New Zealand Books - 20th anniversary issue

Contents:

2         “Many happy returns!” (editorial)
Brian Turner: “Beachfront” (poem)

3         “Bovver boys” (what they wrote)

4         C K Stead: Risk (work in progress)

5         Jolisa Gracewood: “A little close reading” (comment)

6         Filma Anne Phillips: Richard S Hill, Maori and the State: Crown-Maori Relations in New Zealand/Aotearoa 1950-2000

7         Iain Sharp: “Temporal blather” (comment)

8         Barry Gustafson: Leslie Lipson, The Politics of Equality: New Zealand’s Adventures in Democracy

9         Roger Robinson: Fiona Kidman, The Trouble with Fire

10      Eleanor Catton: The Luminaries (work in progress)

11      Letters
Bill Manhire: “A return” (poem)
Paula Green: “1984” (poem)

12      Chris Brickell: “Bookmaking” (comment)

13      Timothy G Jones: Jan Cronin, The Frame Function: An Inside-out Guide to the Novels of Janet Frame

14      James Brown: “Hums” (imprints)

15      Margot Schwass: “Not on the Cromwell Road” (imprints)

16      Janet Hughes: Jenny Bornholdt, The Hill of Wool; Anna Jackson, Thicket; Diana Bridge, Aloe; Dinah Hawken, The Leaf Ride; Airini Beautrais, Western Line

17      Paula Morris, “ ‘Awesome’. Or not” (comment)

18      Mary Varnham: “Moments of brilliance” (comment)

19      John Horrocks: Robert Peden, Making Sheep Country: Mt Peel Station and the Transformation of the Tussock Lands

20      Obituary: Christine Cole Catley

21      Doug Munro: James Watson and Lachy Paterson (eds), A Great New Zealand Prime Minister? Reappraising William Ferguson Massey

23      Hugh Roberts: Alex Calder, The Settler’s Plot: How Stories Take Place in New Zealand

24      Damien Wilkins: “Character testing” (comment)
Elspeth Sandys: “Picking daisies” (poem)

25      Hannah Smith: Roger Hall, A Way of Life; Jo Randerson, The Unforgiven Harvest/The Lead Wait; Miria George, Urban Hymns; Pip Hall, Queen Bee; Lauren Jackson, Exchange

26      Paul Morris: Laurie Guy, Shaping Godzone: Public Issues and Church Voices in New Zealand 1840-2000

28      Bumper prize cryptic crossword
“Call me Hairy” (what they wrote)

New Zealand Books' 20th Anniversary

Jane Westaway and Harry Ricketts, the co-editors for New Zealand Books, New Zealand's only periodical devoted to reviewing local writing, were on Nine to Noon this morning (Tuesday 29 November) with Kathryn Ryan talking about promoting our literary craft.