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The Gen-X factor, Kate Camp
Posted in Comment, Essays, Literature