Feature Title
Dunedin Soundings
by D. Bendrups, G. Downes (Eds.)
Place and Performance: the 'Dunedin Sound' of the 1980s is a phenomenon known throughout the world. But... ![]()
Feature Author
Judith Binney was an academic and non-fiction writer whose books focused on New Zealand history, particularly...![]()
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Our new issue features Paula Morris on Rangatira; Denis Welch on the future of bookselling; Greg McGee, aka Alix Bosco, in praise of anonymity, and Writers in Schools as drawn by cartoonist Dylan Horrocks