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Float: A Short Story
Yellow sea foam washed up thick today. A friend told me once it was really whale semen, and I ran shrieking all the way up the beach. My mother said the foam was just a by-product of seawater, formed… more →
Accidental as Cobwebs
Dear Me - Emma Martin
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wrote 1 month ago: Writing exercises often focus on the initial act of creation: here is the blank page, what will you … more →
The multiple genres of Anne Kennedy's The Time of the Giants - Jackson
wrote 1 month ago: I don’t suppose you could exactly class this NZ YA fiction (could you?), but the discussion ar … more →
'Pacific books get youngsters reading' - Tapaleao
wrote 1 month ago: There was an article in The New Zealand Herald the other day, that caught my eye: ‘Pacific boo … more →
Ihimaera's The Matriarch and canonical intertextuality - Lawn
wrote 1 month ago: In her critical essay on Storytelling and Intertextuality in Lloyd Jones’ Mister Pip, Jennifer … more →
On contemporary New Zealand fiction - Jackson and Stafford
wrote 1 month ago: Introducing their edited book of essays, Floating Worlds, Anna Jackson and Jane Stafford describe th … more →
Urban Spaces, Hybrid Faces: Rethinking Identity in Paula Morris' Hibiscus Coast - Mercer
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wrote 1 month ago: I bought this book because I like Anna Jackson’s work and because I like the cover. However, t … more →
The Aloe, by Katherine Mansfield
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wrote 2 months ago: This month is New Zealand Book Month, which is a perfect opportunity to enjoy New Zealands’s g … more →
New Zealand Book Month
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wrote 2 months ago: This month is New Zealand Book Month, but I’ve only just found out about it. But even though … more →
Sinophone or Chinese?
wrote 2 months ago: I’ve been thinking about the term “Sinophone” lately for a couple of reasons. For one, over on Print … more →
Word Stabbing with Therese Lloyd
wrote 3 months ago: I remember doing this exercise when I was a little girl; back then I didn’t know it was a kind of wr … more →
Privatising Parts: The Book
wrote 4 months ago: The presentation Privatising Parts is adapted from the book Privatising Parts by Richard Meros. Purc … more →
2013 NZ-Australian Modernist Reading List
wrote 4 months ago: I admire those who create reading lists. Generally, I read in a far more haphazard fashion. Over the … more →
Rachael King
wrote 4 months ago: Perhaps a little less off to the side… but I really enjoyed Magpie Hall, by Rachael King, and … more →
Emily Perkins
wrote 4 months ago: A bit off to the side here, but the interview about her book, Novel About my Wife, interested me … more →
The Conductor, by Sarah Quigley
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wrote 4 months ago: My interest in Sarah Quigley’s fourth novel, The Conductor, was piqued when I read its descrip … more →
Katarina Mataira resource
wrote 5 months ago: Looks like an interesting resource (available at University of Auckland Library): Title: He kaituhi, … more →
The Frankfurt Book Fair, and trying to have two careers
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wrote 7 months ago: So I wanted to tell you about my experiences at the Book Fair, which only vaguely comes under the … more →
The Big OE
wrote 7 months ago: How come our adolescent fiction doesn’t seem to explore ‘the Big OE’ … just … more →
The Peastick Girl, by Susan Hancock
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wrote 7 months ago: It took longer than I expected to read The Peastick Girl - because it is just soooo good to read. O … more →
