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Pome – Emma Neale

Posted on March 1, 1999 by NZ Books

Owl-glass The first time, the eye spies a spy-glass: owl-glass a till now unheard word: thick spectacles, monocle, binoculars to track nocturnal birds? Or a barometer that measures owl-weather? Dusky, silt-blue, cool, without night the feel of night, the…

Tagged with: Autumn 1999, Emma Neale, Issue 45
Posted in Poem

The intensity of departures from home, Emma Neale

Posted on March 1, 1992 by NZ Books

The City Far from Home Margaret Sutherland, Hodder & Stoughton (Sceptre), Auckland, 1991, $19.95 The ‘City’ in the title of Sutherland’s collection of short stories takes on various forms: an island village in Fiji, or mentions of travel to locations…

Tagged with: Autumn 1992, Emma Neale, Hodder & Stoughton, Issue 4, Margaret Sutherland, Sceptre
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review, Short stories

Memories, dreams and idealisations, Emma Neale

Posted on October 1, 1991 by NZ Books

Holy Terrors and Other Stories Amelia Batistich, Vintage Books, Random Century Group, Auckland, 1991, $19.95 How to belong, and where to find ‘home’, are the obsessions which unite the stories in this collection. These can tip over into a vivid…

Tagged with: Amelia Batistich, Emma Neale, Issue 3, Random Century Group, Spring 1991, Vintage Books
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review