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Hunting down the story, Norman Bilbrough
A Friend in Paradise Des Hunt HarperCollins, $14.95, ISBN 1869504429 Henry and the Flea Brian Falkner Mallinson Rendel, $16.95, ISBN 0908783779 The Dragon’s Apprentice Linda McNabb HarperCollins, $14.95, ISBN 1869504127 Artists Are Crazy and Other Stories Ken Catran Lothian Books,…
Tagged with: Brian Falkner, Des Hunt, HarperCollins, Issue 60, Ken Catran, Linda McNabb, Lothian Books, Mallinson Rendel, Norman Bilbrough, Summer 2002
Posted in Children, Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Children, Fiction, Literature, Review
Why bother, Anna Jackson
Tomorrow the Dark Ken Catran Lothian, $17.95, ISBN 0734404174 The Thin Line V K Joseph Mallinson Rendel, $16.95, ISBN 090878371X Right Where It Hurts David Hill Mallinson Rendel, $15.95, ISBN 0908783701 Alchemy Margaret Mahy HarperCollins, $14.99, ISBN 0007131356 I’ve been…
Tagged with: Anna Jackson, David Hill, HarperCollins, Issue 58, Ken Catran, Lothian, Mallinson Rendel, Margaret Mahy, V K Joseph, Winter 2002
Posted in Children, Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults
Posted in Children, Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults
Whizzbangs and big bangs, Fleur Beale
Follow the blue Brigid Lowry Allen & Unwin, $19.95, ISBN 186508400X Letters from the Coffin Trenches Ken Catran Random House, $16.95, ISBN 1869415094 The Sleeper Wakes David Hill Puffin, $15.95, ISBN 0141313242 The High Wind Blows David Hill Puffin, $15.95,…
Tagged with: Allen & Unwin, Brigid Lowry, David Hill, Fleur Beale, Issue 55, Ken Catran, Puffin, Random House, Spring 2001
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults
Prolific and professional, Norman Bilbrough
Focus and the Death‑Ride; The Ghosts of Triton; Shadow of Phobos, Ken Catran HarperCollins, $14.95 New Zealand children’s writers have come of age. They have reached a maturity that adult fiction writers in this country often fall short of. The…
Tagged with: HarperCollins, Issue 14, Ken Catran, Norman Bilbrough, Winter 1994
Posted in Children, Literature, Review
Posted in Children, Literature, Review
Removing the adult voice, Kathryn Walls
Baker’s Dozen Tom Bradley, HarperCollins, $12.95 Saved by Ryan Kane Pauline Cartwright, Ashton Scholastic, $7.95 The Secret of Boomer Lake Ken Catran, HarperCollins, $10.95 The Breakdown Day Dorothy Butler, Ashton Scholastic, $12.95 Tom Bradley’s Baker’s Dozen is a collection of…
Tagged with: Ashton Scholastic, Autumn 1994, Dorothy Butler, HarperCollins, Issue 12, Ken Catran, Pauline Cartwright, Tom Bradley
Posted in Children, Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults
Posted in Children, Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults
A kiwi space drama, Trevor Agnew
Deepwater Landing Ken Catran, Harper Collins (Tui), $14.95 Ken Catran is the unsung artisan of young adult writing in this country. He has been writing television scripts (Children of the Dog Star), novels (Steel riders) and film scripts (Alex) for…
Tagged with: Harper Collins, Issue 10, Ken Catran, Spring 1993, Trevor Agnew
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults