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A poet’s story, Kevin Ireland

Posted on September 1, 1992 by NZ Books

Curved Horizon: An Autobiography Ruth Dallas, University of Otago Press, MacIndoe, 1991, $29.95 I have only ever met Ruth Dallas once, and briefly, so I have no idea of what she is like to talk to, but she always comes…

Tagged with: Issue 6, Kevin Ireland, Otago University Press, Ruth Dallas, Spring 1992
Posted in Autobiography, Non-fiction, Review

Publisher Profiles 3, Geoff Walker of Penguin Books, Kevin Ireland

Posted on July 1, 1992 by NZ Books

Penguin’s Geoff Walker is an easy person to talk to; he puts himself out to be available for seminars and panel discussions, book launchings and other literary events. Many of his writers are close friends. He is a committed publisher…

Tagged with: Geoff Walker, Issue 5, Kevin Ireland, Penguin Books, Winter 1992
Posted in Imprints

On the road, Kevin Ireland

Posted on April 1, 1991 by NZ Books

The Car in New Zealand Graham Hawkes G P Books, Wellington, 1990, $49.95 Cars in particular, and machinery in general, have not featured in New Zealand novels in the way that they have so importantly served American, Australian and English…

Tagged with: Autumn 1991, G P Books, Graham Hawkes, Issue 1, Kevin Ireland
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review