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Leading by the nose, Elizabeth Crayford
Scented Laurence Fearnley Penguin, $38.00 ISBN 9780143773283 If technology and price allowed, Scented would have made a fantastic “scratch and sniff” novel. As it is, the pitfalls of first-person narration make this a challenging read, and I finished the book…
Tagged with: Elizabeth Crayford, Issue 128, Penguin, Summer 2019
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Young, gifted, female and brown, Elizabeth Crayford
Fale Aitu|Spirit House Tusiata Avia Victoria University Press, $25.00, ISBN 9781776560646 Tail of the Taniwha Courtney Sina Meredith Beatnik Publishing, $30.00, ISBN 9780992264895 Lucky Punch Simone Kaho Anahera Press, $25.00, ISBN 9780473367510 Before Tusiata Avia’s Fale Aitu|Spirit House was published,…
Tagged with: Anahera Press, Beatnik Publishing, Courtney Sina Meredith, Elizabeth Crayford, Issue 119, Simone Kaho, Spring 2017, Tusiata Avia, Victoria University Press
Posted in Literature, Plays, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Plays, Poetry, Review
State-of-the-education-nation, Elizabeth Crayford
The Rhetoric and the Reality: New Zealand Schools and Schooling in the 21st Century David Hood Fraser Books, $39.50, ISBN 9780992247638 David Hood has written a thorough, detailed and impassioned plea for major changes to our education system. He calls…
Tagged with: Autumn 2016, David Hood, Elizabeth Crayford, Fraser Books, Issue 113
Posted in Education, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Education, Non-fiction, Review
Personal freight, Elizabeth Crayford
Wild Like Me Elizabeth Nannestad Victoria University Press, $25.00, ISBN 9780864738813 One Human in Height Rachel O’Neill Hue and Cry Press, $25.00, ISBN 9780473257569 Other Animals Therese Lloyd Victoria University Press, $25.00, ISBN 9780864738820 Dark Sparring Selina Tusitala Marsh Auckland…
Out of this world, Elizabeth Crayford
Snow White’s Coffin Kate Camp Victoria University Press, $25.00, ISBN 9780864738882 The Odour of Sanctity Amy Brown Victoria University Press, $35.00, ISBN 9780864738905 Snow White’s Coffin was written when Kate Camp held the Creative New Zealand Berlin Residency from September…
Tagged with: Amy Brown, Elizabeth Crayford, Issue 103, Kate Camp, Spring 2013, Victoria University Press
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Memories, Möbius strips and Morse code, Elizabeth Crayford
Common Land Lynn Davidson Victoria University Press, $28.00, ISBN 9780864737601 The Darling North Anne Kennedy Auckland University Press, $25.00, ISBN 9781869405939 Birds of Clay Aleksandra Lane Victoria University Press, $30.00, ISBN 9780864737588 “Common Land is possibly the most successful mix…
Tagged with: Aleksandra Lane, Anne Kennedy, Auckland University Press, Elizabeth Crayford, Issue 99, Lynn Davidson, Spring 2012, Victoria University Press
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
A hard-won magic, Elizabeth Crayford
Markings Cilla McQueen Otago University Press, $24.95, ISBN 1877133922 Not long after Cilla McQueen moved to her new address on Liffey St, Bluff, she booked a place on a tour of the Tiwai aluminium smelter, the chimney of which…
Tagged with: Cilla McQueen, December 2000, Elizabeth Crayford, Issue 46, Otago University Press
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Domestic and dystopian, Elizabeth Crayford
The House Within Fiona Kidman Vintage $29.95 ISBN 1 86941 316 4 Studmuffin Marilyn Duckworth Vintage $29.95 ISBN 1 86941 329 6 In the week this review was written (mid-December 1997), Wellingtonians were invited to hear Lois Daish and Fiona…
Tagged with: Elizabeth Crayford, Fiona Kidman, Issue 32, Marilyn Duckworth, Vintage
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Obscurity v the life principle, Kim Worthington
Envoy Alan Loney and Mark Wills Puriri Press, $28.00, ISBN 0 908943 13 x On Virgin Skin Gay Linden Sandpiper Press, $19.95, ISBN 0 473 04187 1 Before the Divorce We Go to Disneyland Diane Brown Tandem Press, $24.95, ISBN…
Tagged with: Alan Loney, Autumn 1997, Diane Brown, Elizabeth Crayford, Gay Linden, Graphic Press, Issue 29, J C Sturm, Mark Wills, Puriri Press, Sandpiper Press, Steele Roberts, Tandem Press
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review