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Echoes of the real, Sarah Ross

Posted on March 13, 2016 by NZ Books

Starlight Peninsula Charlotte Grimshaw Vintage, $38.00, ISBN 9781775538226 “A collar in the studio!” enthuses John Campbell to his co-host, as he takes over his new afternoon slot on National Radio: I have to share this with the listeners, because…

Tagged with: Autumn 2016, Charlotte Grimshaw, Issue 113, Sarah Ross, Vintage
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review

The great sucking void, John McCrystal

Posted on March 1, 2013 by NZ Books

Soon Charlotte Grimshaw Vintage, $38.00, ISBN 9781869799984 Ever since the 1999 publication of her first novel, Provocation, Charlotte Grimshaw’s writing has attracted a cloud of admirers and a liberal garnishing of awards. She is a novelist by instinct, if not…

Tagged with: Autumn 2013, Charlotte Grimshaw, Issue 101, John McCrystal, Vintage
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review

Running from the past, Heather Roberts

Posted on December 1, 2010 by NZ Books

The Night Book Charlotte Grimshaw Vintage, $36.99, ISBN 9781869793500 The Night Book began life as a story in Singularity. Here it opens the novel, and then the plot jumps six years. The novel’s central characters are the Lampton family:…

Tagged with: Charlotte Grimshaw, Heather Roberts, Issue 92, Summer 2010, Vintage
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review

Waiting for sunshine Christine Johnston

Posted on September 1, 2009 by NZ Books

Singularity Charlotte Grimshaw Vintage, $32.99, ISBN 9781869791384 Relief Anna Taylor Victoria University Press, $30.00, ISBN 9780864735874 These new publications by young female authors appear at first glance to have quite a lot in common. Take the single-word abstract-noun titles. Take…

Tagged with: Anna Taylor, Charlotte Grimshaw, Christine Johnston, Issue 87, Spring 2009, Victoria University Press, Vintage
Posted in Literature, Review, Short stories

More or less, Linley Boniface

Posted on December 1, 2007 by NZ Books

Opportunity Charlotte Grimshaw Vintage, $27.99, ISBN 9781869418793 On an Island, with Consequences Dire Kelly Ana Morey Penguin, $28.00, ISBN 9780143020950 A newspaper columnist of the cantankerous-old-bastard variety lies in his hospital bed, delirious with pain. As nurses fuss over him,…

Tagged with: Charlotte Grimshaw, Issue 80, Kelly Ana Morey, Linley Boniface, Penguin, Summer 2007, Vintage
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review, Short stories

Over there, Anna Rogers

Posted on June 1, 2005 by NZ Books

Foreign City Charlotte Grimshaw Vintage, $36.95, ISBN 1869417275 Responsibility Nigel Cox Victoria University Press, $29.95, ISBN 0864734964 White Shadows: Memories of Marienbad Philip Temple Vintage, $27.95, ISBN 1869416996 I’m old enough to remember the days when a New Zealand novel…

Tagged with: Anna Rogers, Charlotte Grimshaw, Issue 70, Nigel Cox, Philip Temple, Victoria University Press, Vintage, Winter 2005
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review

Provoking self-knowledge, Catharina van Bohemen

Posted on October 27, 1999 by NZ Books

Provocation Charlotte Grimshaw ABACUS, $29.95, ISBN 0 349 11122 7 On a grey Auckland morning in a large house overlooking the harbour, Stella is watching television. She’s waiting for the staff to arrive. The house belongs to her lover, Stuart…

Tagged with: Abacus, Catharina van Bohemen, Charlotte Grimshaw, Issue 40
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review

Fear and loneliness in Grey Lynn, Catharina van Bohemen

Posted on September 1, 1999 by NZ Books

Guilt Charlotte Grimshaw Abacus, $29.95, ISBN 0349111960 Among the chorus of young women’s voices emerging presently in NZ writing, Charlotte Grimshaw’s is strong and distinctive. Her two novels Provocation and Guilt are set mainly in Auckland and evoke a…

Tagged with: Abacus, Catharina van Bohemen, Charlotte Grimshaw, Issue 47, March 2001
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review