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What they wrote A taste of contributor comments over our first 20 years On New Zealand Books My hope is that New Zealand Books will provide a forum for frank discussion that dares to rise above the suffocating confines…
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Colin James,
Dale Williams,
David Hill,
Diane Hebley,
Guy Somerset,
Hamish Keith,
Harry Ricketts,
Heather Murray,
Hilary Stace,
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Jane Bowron,
Jane Stafford,
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John Campbell,
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Peter Wells,
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Call me Hairy Past back-page contest entrants showcase their talent. Wince-making dedication To my late wife without whose unfailing stimulus and example this novel of infidelity and retribution could never have been written. Christine Johnston Haiku…
Just Jack Adele Broadbent HarperCollins, $19.99, ISBN 9781869508869 The Peco Incident Des Hunt HarperCollins, $19.99, ISBN 9781869508968 The Travelling Restaurant: Jasper’s Voyage in Three Parts Barbara Else Gecko Press, $24.99, ISBN 9781877467776 Nina Questor: The Battle Has Begun Ken Catran…
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Barbara Else,
Des Hunt,
Diane Hebley,
Gecko Press,
HarperCollins,
Issue 94,
Ken Catran,
Winter 2011
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Tussock Elizabeth Pulford Walker Books, $17.99, ISBN 9781921529450 The Ghosts of Iron Bottom Sound Sandy Nelson HarperCollins, $20.50, ISBN 9781869508678 The Sheep on the Fourth Floor Leonie Thorpe HarperCollins, $19.99, ISBN 9781869508159 Shadow of the Boyd Diana…
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Barbara Else,
Diana Menefy,
Elizabeth Pulford,
HarperCollins,
Issue 92,
Leonie Thorpe,
Sandy Nelson,
Summer 2010,
Walker Books
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Fire Deborah Challinor Harper Collins, $39.99, ISBN 9781869506001 Wild Latitudes Barbara Else Vintage, $27.99, ISBN 9781869418670 A Secret Mind Kaye Kelly Black Swan, $27.99, ISBN 978869417819 Sylvia lay awake listening to the mournful cry of a morepork. Another noise, a…
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Barbara Else,
Black Swan,
Deborah Challinor,
Harper Collins,
Issue 79,
Jane Stafford,
Kaye Kelly,
Spring 2007,
Vintage
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When Mum Went Funny Jack Lasenby Longacre Press, $16.99, ISBN 1877361534 The Whizbanger That Emmental Built Reuben Schwarz Puffin, $17.95, ISBN 0143318381 Chute Thru Janice Marriott Mallinson Rendel, $17.00, ISBN 0958262632 Thor’s Tale: Endurance & Adventure in the Southern Ocean …
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Eirlys Hunter,
HarperCollins,
Issue 78,
Jack Lasenby,
Janice Marriott,
Longacre Press,
Mallinson Rendel,
Philip Webb,
Puffin,
Random House,
Reuben Schwarz,
Winter 2007
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The Cat’s Whiskers: New Zealand Writers on Cats ed Peter Wells Random House, $29.95, ISBN 1869417453 The Best New Zealand Fiction Volume 2 ed Fiona Kidman Random House, $29.95, ISBN 1869417402 Huia Short Stories 6: Contemporary Maori Fiction Huia, $29.95,…
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Autumn 2006,
Barbara Else,
Christine Johnston,
Fiona Kidman,
Huia,
Issue 73,
Peter Wells,
Random House
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Short stories
Running Hot David Hill Mallinson Rendel, $16.95, ISBN 0908783949 With Lots of Love from Georgia Brigid Lowry Allen and Unwin, $19.00, ISBN 1741143101 Kaitangata Twitch Margaret Mahy Allen and Unwin, $19.00, ISBN 174114485X The Unknown Zone Phil Smith Random House,…
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Autumn 2006,
Barbara Else,
Brigid Lowry,
David Hill,
Issue 73,
Mallinson Rendel,
Margaret Mahy,
Phil Smith,
Random House
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Young adults
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…
Time for a Killing Shonagh Koea Vintage, $24.95, ISBN 1869414659 Over the last few years, I’ve declined invitations to review New Zealand books for two reasons. First, the local world of writing and publishing is very small. If you don’t…
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