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Dying falls, Elspeth Sandys

Posted on September 1, 2012 by NZ Books

The Forrests Emily Perkins Bloomsbury Circus, $30.00, ISBN 9781408809235 By the time I came to read Emily Perkins’s novel The Forrests, it had already attracted considerable controversy: on the one hand, there were the comparisons with Virginia Woolf and…

Tagged with: Bloomsbury Circus, Elspeth Sandys, Emily Perkins, Issue 99, Spring 2012
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review

Our very own (belated) brat-pack, Stephanie Johnson

Posted on October 27, 1999 by NZ Books

The Picnic Virgin New Writers Chosen by Emily Perkins Victoria University Press, $29.95, ISBN 0 86473 368 2 Without exception, the stories in this slim volume are lively, energetic narratives peopled with sharply drawn, vivid characters. This is the strength…

Tagged with: Emily Perkins, Issue 40, Stephanie Johnson, Victoria University Press
Posted in Literature, Review, Short stories

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…

Tagged with: David Geary, Emily Perkins, Issue 38, June 1999
Posted in Comment

The sadness of the incomplete, Elizabeth Caffin

Posted on October 28, 1998 by NZ Books

A Boy and his Uncle Anne Kennedy Picador $24.95 ISBN 0 33036057 4 Leave Before You Go Emily Perkins Picador $24.95 ISBN 0 33037204 1 In the opening pages of both these novels is that journey we all are heir…

Tagged with: Anne Kennedy, Elizabeth Caffin, Emily Perkins, Issue 35, Picador
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review

Boxing the compass, David Eggleton

Posted on August 8, 1996 by NZ Books

How Things Are Adrienne Jansen, Harry Ricketts, J C Sturm and Meg Campbell Whitireia Publishing and Daphne Brasell Press, $21.95 ISBN 0 958351341 four Damien Wilkins, Elizabeth Knox, Bill Manhire and Emily Perkins Published by the authors, no price given,…

Tagged with: Adrienne Jansen, Bill Manhire, Damien Wilkins, Daphne Brasell Press, David Eggleton, Elizabeth Knox, Emily Perkins, Harry Ricketts, Issue 24, J C Sturm, Meg Campbell, Whitireia Publishing
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review

To sleep or not to sleep, Iain Sharp

Posted on August 8, 1996 by NZ Books

Not Her Real Name and Other Stories Emily Perkins Victoria University Press, $24.95 ISBN 084673 2891 Since I first clapped eyes on it Anna Miles’ cover design for Not Her Real Name has puzzled and intrigued me. The front cover,…

Tagged with: Emily Perkins, Iain Sharp, Issue 24, Victoria University Press
Posted in Literature, Review, Short stories