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The sacred fish, Norman Bilbrough

Posted on March 1, 1993 by NZ Books

Norman Bilbrough looks at some short fiction currently available – and sorts the big from the small. Motel View Forbes Williams, Victoria University Press, $19.95 Animal Passions Sheridan Keith, New Women’s Press, $24.95 Just Like You Said It Would Be…

Tagged with: Autumn 1993, Bernard Gadd, Brick Row Publishing, ESAW Press, Forbes Williams, Issue 8, New Women's Press, Norman Bilbrough, Oxford University Press, Peter Entwisle, Sheridan Keith, Victoria University Press, Vincent O’Sullivan
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review, Short stories

A moving figure on a static canvas, Jackie Owens

Posted on March 1, 1993 by NZ Books

Crimes of Neglect Stephanie Johnson, New Women’s Press, $21.95 Stephanie Johnson’s first novel charts the emotional wasteland of Beatrice: cellist, mother, veteran of relationships, and, in the eyes of her sisters and ex-husbands, disaster. Drifting from Teasedale to Christchurch to…

Tagged with: Autumn 1993, Issue 8, Jacqueline Owens, New Women's Press, Stephanie Johnson
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review

Acceptance of diversity, Claire-Louise McCurdy

Posted on March 1, 1992 by NZ Books

Parker and Hulme: A Lesbian View Julie Glamuzina and Alison J Laurie, New Womens Press, Auckland, 1991, $24.95 Does anyone in New Zealand at the time not remember Parker and Hulme, the two Christchurch girls who murdered the mother of…

Tagged with: Alison J Laurie, Autumn 1992, Claire-Louise McCurdy, Issue 4, Julie Glamuzina, Juliet Hulme, New Women's Press, Pauline Parker
Posted in Gender, History, Non-fiction, Review

Shorter reviews, Gavin McLean

Posted on March 1, 1992 by NZ Books

Worlds of Katherine Mansfield Harry Ricketts (ed), Nagare Press, Palmerston North, 1991 The last decade’s avalanche of books on Katherine Mansfield and her work makes this slim collection of essays timely, even necessary. Acknowledging that Mansfield has ‘become an industry’,…

Tagged with: Autumn 1992, Carin Svensson, Gavin McLean, Harry Ricketts, Issue 4, Katherine Mansfield, Nagare Press, New Women's Press, Oxford University Press
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review

Determined industry? Andrew Mason

Posted on October 1, 1991 by NZ Books

Foreigners Mike Johnson, Penguin, Auckland, 1991, $19.95 Distortions John Connor, Reed Books, Auckland, 1991, $24.95 Man with Two Arms and other Stories Norman Bilbrough, Vintage, Auckland, 1991, $19.95 The Lie of the Land Michael Henderson, John McIndoe, Dunedin, 1991, $19.95…

Tagged with: Andrew Mason, Issue 3, John Connor, Mike Johnson, New Women's Press, Norman Bilbrough, Penguin, Reed Books, Sheridan Keith, Spring 1991, Vintage
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review, Short stories

Diverse enjoyable strands, Heather Roberts

Posted on October 1, 1991 by NZ Books

A Population of One Alice Glenday, Vintage, Auckland, 1991, $19.95 The Peace Monster John Smythe, Vintage, Auckland, 1991, $24.95 The Widowhood of Jacki Bates Frances Cherry, New Women’s Press, Auckland 1991, $19.95 Strained Relations Gaelyn Gordon, Vintage, Auckland, 1991, $24.95…

Tagged with: Alice Glenday, Frances Cherry, Gaelyn Gordon, Heather Roberts, Issue 3, John Smythe, New Women's Press, Spring 1991, Vintage
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review