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Poem – Anne French

Posted on June 1, 2009 by NZ Books

On the way for Geoff Park On the way to Mein Street, everyone seems unnaturally well and strong. That elegant girl, swinging her bag as she crosses the road in front of me; that lean school-boy, slouching…

Tagged with: Anne French, Issue 86, Winter 2009
Posted in Poem

A less than perky light, Stevan Eldred-Grigg

Posted on June 1, 2009 by NZ Books

Gith Chris Else Random House, $27.99, ISBN 9781869790134 Show of Hands Anthony McCarten Random House, $29.99, ISBN 9781869419950 Swimmer’s Rope Stephanie Johnson Random House, $29.99, ISBN 9781869790257 At the first look there’s not much to tie these three novels together.…

Tagged with: Anthony McCarten, Chris Else, Issue 86, Random House, Stephanie Johnson, Stevan Eldred-Grigg, Winter 2009
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review

Obituary — Geoff Park

Posted on June 1, 2009 by NZ Books

Geoff Park (1946-2009) I heard about Geoff Park long before I actually met him. David Young and Peter Horsley had told me about him, so I already knew about his energy and passion for plants and landscape, and the unusual…

Tagged with: Anne French, Geoff Park, Issue 86, Winter 2009
Posted in Obituaries

Doubles and damage, Geoff Miles

Posted on June 1, 2009 by NZ Books

The Magician of Hoad Margaret Mahy HarperCollins, $39.99, ISBN 9781869506872 The Magician of Hoad takes Margaret Mahy into new territory – new for her at least. Her earlier YA novels were set in the real world. A highly-coloured version of…

Tagged with: Geoff Miles, HarperCollins, Issue 86, Margaret Mahy, Winter 2009
Posted in Children, Fiction, Literature, Young adults

Poem – Heather McPherson

Posted on June 1, 2009 by NZ Books

At Rangiora’s Ashley Street Cemetery This graveyard’s a bit like the one where we buried my mum and dad. Oldish, a small town Anglican acreage … ours used to seem huge. But after farms on the state house…

Tagged with: Heather McPherson, Issue 86, Winter 2009
Posted in Poem

Letters – Issue 86

Posted on June 1, 2009 by NZ Books

Sappho and the unspeakable If I’m a little surprised that Alan Loney joined up with the “moth to flame” industry about Sappho – which is probably little different from the industry round Homer, Virgil, Dante, Virginia Woolf or Emily Dickinson,…

Tagged with: Issue 86, Winter 2009
Posted in Letters

Hyde and seek, Timothy G Jones

Posted on June 1, 2009 by NZ Books

Lighted Windows: Critical Essays on Robin Hyde Mary Edmond-Paul (ed) Otago University Press, $40.00, ISBN 978877372582 Robin Hyde’s 1938 essay “The Singers of Loneliness”, published out of Shanghai in the T’ien Hsia Monthly, gives an account of the New Zealand…

Tagged with: Issue 86, Mary Edmond-Paul, Otago University Press, Robin Hyde, Timothy G Jones, Winter 2009
Posted in Essays, Non-fiction, Review

Issue 86 | Winter 2009

Posted on June 1, 2009 by NZ Books

Volume 19 | Number 2 | Issue 86 | Winter 2009 Letters Geoff Miles: Margaret Mahy, The Magician of Hoad Stevan Eldred-Grigg: Chris Else, Gith; Anthony McCarten, Show of Hands; Stephanie Johnson, Swimmer’s Rope Joanne Drayton: Barbara Anderson, Getting…

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Driven by secrets, Frances Edmond

Posted on June 1, 2009 by NZ Books

When Sun and Moon Collide Briar Grace-Smith Huia, $21.88, ISBN 9781869693169 Sons Victor Rodger Huia, $21.88, ISBN 9781869693039 Why publish a play? Well, a book is a nice thing to hold, material and solid: a small package containing something intriguing,…

Tagged with: Briar Grace-Smith, Frances Edmond, Huia, Issue 86, Victor Rodger, Winter 2009
Posted in Literature, Plays, Review

Brave new worlds, Joan de Hamel

Posted on June 1, 2009 by NZ Books

The Tomorrow Code Brian Falkner Walker Books, $19.99, ISBN 781921150340 Juno of Taris Fleur Beale Random House, $18.99, ISBN 781869419882 About Griffen’s Heart Tina Shaw Longacre Press, $19.99, ISBN 87746015 Chronicles of Stone: Scorched Bone Vincent Ford …

Tagged with: Brian Falkner, Fleur Beale, Issue 86, Joan de Hamel, Longacre Press, Random House, Scholastic New Zealand, Tina Shaw, Vincent Ford, Walker Books, Winter 2009
Posted in Children, Literature, Review