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Brave writing, Charlotte Simmonds

Posted on September 10, 2017 by NZ Books

The Walking Stick Tree Trish Harris Escalator Press, $35.00, ISBN 9780994118646 A Small Blue Thing Julie Hanify Submarine, $35.00, ISBN 9780994123770 The Case of the Missing Body Jenny Powell Otago University Press, $30.00, ISBN 9781877578311 What Does the Sea Sound…

Tagged with: Charlotte Simmonds, Escalator Press, Evie Mahoney, Issue 119, Jenny Powell, Julie Hanify, Mary Egan Publishing, Otago University Press, Spring 2017, Submarine, Trish Harris
Posted in Memoir, Non-fiction, Review

What’s a New Zealand novel? Sue Esterman

Posted on June 10, 2016 by NZ Books

Enemy Camp David Hill Puffin, $20.00, ISBN 9780143309123 Lullaby Bernard Beckett Text, $26.00, ISBN 9781922182753 Open Your Eyes, Jackson Ryder Rudy Castaneda Lopez Escalator Press, $30.00, ISBN 9780473295691 It has been interesting to read three such different but compelling books.…

Tagged with: Bernard Beckett, David Hill, Escalator Press, Issue 114, Puffin, Rudy Castaneda Lopez, Sue Esterman, Text, Winter 2016
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults

Of one kind and another, Simon Hay

Posted on June 10, 2016 by NZ Books

The Pounamu Prophecy Cindy Williams Rhiza Press, $28.50 ISBN 9781925139457 The Seer’s Wolf Barbara Petrie Bridgidada Press, $33.00 ISBN 9780473318154 Waitapu Helen Margaret Waaka Escalator Press, $30.00 ISBN 9780994118615 Cindy Williams’s romance The Pounamu Prophecy is the story of Helene…

Tagged with: Barbara Petrie, Bridgidada Press, Cindy Williams, Escalator Press, Helen Margaret Waaka, Issue 114, Rhiza Press, Simon Hay, Winter 2016
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review

From near and far, Pip Adam

Posted on March 11, 2015 by NZ Books

The Shark Party Janet Colson Escalator Press, $30.00, ISBN 9780473295141 Run Thomas Run Kate Carty Escalator Press, $30.00, ISBN 9780473295240 The Silver Gaucho Jackie Ballantyne The Doby Press, $35.00, ISBN 9780473275259 In a lot of ways, these books represent work…

Tagged with: Autumn 2015, Escalator Press, Issue 109, Jackie Ballantyne, Janet Colson, Kate Carty, Pip Adam, The Doby Press
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review

Writing on the high wire, Sue McCauley

Posted on May 30, 2014 by NZ Books

The Score Adrienne Jansen Escalator Press, $28.00, ISBN 978047325328 The Virgin & the Whale Carl Nixon Vintage, $38.00, ISBN 9781775533757 I’m Working on a Building Pip Adam Victoria University Press, $30.00, ISBN 9780864738981 When more than one book is featured…

Tagged with: Adrienne Jansen, Carl Nixon, Escalator Press, Issue 106, Pip Adam, Sue McCauley, Victoria University Press, Vintage, Winter 2014
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review