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Leading by the nose, Elizabeth Crayford
Scented Laurence Fearnley Penguin, $38.00 ISBN 9780143773283 If technology and price allowed, Scented would have made a fantastic “scratch and sniff” novel. As it is, the pitfalls of first-person narration make this a challenging read, and I finished the book…
Tagged with: Elizabeth Crayford, Issue 128, Penguin, Summer 2019
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Opening the fifth dimension, Lydia Wevers
Science Fiction: A Review Of Speculative Fiction: Special Double Issue Featuring Phillip Mann (Vol 19, Nos 1-2) Van Ikin (ed) $AUD30.00 ISSN 03146677 A special double issue of a well-regarded journal, plus full-page authorial cover photo, is a handsome tribute…
“The frequent flyer friar” John McCrystal
Nailing Down The Saint Craig Cliff Penguin Random House, $38.00, ISBN 9780143773740 Those familiar with Craig Cliff’s work will know that he is fond of a kooky premise – a starting-off point that allows him to tread the blurred line…
Tagged with: Craig Cliff, Issue 128, John McCrystal, Penguin Random House, Summer 2019
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Absolutely fabulous, Thom Conroy
The Absolute Book Elizabeth Knox Victoria University Press, $35.00, ISBN 9781776562305 The Absolute Book by Elizabeth Knox is a Ronsardian ode to worldbuilding. Who creates worlds? What connects them? Who controls them? These questions shape the novel’s plot, subject and…
Tagged with: Elizabeth Knox, Issue 128, Summer 2019, Thom Conroy, Victoria University Press
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
The life and the work, Martin Edmond
In Fifteen Minutes You Can Say A Lot: Selected Fiction Greville Texidor, (Kendrick Smithyman ed) Victoria University Press, $30.00, ISBN 9781776562268 All The Juicy Pastures: Greville Texidor And New Zealand Margot Schwass Victoria University Press, $40.00, ISBN 9781776562251 In April…
Tagged with: Greville Texidor, Issue 128, Kendrick Smithyman, Margot Schwass, Martin Edmond, Summer 2019, Victoria University Press
Posted in Biography, Fiction, Literature, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, Fiction, Literature, Non-fiction, Review
“The play’s the thing”, Sarah Ross
Ngaio Marsh’s Hamlet: The 1943 Production Script Polly Hoskins (ed) Canterbury University Press, $30.00, ISBN 9781988503134 In August 1943, as New Zealand troops in Europe began the Italian campaign, the Canterbury University College Drama Society (CUCDS) performed Hamlet to sell-out…
Tagged with: Canterbury University Press, Issue 128, Ngaio Marsh, Polly Hoskins, Sarah Ross, Summer 2019
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Plays, Review
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Plays, Review
In the hybrid zones, Airini Beautrais
How To Live Helen Rickerby Auckland University Press, $25.00, ISBN 9781869409050 Ransack essa may ranapiri Victoria University Press, $25.00, ISBN 9781776562374 Conventional Weapons Tracey Slaughter Victoria University Press, $25.00, ISBN 9781776562206 In a literary sense, genre is problematic. While it’s…
Tagged with: Airini Beautrais, Auckland University Press, essa may ranapiri, Helen Rickerby, Issue 128, Summer 2019, Victoria University Press
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
“Unlicked selves”, Hugh Roberts
Collected Poems Fleur Adcock Victoria University Press, $50.00, ISBN 9781776562091 “Fleur Adcock is a New Zealand poet, editor and translator who resides in Britain” – so says, blandly, the inside back flap of the dust-jacket of Victoria University Press’s imposing…
Tagged with: Fleur Adcock, Hugh Roberts, Issue 128, Summer 2019, Victoria University Press
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Timeless and timely, Hannah Marshall
Winter Of Fire (25th Anniversary Edition) Sherryl Jordan Scholastic, $19.00, ISBN 9781775435983 A dismal world where the sun has disappeared is the backdrop for Sherryl Jordan’s hard-hitting and powerful novel Winter Of Fire. Back in print 25 years after its…
Tagged with: Hannah Marshall, Issue 128, Scholastic, Sherryl Jordan, Summer 2019
Posted in Imprints, Review, Young adults
Posted in Imprints, Review, Young adults
Back to the future, Harvey Molloy
Where We Land Tim Jones The Cuba Press, $22.00, ISBN 9781988595023 Īnangahua Gold Kathleen Gallagher KingFisher Publishing $30.00 ISBN 978047345945I Small presses continue to publish some of our most exciting new fiction. Both Where We Land and Īnangahua Gold take…
Tagged with: Harvey Molloy, Issue 128, Kathleen Gallagher, KingFisher Publishing, Summer 2019, The Cuba Press, Tim Jones
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
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