New Zealand Love Poems ed Lauris Edmond Oxford University Press, $45.00, ISBN 0195583981 Posthumous volumes invite a certain kind of reading, a feeling that, as this is the last time we will speak to the author, they are addressing us…
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Generous to a fault, Jane Stafford
Tagged with: Issue 47, Jane Stafford, Lauris Edmond, March 2001, Oxford University Press
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Interesting exercise in failure, Jane Stafford
The Story of a New Zealand Writer: Jane Mander Rae McGregor University of Otago Press, $34.95, ISBN 1 877133 37 X Name the New Zealand woman writer, born in the late 19th century to a prosperous middle-class family, with…
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Tagged with: Issue 38, Jane Stafford, Rae McGregor, University of Otago Press
Posted in Biography, Literature, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, Literature, Non-fiction, Review
“The book? This is people.” Jane Stafford
Jean Devanny: Romantic Revolutionary Carole Ferrier Melbourne University Press, $71.95, ISBN 0 522 84847 8 Faced with the duty of celebrating the new millennium adequately, most New Zealanders saw the challenge in terms of geographical location. Where to be…
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Tagged with: Autumn 1999, Carole Ferrier, Issue 45, Jane Stafford, Jean Devanny, Melbourne University Press
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Making a difference, Jane Stafford
All roads lead to the sea Kapka Kassabova Auckland University Press, $19.95, ISBN 1 86940 177 8 The Hungry Woman Rachel Bush Victoria University Press, $19.95, ISBN 0 86473 327 5 Still Talking Bernadette Hall Victoria University Press, $19.95, ISBN…
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Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Bernadette Hall, Issue 31, Jane Stafford, Kapka Kassabova, Rachel Bush, Spring 1997, Victoria University Press
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
And so what? Jane Stafford
Blue Blood Stevan Eldred-Grigg Penguin, $24.95, ISBN 0 140 26484 1 It is not often that literary affairs are featured on TV1’s Holmes Show but Stevan Eldred-Grigg’s novel Blue Blood was the focus of a lively if rather inconclusive discussion recently.…
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Tagged with: Autumn 1997, Issue 29, Jane Stafford, Penguin Books, Stevan Eldred-Grigg
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
War, love and self, Jane Stafford
Blood Money: the incredible true story of David Morris and the tragedy of Somalia Trisha Stratford Penguin Books, $24.95, ISBN 0 140 26323 3 Escape from Bosnia: Aza’s Story Sue McCauley Shoal Bay Press, $29.95, ISBN 0 908704 42 9…
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Tagged with: David Morris, Issue 28, Jane Stafford, Neva Clarke McKenna, Penguin Books, Shoal Bay Press, Sue McCauley, Summer 1997, Tandem Press, Trisha Stratford
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Careful reading, Jane Stafford
end of the dry Janet Charman Auckland University Press, $19.95 ISBN 1 86940 146 8 If He’s a Good Dog He’ll Swim Elizabeth Nannestad Auckland University Press, $19.95, ISBN 1 86940 124 7 Both Janet Charman and Elizabeth Nannestad begin…
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Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Elizabeth Nannestad, Issue 26, Jane Stafford, Janet Charman, Winter 1996
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Jane Stafford: Who we are not like
Saying it like it is, Jane Stafford
Palm Prints Fiona Kidman Vintage, $24.95, ISBN 1 86941 228 1 Then and There: a Seventies Diary Dennis McEldowney Auckland University Press, $34.95, ISBN 1 86950 116 6 Accidental Life Phoebe Meikle Auckland University Press, $39.95, ISBN 1 86940 108…
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Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Dennis McEldowney, Fiona Kidman, Issue 19, Jane Stafford, Mallinson Rendel, Mona Williams, Phoebe Meikle, Spring 1995, Vintage
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Writers and Readers Week: Part wish-list, part pragmatics, Jane Stafford
Inhabitants of Wellington are in danger of terminal smugness. A recent North and South article has extolled the capital as a place of culture, excitement, physical beauty and energy. Though the accolade the Melbourne of the South Pacific may seem…
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