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The play’s the thing, Laurie Atkinson

Posted on September 1, 2010 by NZ Books

Two Plays  Dave Armstrong Playmarket, $23.07, ISBN 9780908607358 Two Plays David Geary Playmarket, $23.07, ISBN 9780908607372 Two Plays Sarah Delahunty Playmarket, $23.07, ISBN 9780908607365 An English blogger wrote recently about the prospect of attending theatrical performances at the Edinburgh Festival:…

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Work in progress — David Geary

Posted on September 1, 2008 by NZ Books

Up the river David Geary comes to grips with Mark Twain in Maoriland. I have two wives. They met on a Canadian canoe trip down the W(h)anganui River in 2002. It was not a good scene. A Canadian canoe is…

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Flashing and fizzing, David Hill

Posted on March 1, 2003 by NZ Books

Brilliance Anthony McCarten Vintage, $26.95, ISBN 1869415515 A man of the people David Geary Victoria University Press, $29.95, ISBN 0864734409 Two Kiwi lads make good. That’s if you treat noun one and adjectives two-through-three elastically enough. Both these writers “divide…

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The nicknaming, David Geary

Posted on March 1, 2003 by NZ Books

New fiction Every year has a Snozz = big nose, a Bones = skinny, BO = smelly, and a Cheebie Whopper. A cheebie is a chin. To be a true Cheebie Whopper you need a massive jaw, like Clutch Cargo,…

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David Geary interviews Emily Perkins

Posted on June 13, 1999 by NZ Books

Waiting for the (non-)event David Geary (DG): Has this lunch interrupted your day? Emily Perkins (EP): No, I always take a break in the afternoons. DG: You’re not a binge writer? EP: Nope. Nor top up. DG: Sorry? EP: It’s…

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