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Posted on December 1, 2011 by NZ Books

What they wrote A taste of contributor comments over our first 20 years On New Zealand Books My hope is that New Zealand Books will provide a forum for frank discussion that dares to rise above the suffocating confines…

Tagged with: Alan Duff, Alan Knowles, Barbara Else, Bernard Carpinter, Bill Manhire, Bill Sewell, Bruce Stewart, Charles Ferrall, Chris Else, Chris Knox, Christopher Tremewan, Colin James, Dale Williams, David Hill, Diane Hebley, Guy Somerset, Hamish Keith, Harry Ricketts, Heather Murray, Hilary Stace, Iain Sharp, Issue 96, Jane Bowron, Jane Stafford, Jane Westaway, John Campbell, Linda Burgess, Linley Boniface, Mark Williams, Murray Edmond, Nelson Wattie, Peter Wells, Roger Robinson, Sue McCauley, Summer 2011, Tom Beard, William Brandt
Posted in Comment

Frind of all animals, Linley Boniface

Posted on June 1, 2010 by NZ Books

Linley Boniface recalls what Durrell’s My Family and Other Animals meant to her growing up in the “anti-Corfu” of 1970s Palmerston North. The territorial skirmishes of marriage manifest themselves, at my house, in bookcases. We have always had too many…

Tagged with: Issue 90, Linley Boniface, Winter 2010
Posted in Imprints

Unstill life, Linley Boniface

Posted on September 1, 2008 by NZ Books

Rita Angus: An Artist’s Life Jill Trevelyan Te Papa Press, $69.99, ISBN 9781877385391 Reading Rita Angus: An Artist’s Life, it’s difficult not to be periodically overcome by frustration at Angus’ exasperating personality. The picture that emerges is of a woman…

Tagged with: Issue 83, Jill Trevelyan, Linley Boniface, Spring 2008, Te Papa Press
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review

More or less, Linley Boniface

Posted on December 1, 2007 by NZ Books

Opportunity Charlotte Grimshaw Vintage, $27.99, ISBN 9781869418793 On an Island, with Consequences Dire Kelly Ana Morey Penguin, $28.00, ISBN 9780143020950 A newspaper columnist of the cantankerous-old-bastard variety lies in his hospital bed, delirious with pain. As nurses fuss over him,…

Tagged with: Charlotte Grimshaw, Issue 80, Kelly Ana Morey, Linley Boniface, Penguin, Summer 2007, Vintage
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review, Short stories

Pa-men and boys, Linley Boniface

Posted on June 1, 2005 by NZ Books

Katherine Mansfield’s Men ed Charles Ferrall and Jane Stafford Katherine Mansfield Birthplace Society in association with Steele Roberts, $29.95, ISBN 187733846X “The idea of sitting and waiting for a husband is absolutely revolting and it really is the attitude of…

Tagged with: Charles Ferrall, Issue 68, Jane Stafford, June 2005, Katherine Mansfield, Katherine Mansfield Birthplace Society, Linley Boniface, Steele Roberts
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review

A million miles from Palmerston North, Linley Boniface

Posted on June 1, 2004 by NZ Books

The Miss Tutti Frutti Contest: Travel Tales of the South Pacific Graeme Lay Awa Press, $29.95, ISBN 0958250901 Liars and Lovers: A Travel Memoir Diane Brown Vintage, $26.95, ISBN 1869416147 As a child, I used to read adventure stories featuring…

Tagged with: Awa Press, Diane Brown, Graeme Lay, Issue 66, Linley Boniface, Vintage, Winter 2004
Posted in Memoir, Non-fiction, Review