Guilt Charlotte Grimshaw Abacus, $29.95, ISBN 0349111960 Among the chorus of young women’s voices emerging presently in NZ writing, Charlotte Grimshaw’s is strong and distinctive. Her two novels Provocation and Guilt are set mainly in Auckland and evoke a…
The Writer at Work: Essays C K Stead Otago University Press, $39.95, ISBN 1877133957 I write on a Waitangi Day on which the Prime Minister has chosen to attend celebrations in Wellington and Auckland but not at Waitangi. The…
The Uncle’s Story Witi Ihimaera Penguin, $34.95, ISBN 0140298924 Witi Ihimaera’s eighth novel impressively rounds off his third decade in the market for fiction. Faithful readers will no doubt spot many echoes of earlier Ihimaeras in this latest work.…
Emerald Budgies Karyn Hay Vintage, $24.95, ISBN 1869414535 Wow! Karyn Hay’s first novel got a right regal slagging on Kim Hill this morning, both host Sean Plunket and a queasy-sounding male reviewer whose name I missed really putting the…
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…
The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Military History ed Ian McGibbon, with the assistance of Paul Goldstone Oxford University Press, $89.95, ISBN 0195583760 The 20th century has seen a significant readjustment of New Zealand’s outlook on matters of defence.…
the long road to teatime Anna Jackson Auckland University Press, $19.95, ISBN 1869402235 Writing Lives – Ending Silences Mike Minehan Hazard Press, $21.95, ISBN 1877161853 I have admired Anna Jackson’s poetry in various journals, and as part of the AUP…