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The thrills of genre-literacy, David Larsen
The New Animals Pip Adam Victoria University Press, $30.00, ISBN 9781776561162 Pip Adam’s second novel is bewildering. I say this as praise, though also as fair warning. On page one we meet Carla, who has stopped on her way somewhere…
Tagged with: David Larsen, Issue 119, Pip Adam, Spring 2017, Victoria University Press
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
The grimness of contemporary realism, John McCrystal
Five Strings Apirana Taylor Anahera Press, $35.00, ISBN 9780473389482 Iceland Dominic Hoey Steele Roberts, $35.00, ISBN 978094749343I It’s that time of the three-yearly cycle again. A billboard has gone up near my house promoting the political party that has, for…
Tagged with: Anahera Press, Apirana Taylor, Dominic Hoey, Issue 119, John McCrystal, Spring 2017, Steele Roberts
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Issue 119 | Spring 2017
Volume 27 | Number 3 | Issue 119 | Spring 2017 Editorial Letters David Larsen: Pip Adam, The New Animals Anne Kennedy: Damien Wilkins, Lifting John McCrystal: Apirana Taylor, Five Strings; Dominic Hoey, Iceland Louise O’Brien: Dulcie Castree, A Surfeit…
The play’s the thing, Mark Houlahan
Best Playwriting Book Ever Roger Hall Playmarket, $22.00, ISBN 9780908607600 Shift Alison Quigan, Vivienne Plumb and Lynda Chanwai-Earle Playmarket, $35.00, ISBN 9780908607617 Bats Plays Ken Duncum and Rebecca Rodden Playmarket, $30.00, ISBN 9781776560899 To review Best Playwriting Book Ever, I…
Tagged with: Alison Quigan, Issue 119, Ken Duncum, Lynda Chanwai-Earle, Mark Houlahan, Playmarket, Rebecca Rodden, Roger Hall, Spring 2017, Vivienne Plumb
Posted in Literature, Plays, Review
Posted in Literature, Plays, Review
Courage, candour and bloody-mindedness, Frances Edmond
Playscripts Victor Rodger: Black Faggot and Other Plays Victoria University Press, $35.00 ISBN 9781776561032 “Life will always leave fiction for dead”: Victor Rodger, in the New Zealand Herald, summing up his life experience, thus far. Rodger’s upbringing is certainly uncommon…
Tagged with: Frances Edmond, Issue 119, Spring 2017, Victor Rodger, Victoria University Press
Posted in Literature, Plays, Review
Posted in Literature, Plays, Review
Young, gifted, female and brown, Elizabeth Crayford
Fale Aitu|Spirit House Tusiata Avia Victoria University Press, $25.00, ISBN 9781776560646 Tail of the Taniwha Courtney Sina Meredith Beatnik Publishing, $30.00, ISBN 9780992264895 Lucky Punch Simone Kaho Anahera Press, $25.00, ISBN 9780473367510 Before Tusiata Avia’s Fale Aitu|Spirit House was published,…
Tagged with: Anahera Press, Beatnik Publishing, Courtney Sina Meredith, Elizabeth Crayford, Issue 119, Simone Kaho, Spring 2017, Tusiata Avia, Victoria University Press
Posted in Literature, Plays, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Plays, Poetry, Review
Editorial – Issue 119
Local colour As you can see, Issue 119 of New Zealand Books Pukapuka Aotearoa comes to you in an exciting, new version, slightly smaller in size, but with eight more pages, and in colour throughout. We hope you like the…
Brave writing, Charlotte Simmonds
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
Posted in Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
Obituary – John McIntyre
Literacy and literature Julia Marshall, publisher at Gecko Press, raises a cheer for the cheerleader for children’s books, John McIntyre. John McIntyre of The Children’s Bookshop in Kilbirnie was a champion and friend of many. His wife and partner in…