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Stories from nearby, Murray Bramwell

Posted on December 5, 2013 by NZ Books

Two Girls in a Boat Emma Martin Victoria University Press, $35.00, ISBN 9780864738936 Tough Amy Head Victoria University Press, $28.00, ISBN 9780864736987 Tales from the Netherworld Jo Randerson Steele Roberts, $25.00, ISBN 9781877577888 One of the many pleasures of reading…

Tagged with: Amy Head, Emma Martin, Issue 104, Jo Randerson, Murray Bramwell, Steele Roberts, Summer 2013, Victoria University Press
Posted in Literature, Review, Short stories

Home and away, Hannah Smith

Posted on December 1, 2011 by NZ Books

A Way of Life Roger Hall Playmarket, $26.50, ISBN 9780908607396 The Unforgiven Harvest/The Lead Wait Jo Randerson Playmarket, $26.50, ISBN 9780908607389 Urban Hymns Miria George Queen Bee Pip Hall Exchange Lauren Jackson Playmarket, $26.50, ISBN 9780908607402 We…

Tagged with: Hannah Smith, Issue 96, Jo Randerson, Lauren Jackson, Miria George, Pip Hall, Playmarket, Roger Hall, Summer 2011
Posted in Literature, Plays, Review

Hereafter, Nicholas Reid

Posted on March 1, 2005 by NZ Books

The Best New Zealand Fiction Volume 1 ed Fiona Kidman Vintage, $29.95, ISBN 1869416643 The Keys to Hell Jo Randerson, illustrations by Taika Waititi Victoria University Press, $24.95, ISBN 0864734794 First, a simple bibliographical description. Best New Zealand Fiction Volume…

Tagged with: Autumn 2005, Fiona Kidman, Issue 69, Jo Randerson, Nicholas Reid, Taika Waititi, Victoria University Press, Vintage
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review, Short stories

Really real, Mark Amery

Posted on September 1, 1999 by NZ Books

The Spit Children Jo Randerson Victoria University Press, $19.95, ISBN 0864733968 There was once this young woman who liked to make up stories. They were the kind of stories you might have made up for your best friend when…

Tagged with: Issue 47, Jo Randerson, March 2001, Mark Amery, Victoria University Press
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review