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Poem — Fiona Kidman

Posted on August 27, 1995 by NZ Books

Light gathers (for Topsy Wi) I went to your grandmother’s house on summer mornings when green‑gold pods of light gathered in the grass and the blue gum trees whistled in tune to our voices. You sat on the whare step…

Tagged with: Fiona Kidman, Issue 19, Spring 1995
Posted in Poem

Rich and disturbing detail, Lydia Wevers

Posted on March 1, 1994 by NZ Books

The Sky People and Other Stories Patricia Grace, Penguin Books, $24.95 The Ace of Diamonds Gang and Other Stories Owen Marshall, John McIndoe, $19.95 The Foreign Woman Fiona Kidman, Vintage, $19.95 All the Tenderness Left in the World Stephanie Johnson,…

Tagged with: Autumn 1994, Fiona Kidman, Issue 12, John McIndoe, Kate Flannery, Lydia Wevers, Otago University Press, Owen Marshall, Patricia Grace, Penguin Books, Stephanie Johnson, Vintage
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review, Short stories

15 writers: ‘You must read this’

Posted on December 1, 1992 by NZ Books

Tell us about the book you want to give everyone for Christmas and/or the book you hope no one gives you for Christmas, we asked twenty-four of our top writers and critics. Fifteen of them dared to respond. Jenny…

Tagged with: Brian Boyd, Charles Croot, David Eggleton, Fiona Kidman, Geoff Chapple, Issue 7, Jenny Bornholdt, Joy Cowley, Kevin Ireland, Michael King, Owen Marshall, Peter Wells, Shonagh Koea, Stephanie Johnson, Summer 1992, Tessa Duder, Witi Ihimaera
Posted in Opinion

1992’s reviewer of the year and the best review pages, Fiona Kidman

Posted on July 1, 1992 by NZ Books

We are delighted to be able to publish a condensed version of Fiona Kidman’s invaluable report on the 1992 competitions: Having been both reviewer and reviewed over many years, I have a fair idea of the importance of reviews, rejoicing…

Tagged with: Fiona Kidman, Issue 5, Winter 1992
Posted in Literature

Three assured poets, Janet Wilson

Posted on July 1, 1992 by NZ Books

Wakeful Nights: Poems Selected and New Fiona Kidman, Vintage, Auckland, 1991, $19.95 New and Selected Poems Lauris Edmond, Oxford University Press, Auckland, 1991, $24.95 Time Zones Fleur Adcock, Oxford University Press, Auckland, 1991, $24.95 In their range and assurance these volumes…

Tagged with: Fiona Kidman, Fleur Adcock, Issue 5, Janet Wilson, Lauris Edmond, Oxford University Press, Vintage, Winter 1992
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review

Publisher Profiles 2: Bridget Williams Books, Fiona Kidman

Posted on March 1, 1992 by NZ Books

‘I have a commitment to social justice and equality. I don’t believe there should be poverty in New Zealand like there is now. That’s the social background to my publishing’, says Bridget Williams. The publishing office of Bridget Williams Books…

Tagged with: Autumn 1992, Bridget Williams, Bridget Williams Books, Fiona Kidman, Issue 4
Posted in Imprints