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Isa Moynihan (1925-2013)

Posted on December 5, 2013 by NZ Books

Isa Moynihan (1925-2013) Writer and reviewer Isa Moynihan of Christchurch died in June at the age of 88. Her work was published in New Zealand and overseas anthologies, but deserved greater recognition than it received. It was characterised by ironic…

Tagged with: Bernadette Hall, Isa Moynihan, Issue 104, James Norcliffe, Sandra Arnold, Summer 2013
Posted in Byline, Obituaries

Unlacing corsets, Isa Moynihan

Posted on March 1, 2013 by NZ Books

The Girl Below Bianca Zander Penguin, $30.00, ISBN 9780143568377 The Invisible Rider Kirsten McDougall (drawings by Gerard Crewdson) Victoria University Press, $30.00, ISBN 9780864737670 Houses of Stone David L Bateman David Bateman, $30.00, ISBN 9781869538293 All three works are first…

Tagged with: Autumn 2013, Isa Moynihan, Issue 101
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review

A failure of trust, Isa Moynihan

Posted on June 1, 2011 by NZ Books

Christchurch resident Isa Moynihan recalls earthquakes she has known. The first was a kind of welcome-to-New Zealand. We’d arrived in New Plymouth in late January, in time for school’s reopening. Early on our first Saturday morning we were woken by…

Tagged with: Isa Moynihan, Issue 94, Winter 2011
Posted in Byline

Between fate and destiny, Isa Moynihan

Posted on December 1, 2010 by NZ Books

Island Penelope Todd Penguin Books, $30.00, ISBN 97801432023810 Islands are a potent source of allegorical story-telling. Think of Lord of the Flies, The Tempest, Robinson Crusoe and, more recently, the television series Lost. Penelope Todd’s Island is set…

Tagged with: Isa Moynihan, Issue 92, Penelope Todd, Penguin Books, Summer 2010
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review

On message, Isa Moynihan

Posted on December 1, 2008 by NZ Books

Is She Still Alive? Tessa Duder HarperCollins, $34.99, ISBN 9781869507107 Alternative Medicine Laura Solomon Flame Books, $30.00 (approx), ISBN 978095562514 Transported Tim Jones Vintage, $27.99, ISBN 9781864919844 In her introduction to Is She Still Alive? Tessa Duder says the stories…

Tagged with: Flame Books, HarperCollins, Isa Moynihan, Issue 84, Laura Solomon, Summer 2008, Tessa Duder, Tim Jones, Vintage
Posted in Literature, Review, Short stories

Snapshots, Christine Johnston

Posted on September 1, 2008 by NZ Books

The Best New Zealand Fiction Volume 4 Fiona Farrell (ed), Vintage, $34.99, ISBN 9781869418779 The Girl Who Proposed: New Short Stories Elizabeth Smither Cape Catley, $29.99, ISBN 9781877340130 Here and There, Now and Then Isa Moynihan Earl of Seacliff Art…

Tagged with: Cape Catley, Christine Johnston, Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop, Elizabeth Smither, Fiona Farrell, Isa Moynihan, Issue 83, Spring 2008, Vintage
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review, Short stories

Unpeaceful co-existence, Isa Moynihan

Posted on September 1, 2007 by NZ Books

Gate Crasher and Other Stories Frances Cherry Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop, $25.00, ISBN 186942056X Flashpoint Frances Cherry Scholastic New Zealand, $16.99, ISBN 1869437438 Frances Cherry’s first collection, The Daughter-in-law and Other Stories, was published in 1986, and her first…

Tagged with: Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop, Frances Cherry, Isa Moynihan, Issue 79, Scholastic New Zealand, Spring 2007
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review

Portrait of an irritating lady, Isa Moynihan

Posted on June 1, 2006 by NZ Books

Vibrant with Words: The Letters of Ursula Bethell ed Peter Whiteford Victoria University Press, $49.95, ISBN 0864735049 Editor Peter Whiteford, a senior lecturer in the English Department at Victoria University, has done Ursula Bethell proud with this generous selection of…

Tagged with: Isa Moynihan, Issue 74, Peter Whiteford, Victoria University Press, Winter 2006
Posted in Letters, Non-fiction, Review

Family gatherings, Isa Moynihan

Posted on September 1, 2003 by NZ Books

Lily’s Cupola Bronwyn Tate University of Otago Press, $29.95, ISBN 1877276596 Bloom Kelly Ana Morey Penguin, $27.95, ISBN 0143018922 Joybird Rosemary Wildblood David Ling, $29.95, ISBN 0998990901 The three-generation novel has always been popular with women writers. Besides Lily’s Cupola,…

Tagged with: Bronwyn Tate, David Ling Publishing, Isa Moynihan, Issue 63, Kelly Ana Morey, Otago University Press, Penguin, Rosemary Wildblood, Spring 2003
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review