Sorry, I'm a Stranger Here Myself by Peter Bland
$12.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Literature | Reading Level: good-very good
An evocative and intriguing memoir following Peter's boyhood in the UK, experiencing the war years, living with the 'total stranger' who was his father and enduring the premature loss of both parents. It takes him to near destitution before he immigrated to New Zealand, a place that struck him with its ...Show more
The New Zealand Novel - A Bulletin for Schools by Kevin Cunningham
$10.00 NZD
Category: Education | Reading Level: very good
Strangers and Guests by Amelia Batistich
$8.00 NZD
Category: Education | Series: School Journal Part 3, Winter 1965 | Reading Level: good
Mutzig the Clown Cat by Peter Wells
$12.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Literature | Reading Level: near fine
Eccentric and charming, Mutzig the Clown Cat is the first ever book by Peter Wells. In 1981 he made 30 copies of this book by hand to celebrate a stray cat that wandered into his life and took over his heart. A small art book, tactile and inviting, with drawings by the author.
Introducing James K Baxter by Christopher Parr
$10.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Literature | Reading Level: good-very good
Falter Tom and the Water Boy by Maurice Duggan
$35.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Literature | Reading Level: very good
Bob Lowry's Books - A Note by Denis Glover
$10.00 NZD
Category: Books About Books | Reading Level: good
Some Nineteenth Century Novels and their First Publication by Joan Stevens
$8.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Literature | Series: A Post-Primary School Bulletin Vol 12 No 2 | Reading Level: very good
Toitoi Jillion - By New Zealand's Young Writers and Artists (selections from Toitoi issues 1-12) by Toitoi
$20.00 NZD
Category: Children | Reading Level: near fine
“One thing I wish people understood about me is that I have a story to tell”— Elaf Abduljawad, age 11 The Jillion is a collection of incredible work from Toitoi Issues 1-12. Written and illustrated by New Zealand’s young writers and artists ages 5-13, the Jillion is a celebration of their curiosity, co ...Show more
Voices of Aotearoa - 25 Years of Going West Oratory by Robyn Mason et al. (eds)
$25.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Literature | Reading Level: near fine
Since 1996 the Going West Writers Festival has attracted literary voices from around Aotearoa to West Auckland for a feast of ideas and words. Drawing on the festivals comprehensive sound archive, Voices of Aotearoa sets down the live recordings of a whos who of New Zealand literary luminaries from Fion ...Show more
Time to Make a Song and Dance - Cultural revolt in Auckland in the 1960s by Murray Edmond
$20.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: very good
The 1960s was a period of radical conflict, when the desire for a new, socially defiant freedom affected every aspect of NZ culture: theatre, the visual arts, Maori activism, rock 'n roll, literature, feminism, NZ film, direct action, culminating in a series of bombings that rocked Auckland at the end o ...Show more
Recent Trends in New Zealand Poetry by James K Baxter
$20.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Literature | Series: New Zealand Writers Conference 8-11 May 1951 | Reading Level: very good