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Reality checks, Howard Warner

Posted on August 11, 1997 by NZ Books

Telling Stories Geoff Palmer Secker & Warburg, $24.95, ISBN 0 7900 0463 1 Finding Home Dominic Sheehan Secker & Warburg, $19.95, ISBN 0 7900 0462 3 The Transfiguration of Martha Friend Noel Virtue Vintage, $24.95, ISBN 1 86941 303 2…

Tagged with: Autumn 1997, Dominic Sheehan, Geoff Palmer, Howard Warner, Issue 29, Noel Virtue, Secker & Warburg, Vintage
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review

Pure Broadway, Roger Robinson

Posted on March 1, 1995 by NZ Books

Nights in the Gardens of Spain Witi Ihimaera, Secker & Warburg, $34.95 On the way home years ago after seeing Waituhi (the Witi Ihimaera/ Ross Harris opera), I remember remarking that Witi could someday write the book for a great…

Tagged with: Autumn 1995, Issue 17, Roger Robinson, Secker & Warburg, Winter 1995, Witi Ihimaera
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review

Reviled, Iain Sharp

Posted on December 22, 1994 by NZ Books

Poor Behaviour Bill Payne Secker & Warburg, $24.95 The Duration of a Kiss Peter Wells Secker & Warburg, $24.95 I wonder what Bill Payne and Peter Wells make of each other. Simultaneous publication by Reed’s new Secker & Warburg imprint…

Tagged with: Bill Payne, Iain Sharp, Issue 16, Peter Wells, Secker & Warburg, Summer 1994
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review