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Palate cleansers, Paola Bilbrough

Posted on September 1, 2006 by NZ Books

The Violinist in Spring Anna Smaill Victoria University Press, $24.95, ISBN 08647350222 Hourglass Sue Wootton Steele Roberts, $19.95, ISBN 187733877X The Devil in My Shoes Phil Kawana Auckland University Press, $21.99, ISBN 1869403525 Poetry is an elastic genre; there are…

Tagged with: Anna Smaill, Auckland University Press, Issue 75, Phil Kawana, Spring 2006, Steele Roberts, Sue Wootton, Victoria University Press
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review

Politics and culture between the sheets, Phil Kawana

Posted on September 1, 2003 by NZ Books

Huia Short Stories Five: Contemporary Maori Fiction [editor not given] Huia, $29.95, ISBN 186969032X Without Reservation – Indigenous Erotica (ed) Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm Huia, $34.95, ISBN 0973139625 Both these books from Huia are collections of indigenous literature, but the similarities…

Tagged with: Huia, Issue 63, Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm, Phil Kawana, Spring 2003
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Māori, Review, Short stories

Rough around the edges, Phil Kawana

Posted on August 1, 2001 by NZ Books

Camilla Vanilla Nick Hyde Vintage, $24.95, ISBN 1869414519 The Gospel @ccording to Cole Rhonda Bartle Cape Catley, $24.95, ISBN 0908561830 A good cover should draw you towards a book, and the covers of both these novels do just that. The…

Tagged with: August 2001, Autumn 2001, Cape Catley, Issue 49, Nick Hyde, Phil Kawana, Rhonda Bartle, Vintage
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review

Deceptive understatement, Apirana Taylor

Posted on March 26, 2000 by NZ Books

Attack of the Skunk People Phil Kawana Huia, $19.95, ISBN 1 877241 20 2 Attack of the Skunk People is a collection of short stories and poetry with a cover that is colourful and mysterious in itself, a tempting invitation…

Tagged with: Apirana Taylor, Huia, Issue 42, Phil Kawana
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review, Short stories