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Isa Moynihan (1925-2013)

Posted on December 5, 2013 by NZ Books

Isa Moynihan (1925-2013) Writer and reviewer Isa Moynihan of Christchurch died in June at the age of 88. Her work was published in New Zealand and overseas anthologies, but deserved greater recognition than it received. It was characterised by ironic…

Tagged with: Bernadette Hall, Isa Moynihan, Issue 104, James Norcliffe, Sandra Arnold, Summer 2013
Posted in Byline, Obituaries

Cracking up, David Cohen

Posted on June 1, 2012 by NZ Books

Taming the Tiger: A Personal Encounter with Manic Depression Michael Morrissey Polygraphia, $39.00, ISBN 9781877332968 Sing No Sad Songs Sandra Arnold Canterbury University Press, $35.00, ISBN 9781927145067 Michael Morrissey’s account of his long encounter with mental affliction begins…

Tagged with: Canterbury University Press, David Cohen, Issue 98, Michael Morrissey, Polygraphia, Sandra Arnold, Winter 2012
Posted in Autobiography, Memoir, Non-fiction, Review

Imagining murder and menace, Sandra Arnold

Posted on September 13, 1994 by NZ Books

Soon after my novel, A Distraction of Opposites, was published I saw a long and extraordinary review of it in New Zealand titled: Many hidden insights in ultra–complex first novel. The first half defined the kind of novel the reviewer…

Tagged with: Issue 15, Sandra Arnold, Spring 1994
Posted in Comment, Literature

Writing and revenge, Colleen Reilly

Posted on June 1, 1993 by NZ Books

A Distraction of Opposites Sandra Arnold, Hazard Press, Christchurch, $24.95 The front cover illustration of A Distraction of Opposites is a painting by Heather Busch entitled ‘Look at the Pattern.’ At first glance, what you see is ordinary objects…

Tagged with: Colleen Reilly, Hazard Press, Issue 9, Sandra Arnold, Winter 1993
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review