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Whisper and shuffle, Elspeth Sandys

Posted on December 1, 2008 by NZ Books

Adam’s Ale Bronwyn Tate Brava Publications, $30.00, ISBN 9780473133986 Reading a novel written while the author was dying and published posthumously, is, inevitably, an experience tinged with sadness. I knew Bronwyn Tate only slightly, but I admit I’ve been unable…

Tagged with: Brava Publications, Bronwyn Tate, Elspeth Sandys, Issue 84, Summer 2008
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review

Family gatherings, Isa Moynihan

Posted on September 1, 2003 by NZ Books

Lily’s Cupola Bronwyn Tate University of Otago Press, $29.95, ISBN 1877276596 Bloom Kelly Ana Morey Penguin, $27.95, ISBN 0143018922 Joybird Rosemary Wildblood David Ling, $29.95, ISBN 0998990901 The three-generation novel has always been popular with women writers. Besides Lily’s Cupola,…

Tagged with: Bronwyn Tate, David Ling Publishing, Isa Moynihan, Issue 63, Kelly Ana Morey, Otago University Press, Penguin, Rosemary Wildblood, Spring 2003
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review

Summoning the shark, Catharina van Bohemen

Posted on March 1, 2002 by NZ Books

the shark bell Christine Johnston Penguin, $27.95, ISBN 0143018248 Halfway to Africa Bronwyn Tate University of Otago Press, $24.95, ISBN 187727626X The Shark Bell is the story of a summer in the late 1960s St St Clair’s Beach, Dunedin, told…

Tagged with: Autumn 2002, Bronwyn Tate, Catharina van Bohemen, Christine Johnston, Issue 57, Otago University Press, Penguin
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review

Genre-blending, Janet Hughes

Posted on August 7, 2000 by NZ Books

Russian Dolls Bronwyn Tate Otago University Press, $24.95, ISBN 1 877133 77 9 Spirit Writing Adrienne Jansen HarperCollins, $24.95, ISBN 1 86950 317 1 Genre can be a tool or a trap. By the time a particular predicament has been…

Tagged with: Adrienne Jansen, Bronwyn Tate, HarperCollins, Issue 44, Janet Hughes, Otago University Press
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review

Thin issues, rich wit, a gang and a psychopath, Heather Murray

Posted on June 8, 1997 by NZ Books

The Journey Home Cathie Dunsford Spinifex Press Pty Ltd (Australia), $24.95, ISBN 1 875559 54 X Dr Beale’s Wednesday Liz Falkner Arrow, Random House, $17.95, ISBN 1 86941 297 4 The Visitation Sue Reidy Black Swan, $19.95, ISBN 0 552…

Tagged with: Arrow, Black Swan, Bronwyn Tate, Cathie Dunsford, Heather Murray, Issue 28, Laura Solomon, Liz Falkner, Otago University Press, Random House, Spinifex Press, Sue Reidy, Summer 1997, Tandem Press
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review