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The art of the odd, Janet Wilson
Swallowing Diamonds Marilyn Duckworth Vintage, $26.95, ISBN 1869415485 In Marilyn Duckworth, New Zealand has its finest writer of the absurd. Although others have written about states of unreality or non-reality – most particularly Janet Frame, younger novelists like Elizabeth Knox,…
Tagged with: Issue 59, Janet Wilson, Marilyn Duckworth, Spring 2002, Vintage
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Avoiding the cookie-cutter, Jennifer Lawn
Manifold Utopia: The Novels of Janet Frame Marc Delrez Rodopi, $59.95 approx, ISBN 904201508X The appearance of the term “manifold” in the titles of two recent books on Janet Frame’s fiction suggests a current fascination with the multiple modes of…
Tagged with: Issue 59, Janet Frame, Jennifer Lawn, Marc Delrez, Rodopi, Spring 2002
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Non-fiction
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Non-fiction
Short lives on earth, Rebecca J Davies
Life on Earth Sue McCauley Vintage, $26.95, ISBN 1869415493 Water Bernard Steeds Penguin, $27.95, ISBN 0143018353 The Chandrasekhar Limit and other stories Sugu Pillay The Writers Group, price unavailable, ISBN 0473087316 There is a common misconception that big themes require…
Tagged with: Bernard Steeds, Issue 59, Penguin, Rebecca J Davies, Spring 2002, Sue McCauley, Sugu Pillay, The Writers Group, Vintage
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Montana Book Award winners
The Shag Incident, a novel by Aucklander Stephanie Johnson, has won this year’s Deutz Medal for Fiction in the Montana New Zealand Book Awards. Runners up were The Hopeful Traveller by Fiona Farrell, also a novel, and a short story…
Taking ideas for a walk, Anne French
Tracing the Arc John Saker Four Winds Press, $14.95, ISBN 0958237557 On Make-up and Makeover Paula Boock Four Winds Press, $14.95, ISBN 0958237549 Notes of a Bag Lady Margaret Mahy Four Winds Press, $14.95, ISBN 0958237522 Until recently, the essay…
Tagged with: Anne French, Four Winds Press, Issue 59, John Saker, Margaret Mahy, Paula Boock, Spring 2002
Posted in Essays, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Essays, Non-fiction, Review
Adventures in the waiting room, Garth Baker
Going the Distance – Women Outdoors in New Zealand Tess Redgrave Tandem Press, $34.95, ISBN 1877298018 Seduced by the Sea ed Tessa Duder HarperCollins, $29.95, ISBN 1869504461 Te Araroa: The New Zealand Trail Geoff Chapple Random House, $34.95, ISBN 186941537X…
Tagged with: Geoff Chapple, HarperCollins, Issue 59, Random House, Spring 2002, Tandem Press, Tess Redgrave, Tessa Duder
Posted in Awards, Gender, Health, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Awards, Gender, Health, Non-fiction, Review
Aotearoa – the last frontier, Neville Peat
Environmental Histories of New Zealand ed Eric Pawson and Tom Brooking Oxford University Press, $49.95, ISBN 019558421X Environmentally and in other ways, New Zealand is a last frontier – the last temperate-climate land on earth to be discovered and colonised…
Tagged with: Eric Pawson, Issue 59, Neville Peat, Oxford University Press, Spring 2002, Tom Brooking
Posted in History, Natural History, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in History, Natural History, Non-fiction, Review
A light yodel, Jane Bowron
The Topp Twins Book Jools and Lynda Topp Penguin Books, $29.95, ISBN 0143018604 The Topp Twins book is an absolute must for Topp Twins’ fans and an absolute miss for those with no more than a passing acquaintance with the…
Tagged with: Issue 59, Jane Bowron, Jools Topp, Lynda Topp, Penguin Books, Spring 2002
Posted in Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
Literary honours
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