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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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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…
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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…
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…
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,…
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