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Strait Men and Other Tales Murray Edmond Steele Roberts, $30.00, ISBN 9781927242988 Strait Men and Other Tales by Murray Edmond is a tricky beast. Its slim spine belies the size and style of the stories within – there’s nothing that…
Song of the Ghost in the Machine Roger Horrocks Victoria University Press, $25.00, ISBN 9780864739858 Shaggy Magpie Songs Murray Edmond Auckland University Press, $25.00, ISBN 9781869408411 Generation Kitchen Richard Reeve Otago University Press, $25.00, ISBN 9781877578922 Roger Horrocks’s Song of…
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Auckland University Press,
Autumn 2016,
Issue 113,
John Dennison,
Murray Edmond,
Otago University Press,
Richard Reeve,
Roger Horrocks,
Victoria University Press
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The Critic’s Part: Wystan Curnow Art Writings 1971-2013 Wystan Curnow Adam Art Gallery/Victoria University Press, $80.00, ISBN 9780864739322 Then It Was Now Again: Selected Critical Writing Murray Edmond Atuanui Press, $44.00, ISBN 9780992245368 The editors of The Critic’s Part tell…
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…
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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
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Lives of the Poets John Newton Victoria University Press, $25.00, ISBN 9780864736284 Goya Rules Harvey McQueen HeadworX, $24.99, ISBN 9780473160401 Walls to Kick and Hills to Sing from Murray Edmond Auckland University Press, $24.99, ISBN 9781869404581 When…
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Autumn 2011,
Harvey McQueen,
HeadworX,
Iain Sharp,
Issue 93,
John Newton,
Murray Edmond,
Victoria University Press
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Monkey Miss Her Now & Everything a Teenage Girl Should Know Jack Ross Danger Publications, [no price given], ISBN 047600182X Fool Moon Murray Edmond Auckland University Press, $27.99, ISBN 1869403169 Crosswind Paula Green Auckland University Press, $27.99, ISBN 186940324x Clung…
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Danger Publications,
Issue 68,
Jack Ross,
June 2005,
Mark Houlahan,
Murray Edmond,
Paula Green,
Sonja Yelich
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laminations Murray Edmond Auckland University Press, $19.95, ISBN 1869402227 In the poem “Can that Mango” from Murray Edmond’s latest book, the following lines are spoken (or so a note informs us) by one of two angels who are discussing a…
Big Smoke: New Zealand Poems 1960-1975 eds Alan Brunton, Murray Edmond, Michele Leggott Auckland University Press, $49.95, ISBN 869402308 A thick black-and-white book with a beautiful cover illustration by Patrick Hanly taken from the second issue of Freed, Big Smoke…
The Switch Murray Edmond Auckland University Press, $19.95 Dia Michelle Leggott Auckland University Press, $19.95 I teach a second-year university course in modern poetry where one of the chief requirements of the lecturers is to prevent panic. It’s alright, we…
From The Word Go Murray Edmond, Auckland University Press, 1992, $16.95 Small Stories of Devotion Dinah Hawken, Victoria University Press, Wellington, 1991, $19.95 Murray Edmond’s fifth collection is an uneven performance. This poet’s strength lies in his powers of observation…
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