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Different qualities, Charles Croot

Posted on December 22, 1994 by NZ Books

Ornamental Gorse Chris Orsman Victoria University Press, $19.95 The Persistent Levitator Bernadette Hall Victoria University Press, $19.95 Honeypants Lynda Earle Auckland University Press, $19.95 Black Family Letters from Boston L E Scott Blue Black Press / Bent Publishing, $15.95 What…

Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Bernadette Hall, Blue Black Press / Bent Publishing, Charles Croot, Chris Orsman, Issue 16, L E Scott, Lynda Earle, Summer 1994, Victoria University Press
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review

Charles Croot: Tinkering in the toolshed

Posted on June 12, 1994 by NZ Books

New Zealand Haiku Anthology New Zealand Poetry Society, price N/A Black Before the Sun New Zealand Poetry Society, $15.00 Poetry New Zealand VIII Brick Row, $16.95 Kapiti Poems 7 Rawhiti Press, Whitireia Publishing, Daphne Brasell Associates, $24.95 In Kapiti Poems…

Tagged with: Brick Row, Charles Croot, Daphne Brasell Associates, Issue 13, New Zealand Poetry Society, Rawhiti Press, Whitireia Publishing, Winter I 1994
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review

15 writers: ‘You must read this’

Posted on December 1, 1992 by NZ Books

Tell us about the book you want to give everyone for Christmas and/or the book you hope no one gives you for Christmas, we asked twenty-four of our top writers and critics. Fifteen of them dared to respond. Jenny…

Tagged with: Brian Boyd, Charles Croot, David Eggleton, Fiona Kidman, Geoff Chapple, Issue 7, Jenny Bornholdt, Joy Cowley, Kevin Ireland, Michael King, Owen Marshall, Peter Wells, Shonagh Koea, Stephanie Johnson, Summer 1992, Tessa Duder, Witi Ihimaera
Posted in Opinion

Recurring images from diverse sources, Charles Croot

Posted on July 1, 1992 by NZ Books

From The Word Go Murray Edmond, Auckland University Press, 1992, $16.95 Small Stories of Devotion Dinah Hawken, Victoria University Press, Wellington, 1991, $19.95 Murray Edmond’s fifth collection is an uneven performance. This poet’s strength lies in his powers of observation…

Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Charles Croot, Dinah Hawken, Issue 5, Murray Edmond, Victoria University Press, Winter 1992
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review

Two lively collections, Charles Croot

Posted on July 1, 1992 by NZ Books

Soho Square IV Bill Manhire (ed), Bridget Williams Books, Wellington, 1991, $39.95 Vital Writing 2, New Zealand Stories and Poems 1990-1 Andrew Mason (ed), Godwit, Auckland, 1991, $29.95 Soho Square has developed a formula of lively writing from all over…

Tagged with: Andrew Mason, Bill Manhire, Bridget Williams Books, Charles Croot, Godwit
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review, Short stories

Recent New Zealand Poetry, Charles Croot:

Posted on April 1, 1991 by NZ Books

Cabin Fever Anne French Auckland University Press, 1990, $15.95 Park Island Leonard Lambert John McIndoe, Dunedin, 1990, $18.95 Jazz Waists Robert Sullivan Auckland University Press, 1990, $16.95 Man with a Child’s Violin Gregory O’Brien Caxton Press, Christchurch, 1990, $14.55 What’s…

Tagged with: Anne French, Auckland University Press, Autumn 1991, Caxton Press, Charles Croot, Gregory O’Brien, Issue 1, John McIndoe, Leonard Lambert, Robert Sullivan
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review