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Strangely compelling, Jane Stafford

Posted on June 1, 2002 by NZ Books

Tamar Deborah Challinor HarperCollins, $21.95, ISBN 1869504089 The Trespass Barbara Ewing Times Warner, $34.95, ISBN 0316860573 The Stove Rake Denise Keay Flamingo, $24.95, ISBN 1869504062 One of the most disconcerting aspects of the reading experience, encountered frequently at this more…

Tagged with: Barbara Ewing, Deborah Challinor, Denise Keay, Flamingo, HarperCollins, Issue 58, Jane Stafford, Times Warner, Winter 2002
Posted in Fiction, Literature

No easy answers, Kirstie Archer

Posted on December 1, 2001 by NZ Books

A Passing Guest Elspeth Sandys Flamingo, $24.95, ISBN 1869504054 In A Passing Guest, Elspeth Sandys bravely tackles contemporary New Zealand issues which many Pakeha authors shy away from: Maori and Pakeha relationships, Maori poverty, gang culture, and family breakdown. The…

Tagged with: Elspeth Sandys, Flamingo, Issue 56, Kirstie Archer, Summer 2001
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review

Revelling in idiosyncrasy, Diane Brown

Posted on September 1, 2001 by NZ Books

The Bag Lady’s Picnic Frankie McMillan Shoal Bay Press, $24.95, ISBN 1877251097 Creative Juices. New Writing ed Emma Neale Flamingo, $29.95, ISBN 1869504100 “We want more Kiwi dialogues,” my advanced ESOL class told me. I toyed with the idea of…

Tagged with: Diane Brown, Emma Neale, Flamingo, Frankie McMillan, Issue 55, Shoal Bay Press, Spring 2001
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review, Short stories

Thank God for Harvey, Helen Beaglehole

Posted on March 1, 1999 by NZ Books

Window Licking in the City of Love Jennifer Maxwell Flamingo, $24.95, ISBN 4 86950 348 X Table at Sunset Lodge Vonnie Alexander Quoin Press, $24.95, ISBN 1 877163 25 2 Butterfly Mind Gwyneth Perry Bookcaster Press, $20.00, ISBN 0 473…

Tagged with: Anne Mulcock, Autumn 1999, Bookcaster Press, Flamingo, Gwyneth Perry, Hazard Press, Helen Beaglehole, Issue 45, Jennifer Maxwell, Quoin Press, Sandi Hall, Spinifex, Vonnie Alexander
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review

A new cultural security? Kim Worthington

Posted on October 12, 1997 by NZ Books

Some Other Country: New Zealand’s Best Short Stories third edition ed Marion McLeod and Bill Manhire Bridget Williams Books, $24.95, ISBN 0 908912 92 7 Huia Short Stories ed Anonymous Huia Publishers, $24.95, ISBN 0 908975 16 3 Joy Cowley:…

Tagged with: Bill Manhire, Bridget Williams Books, Flamingo, Graeme Lay, HarperCollins, Huia Publishers, Issue 30, Kim Worthington, Marion McLeod, Tandem Press, Winter 1997
Posted in Literature, Review, Short stories