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To the Mountains: A Collection of New Zealand Alpine Writing Laurence Fearnley and Paul Hersey (eds) Otago University Press, $45.00, ISBN 9781988531205 Since the arrival of Pacific peoples, New Zealand’s mountains have enthralled and enchanted. Māori revered the craggy peaks…
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Autumn 2019,
Issue 125,
Julia Millen,
Laurence Fearnley,
Otago University Press,
Paul Hersey
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History,
Literature,
Natural History,
Non-fiction,
Review,
Sociology
The Quiet Spectacular Laurence Fearnley Penguin, $38.00, ISBN 9780143574156 Laurence Fearnley occupies a position somewhere between national treasure and experimental writer. Her depictions of landscapes and her stylistic tendency toward restraint inspire praise, with reviews admiring Fearnley for how markedly…
Jerome Kaino: My Story Jerome Kaino Penguin, $40.00, ISBN 9780143573562 Wildboy Brando Yelavich Penguin, $35.00, ISBN 9780143573159 The Good Doctor Lance O’Sullivan Penguin, $38.00, ISBN 9780143572510 How Bizarre Simon Grigg Awa Press, $38.00, ISBN 9781927249222 Lydia Bradey: Going Up is…
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Autumn 2016,
Awa Press,
Brando Yelavich,
Chris Else,
Issue 113,
Lance O’Sullivan,
Laurence Fearnley,
Lydia Bradey,
Penguin Books,
Simon Grigg
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Autobiography,
Biography,
Memoir,
Non-fiction,
Review
Reach Laurence Fearnley Penguin, $38.00, ISBN 9780143571728 Novels about art sometimes also seem to be novels about novels. Laurence Fearnley’s latest work, Reach, not only explores the relationship between life and creative expression but also, in a sense, enacts it.…
Hokitika Town Charlotte Randall Penguin Books, $24.95, ISBN 9780143565390 The Hut Builder Laurence Fearnley Penguin Books, $40.00, ISBN 9780143205067 When I started Charlotte Randall’s Hokitika Town, I found it hard to get my head around the idiosyncratic patois…
Dead People’s Music Sarah Laing Vintage, $29.99, ISBN 9781869791087 Footnotes to Sex Mia Farlane Viking, $37.00, ISBN 9780670917938 Mother’s Day Laurence Fearnley Penguin, $28.00, ISBN 9780143011255 I am male, middle-aged, heterosexual and monogamous. The first two terms make me different…
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Issue 87,
Laurence Fearnley,
Mia Farlane,
Nicholas Reid,
Penguin,
Sarah Laing,
Spring 2009,
Viking,
Vintage
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Fiction,
Literature,
Review
Degrees of Separation Laurence Fearnley Penguin, $28.00, ISBN 0143020579 Relative Strangers Emma Neale Vintage, $27.99, ISBN 1869417828 Work in Progress Paul Thomas Black Swan, $27.99, ISBN 1869418255 Shanghai Boy Stevan Eldred-Grigg Vintage, $27.99, ISBN 1869417933 If I didn’t know…
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Black Swan,
Emma Neale,
Issue 76,
Laurence Fearnley,
Paul Thomas,
Penguin,
Stevan Eldred-Grigg,
Summer 2006,
Vintage
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Fiction,
Literature,
Review
Getting Away With It Kevin Ireland Hazard Press, $29.99, ISBN 1877270792 Butler’s Ringlet Laurence Fearnley Penguin, $28.00, ISBN 0143019198 A Man Who Eats The Heart Josh Greenberg Victoria University Press, $29.95, ISBN 0864734824 Together, these three novels suggest that the…
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Autumn 2005,
Hazard Press,
Issue 69,
Josh Greenberg,
Kevin Ireland,
Laurence Fearnley,
Margot Schwass,
Penguin,
Victoria University Press
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Fiction,
Literature,
Review
Room Laurence Fearnley Victoria University Press, $24.95, ISBN 0864733909 Dr Amelia Walsh is an abortionist and the room of the title is her consulting room. A succession of women sit in her patient’s chair and respond in various ways to…
The Sound of her Body Laurence Fearnley Hazard Press, $16.95, ISBN 1 877161 25 X Night Swimming Emma Neale Vintage, $24.95, ISBN 1 86941 376 8 Spinners Anthony McCarten Vintage, $24.95, ISBN 1 86941 355 5 The American poet Randall…