2 “Many happy returns!” (editorial)
Brian Turner: “Beachfront” (poem)
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)
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)
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)
“Call me Hairy” (what they wrote)