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The wisdom of things, Anna Smaill
The Yield Sue Wootton Otago University Press, $25.00, ISBN 9780947522483 The Internet of Things Kate Camp Victoria University Press, $25.00, ISBN 9781776561063 There is beauty to be had in yielding, Sue Wootton’s collection suggests, both to the natural world and…
Tagged with: Anna Smaill, Issue 120, Kate Camp, Otago University Press, Sue Wootton, Summer 2017, Victoria University Press
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Reading as mudlarking
The Chimes Anna Smaill Sceptre ISBN 9781444794533 The Chimes, debut novel of poet and violinist Anna Smaill, portrays a post-apocalyptic but disorientingly medieval dystopia dominated by music. The novel opens with Simon, a boy on his own, as he embarks…
Tagged with: Anna Smaill, Issue 111, Sceptre, Spring 2015, Thom Conroy
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Palate cleansers, Paola Bilbrough
The Violinist in Spring Anna Smaill Victoria University Press, $24.95, ISBN 08647350222 Hourglass Sue Wootton Steele Roberts, $19.95, ISBN 187733877X The Devil in My Shoes Phil Kawana Auckland University Press, $21.99, ISBN 1869403525 Poetry is an elastic genre; there are…
Tagged with: Anna Smaill, Auckland University Press, Issue 75, Phil Kawana, Spring 2006, Steele Roberts, Sue Wootton, Victoria University Press
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review