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Flights of fancy, Diane Hebley

Posted on September 1, 2009 by NZ Books

Sting Raymond Huber Walker Books, $16.99, ISBN 9781921150890 The Strange and Diverting Story of The Loblolly Boy: A Fantasy Novel Involving Enchantment, Mystery, one Garden Gnome and a Wombat’s Bottom James Norcliffe Longacre Press, $19.99, ISBN 9781877460258 Return for the…

Tagged with: Diane Hebley, Issue 87, James Norcliffe, Longacre Press, Margaret Hall, Raymond Huber, Spring 2009, Walker Books
Posted in Children, Literature, Review

What sustains, Stella Ramage

Posted on September 1, 2009 by NZ Books

Mrkusich: The Art of Transformation Alan Wright and Edward Hanfling Auckland University Press, $99.99, ISBN 9781869404376 I had a sort of epiphany the first time I saw a painting by Piet Mondrian. Prior to this my Mondrian experience had been…

Tagged with: Alan Wright, Auckland University Press, Edward Hanfling, Issue 87, Milan Mrkusich, Spring 2009, Stella Ramage
Posted in Art, Non-fiction, Review

Anti-brain fade, Bernard Beckett

Posted on September 1, 2009 by NZ Books

Anti-brain fade Self-confessed geek Bernard Beckett is seduced by the history of science Asked to write on a “book that means a lot to you”, I knew I’d write about non-fiction, and indeed a piece of science writing. I am…

Tagged with: Bernard Beckett, Issue 87, Spring 2009
Posted in Imprints

Prizes and short shrifts, Murray Bramwell

Posted on September 1, 2009 by NZ Books

Prizes: Selected Short Stories Janet Frame Vintage, $34.99, ISBN 9781869791131 His Best Stories Witi Ihimaera Raupo, $ 30.00, ISBN 9780143010906 Essential New Zealand Short Stories Owen Marshall (ed) Vintage, $40.00, ISBN 97818697791285 There is something unexpectedly but suitably upbeat about…

Tagged with: Issue 87, Janet Frame, Murray Bramwell, Owen Marshall, Raupo, Spring 2009, Vintage, Witi Ihimaera
Posted in Literature, Review, Short stories

East and west, Kim Griggs

Posted on September 1, 2009 by NZ Books

Under the Osakan Sun Hamish Beaton Awa Press, $34.99, ISBN 9780958275026 A Long Slow Affair of the Heart Bruce Ansley Longacre, $34.99, ISBN 9781877460210 If this review were a competition, there should have been no contest – a young first-time…

Tagged with: Awa Press, Bruce Ansley, Hamish Beaton, Issue 87, Kim Griggs, Longacre, Spring 2009
Posted in Memoir, Non-fiction, Review

Huddle and glut, Michael Hulse

Posted on September 1, 2009 by NZ Books

Further Convictions Pending: Poems 1998-2008 Vincent O’Sullivan Victoria University Press, $35.00, ISBN 9780864736062 In “Being here”, the first of the 44 new poems in this generous book, Vincent O’Sullivan states explicitly for the first time an important position: It has…

Tagged with: Issue 87, Michael Hulse, Spring 2009, Victoria University Press, Vincent O’Sullivan
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review