Saturday

Books I'd Like to Own: Australasian


Authors:
  1. James K. Baxter (1926-1972)
  2. Maurice Duggan (1922-1974)
  3. Janet Frame (1924–2004)
  4. Maurice Gee (1931- )
  5. Russell Haley (1934-2016)
  6. Craig Harrison (1942- )
  7. Jan Kemp (1949- )
  8. Maurice Shadbolt (1932-2004)
  9. C. K. Stead (1932- )
  10. T. G. H. Strehlow (1908–1978)
  11. Albert Wendt (1939– )
  12. Patrick White (1912-1990)




Books I own are marked in bold:

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James K. Baxter: Complete Poems (2022)


    James Keir Baxter (1926-1972)

    Poetry:

  1. Beyond the Palisade (1944)
  2. Blow, Wind of Fruitfulness (1948)
  3. Hart Crane: A Poem (1948)
  4. [with Louis Johnson & Anton Vogt] Poems Unpleasant (1952)
  5. Rapunzel: A Fantasia for Six Voices (1953)
  6. The Fallen House (1953)
  7. Traveller’s Litany (1956)
  8. The Iron Breadboard: Studies in New Zealand Writing (1950)
  9. [with Charles Doyle, Louis Johnson & Kendrick Smithyman] The Night Shift: Poems on Aspects of Love (1957)
    • James K. Baxter, Charles Doyle, Louis Johnson & Kendrick Smithyman. The Night Shift: Poems on Aspects of Love. Wellington: Capricorn Press, 1957.
  10. In Fires of No Return (1958)
    • In Fires of No Return: Poems. 1958. London: Oxford University Press, 1974.
  11. Chosen Poems (1958)
  12. The Ballad of Calvary Street (1960)
  13. Howrah Bridge and Other Poems (1961)
  14. The Ballad of the Soap Powder Lock-Out (1963)
  15. A Selection of Poetry (1964)
  16. Pig Island Letters (1966)
    • Pig Island Letters. London: Oxford University Press, 1966.
  17. A Small Ode on Mixed Flatting, Elicited by the Decision of the Otago University Authorities to Forbid this Practice Among Students (1967)
  18. The Lion Skin: Poems (1967)
  19. The Rock Woman: Selected Poems (1969)
    • The Rock Woman: Selected Poems. 1969. London: Oxford University Press, 1973.
  20. Jerusalem Sonnets: Poems for Colin Durning (1970)
  21. Jerusalem Daybook (1971)
    • Jerusalem Daybook. Wellington: Price Milburn, 1971.
  22. Ode to Auckland and Other Poems (1972)
  23. Autumn Testament (1972)
    • Autumn Testament. 1972. Wellington: Price Milburn, 1973.
    • Autumn Testament. 1972. Ed. Paul Millar. Auckland: Oxford University Press, 1997.
  24. Four God Songs (1972)
  25. Letter to Peter Olds (1972)
  26. Runes (1973)
    • Runes. 1973. London: Oxford University Press, 1974.
  27. Two Obscene Poems (1974)
  28. The Labyrinth: Some Uncollected Poems 1944–72 (1974)
    • The Labyrinth: Some Uncollected Poems 1944-72. Ed. J. E. Weir. Wellington: Oxford University Press, 1974.
  29. The Tree House and Other Poems for Children (1974)
    • The Tree House and Other Poems for Children. Wellington: Price Milburn, 1974.
  30. The Bone Chanter. Ed. John Weir (1976)
    • The Bone Chanter: Unpublished Poems 1945-72. Chosen and Introduced by J. E. Weir. Wellington: Oxford University Press, 1976.
  31. The Holy Life and Death of Concrete Grady. Ed. John Weir (1976)
    • The Holy Life and Death of Concrete Grady: Various Uncollected and Unpublished Poems. Chosen and Introduced by J. E. Weir. Wellington: Oxford University Press, 1976.
  32. Collected Poems. Ed. John Weir (1979)
    • Collected Poems. Ed. J. E. Weir. Wellington: Oxford University Press, 1979.
    • Collected Poems. Ed. J. E. Weir. 1979. Wellington: Oxford University Press, 1981.
    • Collected Poems. Ed. J. E. Weir. 1979. Auckland: Oxford University Press, 1995.
  33. Selected Poems. Ed. John Weir (1982)
    • Selected Poems. Ed. J. E. Weir. 1982. Auckland: Oxford University Press, 1988.
  34. Cold Spring: Baxter's Unpublished Early Collection. Ed. Paul Millar (1996)
    • Cold Spring: Baxter's Early Unpublished Collection. Ed. Paul Millar. Auckland: Oxford University Press, 1996.
  35. James K. Baxter: Poems. Ed. Sam Hunt (2009)
    • James K. Baxter: Poems. Ed. Sam Hunt. 2009. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2010.
  36. The Selected Poems of James K. Baxter. Ed. Paul Millar (2010)
    • Selected Poems of James K. Baxter. Ed. Paul Millar. Manchester: Carcanet Press Ltd., 2010 / Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2010.
  37. Poems to a Glass Woman. Ed. John Weir (2012)
  38. Complete Poems. 4 vols. Ed. John Weir (2022)
    • Complete Poems. Ed. John Weir. 4 vols. Wellington: Te Herenga Waka University Press, 2022.
      1. Dunedin and Christchurch: The Early Years, 1943-1948 / The Wellington Years, 1949-1965
      2. The Wellington Years, 1949-1965
      3. Return to Dunedin, 1966-1968 / The Jerusalem Years, 1969-1972
      4. James K. Baxter Complete Poems, edited and introduced by John Weir

    39. Plays:

  39. Two Plays: The Wide Open Cage and Jack Winter's Dream (1959)
  40. Three Women and the Sea (1961)
  41. The Spots of the Leopard (1962)
  42. The Bureaucrat (1968)
  43. The Devil and Mr Mulcahy, and The Band Rotunda (1971)
    • The Devil and Mr Mulcahy / The Band Rotunda. New Zealand Playwrights. Ed. Michael Noonan. Auckland: Heinemann Educational Books, 1971.
  44. The Sore-Footed Man, and The Temptations of Oedipus (1971)
    • The Sore-footed Man / The Temptations of Oedipus. New Zealand Playwrights. Ed. Michael Noonan. Auckland: Heinemann Educational Books, 1971.
  45. Collected Plays. Ed. Howard McNaughton (1982)
    • Collected Plays. Ed. Howard McNaughton. Auckland: Oxford University Press, 1982.

    46. Prose:

  46. Recent Trends in New Zealand Poetry (1951)
  47. The Fire and The Anvil: Notes on Modern Poetry (1955)
    • The Fire and The Anvil: Notes on Modern Poetry. 1955. Wellington: New Zealand University Press, 1957.
  48. The Coaster. illustrated by William Jones (195-)
    • The Coaster. Illustrated by William Jones. A Primary School Bulletin. Department of Education, Wellington: School Publications Branch, n.d. [195-?]
  49. New Zealand in Colour. Photographs by Kenneth & Jean Bigwood (1961)
    • New Zealand in Colour. Photographs by Kenneth & Jean Bigwood. 1961. Wellington: A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1977.
  50. Aspects of Poetry in New Zealand (1967)
    • Aspects of Poetry in New Zealand. Christchurch: The Caxton Press, 1967.
  51. The Man on the Horse (1967)
    • The Man on the Horse. Dunedin: University of Otago Press, 1967.
  52. The Flowering Cross (1970)
    • The Flowering Cross. Dunedin: New Zealand Tablet Co. Ltd., 1969.
  53. James K. Baxter as Critic: A Selection from His Literary Criticism. Ed. Frank McKay (1978)
    • James K. Baxter as Critic: A Selection from His Literary Criticism. Ed. Frank McKay. Auckland: Heinemann Educational Books, 1978.
  54. Horse: A Novel (1985)
    • Horse. New Zealand Classic. Auckland: Oxford University Press, 1985.
  55. James K. Baxter: Complete Prose. 4 vols. Ed. John Weir (2015)
    • Complete Prose. Ed. John Weir. 4 vols. Wellington: Victoria University Press, 2015.
      1. Dunedin and Christchurch: The Early Years, 1943-1948 / The Wellington Years, 1949-1965
      2. Return to Dunedin, 1966-1968
      3. The Jerusalem Years, 1969-1972
      4. James K. Baxter Complete Prose, edited and introduced by John Weir

    56. Miscellaneous:

  56. Baxter Basics (1979)
  57. The Essential Baxter. Ed. John Weir (1993)

    58. Recordings:

  58. Barney Flanagan and Other Poems, Read by James K. Baxter. LP (1973)
  59. NZ Poets Read Their Work. Ed. Jonathan Lamb, Jan Kemp & Alan Smythe. 3 LPs (1974)
    • NZ Poets Read Their Work. Ed. Jonathan Lamb, Jan Kemp & Alan Smythe. 3 LPs (Waiata Records, 1974)
  60. Classic New Zealand Poets in Performance. Ed. Jack Ross & Jan Kemp [2 CDs] (2006)
    • Ross, Jack, ed. Classic New Zealand Poets in Performance. Poems Selected by Jack Ross and Jan Kemp. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2006.

    61. Letters:

  61. Spark to a Waiting Fuse: James K. Baxter’s Correspondence with Noel Ginn, 1942-46. Ed. Paul Millar (2001)
    • Spark to a Waiting Fuse: James K. Baxter’s Correspondence with Noel Ginn, 1942-46. Ed. Paul Millar. Wellington: Victoria University Press, 2001.
  62. James K Baxter: Letters of a Poet. 2 vols. Ed. John Weir (2015)
    • Letters of a Poet. Ed. John Weir. 2 vols. Wellington: Victoria University Press, 2019.
      1. 1939-1961
      2. 1962-1972

    63. Secondary:

  63. O’Sullivan, Vincent. James K. Baxter. New Zealand Writers and their Work. Ed. James Bertram. Wellington: Oxford University Press, 1976.
  64. Weir, Father J. E. & Barbara A. Lyon. A Preliminary Bibliography of Works by and Works about James K. Baxter. Christchurch: University of Canterbury, 1979.
  65. Oliver, W. H. James K. Baxter: A Portrait. Auckland: Godwit Press, 1983.
  66. McKay, Frank. The Life of James K. Baxter. Auckland: Oxford University Press, 1990.


It's doubtful he'll ever regain his dominant position in New Zealand poetry after certain recent personal revelations, but there's no ignoring him nevertheless - with all his myriad faults, he's bone of our bone and flesh of our flesh.

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Eric Lee-Johnson: Maurice Duggan at Waihi (1960s)


    Maurice Noel Duggan (1922-1974)

    Short Story Collections:

  1. Immanuel's Land (1956)
  2. Summer in the Gravel Pit (1965)
  3. O'Leary's Orchard and Other Stories (1970)
  4. Collected Stories. Ed. C. K. Stead (1981)
    • Collected Stories. Ed. C. K. Stead. Auckland: Auckland University Press & Oxford University Press, 1981.

    5. Children’s Books:

  5. Falter Tom and the Water Boy (1957)
    • Falter Tom and the Water Boy. Illustrated by Kenneth Rowell. London: Faber, 1958.
  6. The Fabulous McFanes and Other Children’s Stories (1974)

    7. Poetry:

  7. A Voice for the Minotaur: Selected Poems (2001)
    • A Voice for the Minotaur: Selected Poems. Ed. Ian Richards. Auckland: The Holloway Press, 2001.

    8. Secondary:

  8. Richards, Ian. To Bed at Noon: The Life and Art of Maurice Duggan. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 1997.

Duggan began as a sensitive chronicler of mid-twentieth-century New Zealand life. Whether his later experiments are quite as successful is a matter of taste. For myself, I find them as satisfying as the rest of his work.

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John Money: Janet Frame


    Janet Paterson Frame (1924-2004)

    Novels:

  1. Owls Do Cry (1957)
    • Owls Do Cry. Christchurch: Pegasus Press, 1957.
    • Owls Do Cry. 1957. Melbourne: Sun Books, 1976.
  2. Faces in the Water (1961)
    • Faces in the Water. Christchurch: Pegasus Press, 1961.
    • Faces in the Water. 1961. New York: Avon Books, 1971.
    • Faces in the Water. 1961. London: The Women’s Press, 1993.
  3. The Edge of the Alphabet (1962)
    • The Edge of the Alphabet: A Novel. Christchurch: Pegasus Press, 1962.
    • The Edge of the Alphabet: A Novel. 1962. New York: George Braziller, 1991.
  4. Scented Gardens for the Blind (1963)
    • Scented Gardens for the Blind. 1964. London: The Women’s Press, 1982.
  5. The Adaptable Man (1965)
    • The Adaptable Man. 1965. Auckland: Vintage, 1993.
  6. A State of Siege (1966)
    • A State of Siege. 1966. London & Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1982.
  7. The Rainbirds [aka Yellow Flowers in the Antipodean Room] (1968)
    • The Rainbirds. 1967. Christchurch: Pegasus, 1969.
  8. Intensive Care (1970)
    • Intensive Care. 1970. Auckland: Vintage, 1995.
  9. Daughter Buffalo (1972)
    • Daughter Buffalo. 1972. Auckland: Vintage, 1994.
  10. Living in the Maniototo (1979)
    • Living in the Maniototo. 1979. Auckland & London: Hutchinson Group & The Women’s Press, 1985.
  11. The Carpathians (1988)
    • The Carpathians. Auckland: Century Hutchinson, 1988.
  12. Towards Another Summer. 1972 (2007)
    • Towards Another Summer. 1972. Auckland: Vintage, 2007.
  13. In the Memorial Room. 1974 (2013)
    • In the Memorial Room. 1974. Melbourne: Text Publishing Company, 2013.

    14. Short stories:

  14. The Lagoon and Other Stories (1951))
    • The Lagoon & Other Stories. Christchurch: Caxton Press, 1951.
    • The Lagoon & Other Stories. 1951. Christchurch: Caxton Press, 1961.
    • The Lagoon and Other Stories. 1951. Illustrations by Karin van Roosmalen. Auckland: Random Century, 1990.
  15. The Reservoir: Stories and Sketches / Snowman Snowman: Fables and Fantasies (1963)
    • The Reservoir: Stories and Sketches / Snowman Snowman: Fables and Fantasies. New York: George Braziller, 1963.
    • The Reservoir: Stories and Sketches. 1963. New York: George Braziller, 1993.
    • Snowman Snowman: Fables and Fantasies. 1963. New York: George Braziller, 1993.
  16. The Reservoir and Other Stories (1966)
  17. You Are Now Entering the Human Heart (1983)
    • You are Now Entering the Human Heart. Wellington: Victoria University Press, 1983.
  18. Prizes: Selected Short Stories (2009)
    • Prizes: Selected Short Stories. The Janet Frame Collection. Introduction by Ian Richards. A Vintage Book. Auckland: Random House New Zealand, 2009.
    • The Daylight and the Dust: Selected Short Stories. The Janet Frame Collection. Introduction by Michèle Roberts. Virago Modern Classics. London: Virago Press, 2010.
  19. Gorse is Not People: New and Uncollected Stories (2012)
    • Gorse is Not People: New and Uncollected Stories. Ed. Pamela Gordon & Denis Harold. Auckland: Penguin Group (NZ), 2012.
  20. The Mijo Tree (2013)
    • The Mijo Tree. Illustrated by Deidre Copeland. Afterword by Pamela Gordon. Auckland: Penguin Group (NZ), 2013.

    21. Children's fiction:

  21. Mona Minim and the Smell of the Sun. Illustrated by Robin Jacques (1969)
    • Mona Minim and the Smell of the Sun. Illustrated by Robin Jacques. New York: George Braziller, 1969.
    • Mona Minim and the Smell of the Sun. 1969. Vintage New Zealand. Auckland: Random Century New Zealand Ltd., 1992.

    22. Poetry:

  22. The Pocket Mirror (1967)
    • The Pocket Mirror: Poems. New York: George Braziller, 1967.
    • Stories & Poems: The Pocket Mirror & The Lagoon and Other Stories. 1951 & 1967. A Vintage Book. Auckland: Random House New Zealand, 2004.
  23. The Goose Bath (2006)
    • The Goose Bath: Poems. Ed. Pamela Gordon, Denis Harold, & Bill Manhire. A Vintage Book. Auckland: Random House New Zealand, 2006.
  24. Storms Will Tell: Selected Poems (2008)
    • Storms Will Tell: Selected Poems. 1967 & 2006. Ed. Pamela Gordon, Denis Harold, & Bill Manhire. Highgreen, Tarset, Northumberland: Bloodaxe Books Ltd., 2008.

    25. Non-fiction:

  25. To the Is-Land - An Autobiography: Volume One (1982)
    • To the Is-land – An Autobiography: Volume One. 1982. Auckland & London: Hutchinson Group & The Women’s Press, 1984.
  26. An Angel at My Table - An Autobiography: Volume Two (1984)
    • An Angel at My Table – An Autobiography: Volume Two. 1984. Auckland: Century Hutchinson, 1987.
  27. The Envoy From Mirror City - An Autobiography: Volume Three (1985)
    • The Envoy from Mirror City – An Autobiography: Volume Three. Auckland: Hutchinson of New Zealand, 1985.
  28. An Autobiography. Collected edition (1989)
    • An Autobiography: To the Is-land; An Angel at My Table; The Envoy from Mirror City. 1982, 1984, 1985, 1989. Auckland: Random House New Zealand, 1994.
  29. Janet Frame: In Her Own Words (2011)
    • Janet Frame: In Her Own Words. Ed. Denis Harold & Pamela Gordon. Auckland: Penguin Group (NZ), 2011.

    30. Secondary:

  30. King, Michael. Wrestling with the Angel: A Life of Janet Frame. Viking. Auckland: Penguin Books (NZ) Ltd., 2000.
  31. King, Michael. An Inward Sun: The World of Janet Frame. Auckland: Penguin, 2002.

Her work as a whole is more uneven than many of her admirers would admit, but she must nevertheless be admitted to be one of New Zealand's finest writers.

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Martin de Ruyter: Maurice Gee (2018)


    Maurice Gough Gee (1931- )

    Novels:

  1. The Big Season (1962)
  2. A Special Flower (1965)
  3. In My Father's Den (1972)
    • In My Father’s Den. 1972. New Zealand Classic. Wellington: Oxford University Press, 1984.
  4. Games of Choice (1976)
    • Games of Choice. 1976. New Zealand Classic. Wellington: Oxford University Press, 1985.
  5. Plumb. Plumb trilogy, 1 (1978)
    • Plumb. 1978. Wellington: Oxford University Press, 1979.
  6. Meg. Plumb trilogy, 2 (1981)
    • Meg. 1981. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1983.
  7. Sole Survivor. Plumb trilogy, 3 (1983)
    • Sole Survivor. 1983. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1984.
  8. The Fire-Raiser (1986)
  9. Prowlers (1987)
  10. The Champion (1989)
  11. The Burning Boy (1990)
    • The Burning Boy. Auckland: Viking, 1990.
  12. Going West (1992)
  13. Crime Story (1994)
  14. The Fat Man (1994)
  15. Plumb Trilogy ['Plumb', 1978; 'Meg', 1981 & 'Sole Survivor', 1983] (1995)
  16. Loving Ways (1996)
    • Loving Ways. 1981. Auckland: Penguin, 1996.
  17. Live Bodies (1998)
    • Live Bodies. 1998. London: Faber, 1998.
  18. Orchard Street (1998)
  19. Hostel Girl (1999)
  20. Ellie and the Shadow Man (2001)
  21. The Scornful Moon (2003)
  22. Blindsight (2005)
  23. Salt (2007)
  24. Gool (2008)
  25. Access Road (2009)
  26. The Limping Man (2010)
  27. The Severed Land (2017)

    28. Children's Books:

  28. Under the Mountain (1979)
    • Under the Mountain. 1979. Harmondsworth: Puffin, 1982.
  29. The World Around the Corner (1980)
  30. The Halfmen of O (1982)
    • The Halfmen of O. Auckland: Oxford University Press, 1982.
    • The Halfmen of O. 1982. Harmondsworth: Puffin, 1984.
  31. The Priests of Ferris (1984)
    • The Priests of Ferris. 1984. Auckland: Oxford University Press, 1986.
    • The Priests of Ferris. 1984. Harmondsworth: Puffin, 1987.
  32. Motherstone (1985)
    • Motherstone. Auckland: Oxford University Press, 1985.
    • Motherstone. 1985. Harmondsworth: Puffin, 1988.

    33. Short Stories:

  33. A Glorious Morning, Comrade (1975)
  34. Collected Stories (1986)
    • Collected Stories. 1975. Auckland: Penguin, 1986.

    35. Non-fiction:

  35. Memory Pieces (2018)
    • Memory Pieces. Wellington: Victoria University Press, 2018.

    36. Secondary:

  36. Barrowman, Rachel. Maurice Gee: Life and Work. Wellington: Victoria University Press, 2015.

I'm a big fan of his children's stories. I'm not really sufficiently well-read in his other novels to offer an opinion. I do have to admit to having found Plumb a dreary bore. However, I did enjoy Going West.

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Russell Haley (1934-2016)


    Russell Haley (1934-2016)

    Poetry:

  1. The Walled Garden. Northcote: The Mandrake Root, 1972.
  2. On the Fault Line. Taylors Mistake: Hawk Press, 1977.

    3. Fiction:

  3. The Sauna Bath Mysteries & Other Stories. Mt Eden: The Mandrake Root, 1978.
  4. Real Illusions. Wellington: Victoria University Press, 1984.
  5. The Settlement. Auckland: Hodder & Stoughton, 1986.
  6. Beside Myself. Auckland: Penguin Books, 1990.
  7. All Done with Mirrors. Christchurch: Hazard Press, 1999.
  8. A Spider-Web Season & The Transfer Station: Two Story Sequences. Christchurch: Hazard Press, 2000.
  9. Tomorrow Tastes Better. Auckland: HarperCollins New Zealand, 2001.
  10. The Spaces Between: A Novel. Onetangi, Waiheke Island, Auckland: Adastra Productions, 2012.
  11. Moonshine Eggs. Pokeno, Auckland: Titus Books, 2017.

    12. Non-fiction:

  12. Hanly: A New Zealand Artist (1989)

    13. Edited:

  13. [with Susan Davis]. The Penguin Book of Contemporary New Zealand Short Stories (1989)

Though described dismissively as "probably / the best Yorkshire surrealist / writing in New Zealand" by C. K. Stead, Russell Haley was one of the most offhandedly brilliant (& kind) people I ever met.

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Craig Harrison: The Quiet Earth (1981)


    Craig Harrison (1942- )

    Fiction:

  1. Broken October: New Zealand 1985. Wellington: A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1976.
  2. The Quiet Earth. Auckland: Hodder and Stoughton, 1981.
    • The Quiet Earth. 1981. Introduction by Bernard Beckett. Text Classics. Melbourne: The Text Publishing Company, 2013.
  3. Ground Level. Palmerston North: Dunmore Press, 1981.
  4. Days of Starlight. Auckland: Hodder and Stoughton, 1988.
  5. Grievous Bodily. Auckland: Penguin, 1991.
  6. The Dumpster Saga. Auckland: Scholastic New Zealand Limited, 2007.

    7. Non-Fiction:

  7. How to be a Pom. Palmerston North: Dunmore Press, 1975.
  8. The Essence of Art: Victorian Advice on the Practice of Painting. Aldershot, England: Ashgate, 1999.

    9. Drama:

  9. Ground Level. Wellington: Radio NZ, 1974.
  10. The Whites of their Eyes. Wellington: Radio NZ, 1974.
  11. Tomorrow Will Be a Lovely Day. Reed Drama Series. Wellington: A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1975.
  12. Joe and Koro. Wellington: NZBC, 1976-77.
  13. The Quiet Earth, dir. Geoff Murphy, writ. Bill Baer, Bruno Lawrence, Sam Pillsbury (based on the novel by Craig Harrison) – with Bruno Lawrence, Alison Routledge, Pete Smith – (NZ, 1985)
  14. White Lies. Auckland: New House, 1994.

NZ Sci-fi author: copies of the first edition of The Quiet Earth are quite difficult to find. See my posts about him here, here, and here.

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The Gang of Four (1979):
l-to-r: Sam Hunt, Hone Tuwhare, Jan Kemp and Alistair Campbell


    Janet Mary Riemenschneider-Kemp (1949- )

    Poetry Collections:

  1. Against the Softness of Woman (Dunedin: Caveman Press, 1976)
  2. Diamonds and Gravel (Wellington: Hampson Hunt, 1979)
  3. The Sky’s Enormous Jug – love poems old and new (Auckland: Puriri Press, 2001)
  4. Only One Angel (Dunedin: University of Otago Press, 2001)
  5. The Other Hemisphere. 1991 (Washington, DC: Three Continents Press, 1992)
  6. Dante’s Heaven (Auckland: Puriri Press, 2006)
    • Dante Down Under / Gedichte aus Aotearoa/Neuseeland. 2006. Trans. Dieter Riemenschneider. Kronberg im Taunus: Tranzlit, 2017.
    • Dante's Heaven / Il Cielo di Dante. 2006. Trans. Aldo Magagnino. Poggio Imperiale: Edizioni del Poggio, 2017.
  7. Voicetracks: Poems 2002-2012 (Auckland: Puriri Press / Kronberg im Taunus: Tranzlit, 2012)
  8. Black Ice & the Love Planet: Poems 2012-2019 / Glatteis & der Planet der Liebe: Gedichte 2012-2019. Trans. Susanne Opfermann & Helmecht Brienig (Kronberg im Taunus: Tranzlit, 2020)
  9. Tripstones: A Selection of Poems (Auckland: Puriri Press, 2020)

    10. Chapbooks:

  10. Ice Breaker Poems. Drawings by Anthony Stones (Auckland: Coal-Black Press, 1980)
  11. Five Poems (Singapore: National Museum Art Gallery, 1988)
  12. Nine Poems from Le Château de Lavigny (Auckland: Puriri Press, 2007)
  13. Jennet's poem: wild love ( Auckland: Puriri Press, 2012)

    14. Prose:

  14. Spirals of Breath: Short Stories & Novellas. Kronberg im Taunus: Tranzlit, 2020.
  15. Raiment. Memoirs, 1. Auckland: Massey University Press, 2022.
  16. To See a World. Memoirs, 2. Kronberg im Taunus: Tranzlit, 2024.

    17. Edited:

  17. [with Jonathan Lamb & Alan Smythe] New Zealand Poets Read Their Work. 3 LPs (Auckland: Waiata Records, 1974)
  18. [with Jack Ross] Classic New Zealand Poets in Performance (Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2006)
  19. [with Jack Ross] Contemporary New Zealand Poets in Performance (Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2007)
  20. [with Jack Ross] New New Zealand Poets in Performance (Poems Selected by Jack Ross and Jan Kemp. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2008)

"Jan Kemp burst onto the New Zealand poetry scene in the early 1970s, and became one of the few young women poets of her era to be allowed into male-dominated club of the time." (RNZ).

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NZ Herald: Frank Sargeson


    Norris Frank Davey ['Frank Sargeson'] (1903-1982)

    Short Stories:

  1. Conversation with my Uncle and Other Sketches (1936)
  2. A Man and his Wife (1940)
  3. That Summer: And Other Stories (1946)
    • That Summer and Other Stories. London: John Lehmann, 1946.
  4. Collected Stories, 1935–1963 (1964)
    • Collected Stories: 1935-1963. 1964. Introduction by Bill Pearson. Prefatory Note by E. M. Forster. Auckland: Blackwood & Janet Paul, 1966.
    • Collected Stories: 1935-1963. 1964. Introduction by Bill Pearson. Prefatory Note by E. M. Forster. Auckland: Blackwood & Janet Paul, 1966.
  5. The Stories of Frank Sargeson (1973)
    • The Stories of Frank Sargeson. 1973. Auckland: Longman Paul, 1974.
    • The Stories of Frank Sargeson. 1964. Rev. ed. 1973. Auckland: Penguin Books, 1988.
  6. Frank Sargeson's Stories (2010)
    • Frank Sargeson's Stories. 1964. Rev. ed with 13 New Stories. Introduction by Janet Wilson. Auckland: Cape Catley Ltd., 2010.

    7. Novels:

  7. I Saw in my Dream (1949)
    • I Saw in My Dream. London: John Lehmann, 1949.
    • I Saw in My Dream. 1949. Ed. H. Winston Rhodes. New Zealand Fiction. Ed. Bill Pearson. Auckland: Auckland University Press & Oxford University Press, 1974.
  8. Memoirs of a Peon (1965)
    • Memoirs of a Peon. London: MacGibbon & Kee, 1965.
    • Memoirs of a Peon. 1965. The Godwit Collection 4. Auckland: Godwit, 1994.
  9. The Hangover (1967)
  10. Joy of the Worm (1969)
    • 2 Short Novels: The Hangover & Joy of the Worm. 1967 & 1969. Auckland: Penguin, 1984.
  11. Sunset Village (1976)
    • Sunset Village. Wellington: A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1976.

    12. Novellas:

  12. I for One (1952)
  13. Man of England Now (1972)
    • Man of England Now. ['I For One', 1952; ‘A Game of Hide and Seek’, 1972 & ‘Man of England Now’, 1972]. Christchurch: Caxton Press, 1972.
    • Man of England Now. ['I For One', 1952; ‘A Game of Hide and Seek’, 1972 & ‘Man of England Now’, 1972]. Christchurch: Caxton Press, 1972.
  14. [with Edith Campion] 'En Route', in Tandem: The Chain & En Route (1979)
    • [with Edith Campion] Tandem: The Chain & En Route. Wellington & Auckland: A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1979.

    15. Plays:

  15. Wrestling with the Angel (1964)
    • Wrestling with the Angel. Two Plays: A Time for Sowing and The Cradle & the Egg. Christchurch: Caxton Press, 1964.

    16. Non-fiction:

  16. Once is Enough: A Memoir (1973)
  17. More than Enough: A Memoir (1975)
  18. Never Enough: Places and People Mainly (1977)
  19. Sargeson (1981)
    • Sargeson: Once is Enough; More than Enough; Never Enough. 1973, 1975 & 1977. Auckland: Penguin, 1981.
  20. Conversation in a Train and Other Critical Writing. Ed. Kevin Cunningham (1983)
    • Conversation in a Train and Other Critical Writing. Ed. Kevin Cunningham. Auckland: Auckland University Press & Oxford University Press, 1983.

    21. Letters:

  21. Letters of Frank Sargeson. Ed. Sarah Shieff. Vintage. Auckland: Random House New Zealand, 2012.

    22. Secondary:

  22. Michael King. Frank Sargeson: A Life. Viking. Auckland: Penguin Books (NZ) Ltd., 1995.
  23. An Affair of the Heart: A Celebration of Frank Sargeson’s Centenary. Ed. Graeme Lay & Stephen Stratford. Auckland: Cape Catley Ltd., 2003.
  24. Kevin Ireland. Mr Sargeson at Home. Occasional Paper 4. Hamilton: The University Of Waikato, 2005.

Ever since I first bought a copy of his forties volume That Summer and Other Stories while studying abroad, in Edinburgh, I've had a soft spot for Sargeson. I'd never really read him before, but at that moment, at least, he definitely had something to say to me.


    Maurice Francis Richard Shadbolt (1932-2004)

    Novels:

  1. Among the Cinders (1965)
    • Among the Cinders. New Zealand: Whitcombe & Tombs, 1965.
  2. This Summer's Dolphin (1969)
    • This Summer’s Dolphin. London: Cassell, 1969.
  3. An Ear of the Dragon (1971)
  4. Strangers and Journeys (1972)
    • Strangers and Journeys. 1972. Sceptre NZ. Auckland: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd., 1990.
  5. A Touch of Clay (1974)
    • A Touch of Clay. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1974.
  6. Danger Zone (1975)
  7. The Lovelock Version (1980)
    • The Lovelock Version. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1980.
  8. Season of the Jew. New Zealand Wars trilogy, 1 (1986)
    • Season of the Jew. 1986. London: Sceptre, 1988.
  9. Monday's Warriors. New Zealand Wars trilogy, 2 (1990)
    • Monday’s Warriors. 1990. London & Auckland: Sceptre, 1994.
  10. The House of Strife. New Zealand Wars trilogy, 3 (1993)
    • The House of Strife. 1993. Auckland: Sceptre NZ, 1994.
  11. The New Zealand Wars Trilogy (2005)
    • The New Zealand Wars Trilogy: The House of Strife; Monday’s Warriors; Season of the Jew. 1993, 1990, 1986. Auckland: David Ling Publishing Limited, 2005.

    12. Short stories:

  12. The New Zealanders: a Sequence of Stories (1959)
    • The New Zealanders: a sequence of stories. 1959. Christchurch: Whitcoulls, 1976.
  13. Summer Fires and Winter Country (1963)
    • Summer Fires and Winter Country. London: Eyre & Spotiswoode (Publishers) Ltd. / New Zealand: Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd., 1963.
  14. The Presence of Music: Three Novellas (1967)
  15. Figures in Light: Selected Stories (1979)
  16. Dove on the Waters: Novellas (1996)
    • Dove on the Waters. 1996. Auckland: David Ling Publishing Limited, 1997.
  17. Selected Stories of Maurice Shadbolt. Ed. Ralph Crane (1998)
    • Selected Stories. Ed. Ralph Crane. Auckland: David Ling Publishing Limited, 1998.

    18. Non-fiction:

  18. Western Samoa: The Pacific's Newest Nation (1962)
  19. New Zealand: Gift of the Sea (1963)
  20. New Zealand's Cook Islands: Paradise in Search of a Future (1967)
  21. The Shell Guide to New Zealand (1968)
    • The Shell Guide to New Zealand. Christchurch: Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd., 1968.
  22. Isles of the South Pacific (1968)
  23. Love and legend: Some 20th century New Zealanders (1976)
    • Love and Legend: Some 20th Century New Zealanders. Illustrations by Malc Evans. Auckland, London & Sydney: Hodder and Stoughton, 1976.
  24. Guide to New Zealand (1988)
  25. One of Ben's: A New Zealand Medley (1993)
    • One of Ben's. 1993. Auckland: David Ling Publishing Limited, 1994.
  26. Ending the Silences: Critical Essays (1994)
  27. From the Edge of the Sky: A Memoir (1999).

    28. Plays:

  28. Once on Chunuk Bair (1982)
    • Once on Chunuk Bair. Auckland: Hodder & Stoughton, 1982.

    29. TV Documentary:

  29. Voices of Gallipoli (1988)

    30. Secondary:

  30. Temple, Philip. Life as a Novel: A Biography of Maurice Shadbolt. Volume One: 1932-1973. Mangawhai, Northland: David Ling Publishing Limited, 2018.
  31. Temple, Philip. Life as a Novel: A Biography of Maurice Shadbolt. Volume Two: 1973-2004. Mangawhai, Northland: David Ling Publishing Limited, 2021.

At his best, in Season of the Jew, Once on Chunuk Bair, and some of the short stores, Shadbolt was a really impressive writer. The various dramas which distinguished his life should not distract from that.

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Marti Friedlander: C. K. Stead


    Christian Karlson ['Karl' / 'C. K.'] Stead (1932- )

    Poetry:

  1. Whether the Will is Free: Poems 1954–62 (1964)
  2. Crossing the Bar (1972)
  3. Quesada: Poems 1972–74 (1975)
  4. Walking Westward (1979)
  5. Geographies (1982)
  6. Poems of a Decade (1983)
  7. Paris: A poem (1984)
  8. [with Keith Sinclair & Murray Edmond] Three Poems for Kendrick Smithyman. Auckland: Department of English / Auckland University Press, 20 November 1987.
  9. Between (1988)
  10. Voices (1990)
  11. Straw into Gold: New and selected poems (1997)
    • Straw into Gold: Poems New & Selected. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 1997.
  12. The Right Thing (2000)
    • The Right Thing. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2000.
  13. Dog (2002)
    • Dog: Poems. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2002.
  14. The Red Tram (2004)
    • The Red Tram. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2004.
  15. The Black River (2007)
    • The Black River. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2007.
  16. Collected Poems 1951-2006 (2008)
    • Collected Poems 1951-2006. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2008.
  17. The Yellow Buoy: Poems 2007-2012 (2013)
    • The Yellow Buoy: Poems 2007-2012. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2013.
  18. In the Mirror, and Dancing (2017)
  19. That Derrida Whom I Derided Died: Poems 2013-2017 (2018)

    20. Novels:

  20. Smith's Dream (1971)
    • Smith’s Dream. Auckland: Longman Paul, 1971.
    • Smith’s Dream. 1971. Auckland: Longman Paul, 1973.
  21. All Visitors Ashore (1984)
    • All Visitors Ashore. 1984. London: Harvill Press / Auckland: Collins, 1984.
    • All Visitors Ashore. 1984. London: Pan, 1986.
  22. The Death of the Body (1986)
    • The Death of the Body. London: Collins, 1986.
  23. Sister Hollywood (1989)
    • Sister Hollywood. London: Collins, 1989.
  24. The End of the Century at the End of the World (1992)
  25. The Singing Whakapapa (1994)
    • The Singing Whakapapa. Auckland: Penguin, 1994.
  26. Villa Vittoria (1997)
  27. Talking About O'Dwyer (1999)
    • Talking about O’Dwyer: A Novel. Auckland: Penguin, 1999.
  28. The Secret History of Modernism (2001)
    • The Secret History of Modernism. London: The Harvill Press, 2001.
  29. Mansfield: A Novel (2004)
    • Mansfield. Auckland: Vintage, 2004.
  30. My Name Was Judas (2006)
    • My Name was Judas. London: Harvill Secker, 2006.
  31. Risk (2012)
  32. The Necessary Angel (2018)

    33. Short Story Collections:

  33. Five for the Symbol (1981)
    • Five for the Symbol. Auckland: Longman Paul, 1981.
  34. The Blind Blonde with Candles in Her Hair (1998)
  35. The Name on the Door is Not Mine: Stories New & Selected (2016)
    • The Name on the Door is Not Mine: Stories New & Selected. Auckland: Allen & Unwin, 2016.

    36. Non-fiction:

  36. The New Poetic (1964)
    • The New Poetic: Yeats to Eliot. 1964. Harmondsworth: Pelican, 1967.
  37. In the Glass Case: Essays on New Zealand literature (1982)
    • In the Glass Case: Essays on New Zealand Literature. Auckland: Oxford University Press, 1981.
  38. Pound, Yeats, Eliot and the Modernist Movement (1986)
  39. Answering to the Language: Essays on Modern Writers (1989)
  40. The Writer at Work: Essays (2000)
  41. Kin of Place: Essays on 20 New Zealand writers (2002)
    • Kin of Place: Essays on 20 New Zealand Writers. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2002.
  42. Book Self: The Reader as Writer and the Writer as Critic (2008)
    • Book Self: The Reader as Writer and the Writer as Critic. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2008.
  43. South West of Eden: A Memoir 1932–1956 (2009)
    • South-West of Eden: A Memoir 1932-1956. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2010.
  44. Shelf Life: Reviews, Replies and Reminiscences (2016)
    • Shelf Life: Reviews, Replies and Reminiscences. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2016.
  45. You Have A Lot to Lose: A Memoir 1956–1986 (2020)
    • You Have A Lot to Lose: A Memoir 1956-1986. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2020.
  46. What You Made of It: A Memoir 1987–2020 (2021)
    • What You Made of It: A Memoir 1987-2020. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2021.

    47. Edited:

  47. New Zealand Short Stories: Second Series. The World's Classics, 613. London: Oxford University Press, 1966.
  48. Measure for Measure: A Casebook (1977)
  49. The Letters and Journals of Katherine Mansfield: A Selection. Penguin Modern Classics. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1977.
  50. Maurice Duggan. Collected Stories. Auckland: Auckland University Press & Oxford University Press, 1981.
  51. The Faber Book of Contemporary South Pacific Stories (1994)
  52. Werner Forman's New Zealand (1997)

    53. Secondary:

  53. Judith Dell Panny. Plume of Bees: A Literary Biography of C.K. Stead (2009)

A complex but always interesting writer. His decision to retire from Academia and pursue fulltime authorship in his mid-fifties has been quite an inspiration to me, I must confess.

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T. G. H. Strehlow: Songs of Central Australia (1971)


    Theodor George Henry Strehlow (1908–1978)

  1. Aranda Phonetics and Grammar. Introduction by Professor A.P. Elkin (Australian National Research Council, [1944])
  2. An Australian Viewpoint (Printed for the author by Hawthorn Press, 1950)
  3. Rex Battarbee (Sydney: Legend, [1956])
  4. Friendship with South-East Asia: a Cultural Approach (Riall Bros., Printers, 1956)
  5. Nomads in No-man's-land (Aborigines Advancement League Inc. of South Australia, 1961)
  6. Dark and White Australians (Aborigines Advancement League Inc. of South Australia, 1964)
  7. Assimilation Problems: the Aboriginal Viewpoint (Aborigines Advancement League Inc. of South Australia, 1964)
  8. The Sustaining Ideals of Australian Aboriginal Societies (Aborigines Advancement League Inc. of South Australia, 1966, originally published: Melbourne: Hawthorn Press, 1956)
  9. Comments on the Journals of John McDouall Stuart (Libraries Board of South Australia, 1967)
  10. Aranda Traditions (Johnson Reprint, [1968], originally published: Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1947)
  11. Songs of Central Australia (Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1971)
  12. Central Australian Religion (Australian Association for the Study of Religions, 1978)
  13. Journey to Horseshoe Bend (Adelaide: Rigby, 1978)Songs of Central Australia. Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1971.

His masterpiece, the Songs of Central Australia is incredibly, terrifyingly rare - but also fascinating.


    Albert Wendt (1939- )

    Novels:

  1. Sons for the Return Home (1973)
  2. Pouliuli (1977)
    • Pouliuli. Pacific Paperbacks. Auckland: Longman Paul Limited, 1977.
  3. Leaves of the Banyan Tree (1979)
    • Leaves of the Banyan Tree. Auckland: Longman Paul Limited, 1979.
  4. Ola (1991)
  5. Black Rainbow (1992)
    • Black Rainbow. Auckland: Penguin Books, 1992.
  6. The Mango's Kiss: A Novel (2003)
  7. The Adventures of Vela [verse novel] (2009)
  8. Breaking Connections (2015)

    9. Short Stories:

  9. Flying Fox in a Freedom Tree and Other Stories (1974)
  10. The Birth and Death of the Miracle Man and Other Stories (1986)
  11. The Best of Albert Wendt's Short Stories (1999)
    • The Best of Albert Wendt's Short Stories. A Vintage Book. Auckland: Random House New Zealand, 1999.
  12. Small Packages: Stories (2000)
  13. Ancestry: Stories (2012)

    14. Poetry:

  14. Inside Us the Dead: Poems 1961 to 1974 (1976)
  15. Shaman of Visions (1984)
  16. Photographs (1995)
    • Photographs. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 1995.
  17. The Book of the Black Star (2002)
    • The Book of the Black Star. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2002.
  18. From Mānoa to a Ponsonby Garden (2012)
    • From Mānoa to a Ponsonby Garden. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2012.

    19. Plays:

  19. Comes the Revolution (1972)
  20. The Contract (1972)
  21. The Songmaker's Chair (2004)

    22. Non-fiction:

  22. Out of the Vaipe, The Deadwater: A Writer's Early Life (2015)

    23. Edited:

  23. Lali: A Pacific Anthology (1980)
  24. [with Witi Ihimaera] 100 Lovers of Taamaki Makaurau (1994)
  25. [with Reina Whaitiri & Robert Sullivan] Nuanua: Pacific Writing in English since 1980 (1995)
  26. [with Reina Whaitiri & Robert Sullivan] Whetu Moana: Contemporary Polynesian Poems in English (2003)
    • Whetu Moana: Contemporary Polynesian Poems in English. Ed. Albert Wendt, Reina Whaitiri & Robert Sullivan. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2003.
  27. [with Reina Whaitiri & Robert Sullivan] Mauri Ola: Contemporary Polynesian Poems in English. Whetu Moana II (2010)
    • Mauri Ola: Contemporary Polynesian Poems in English. Whetu Moana II. Ed. Albert Wendt, Reina Whaitiri & Robert Sullivan. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2010.

    28. Secondary:

  28. Paul Sharrad, Albert Wendt and Pacific Literature: Circling the Void. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2003.

A major contributor both to New Zealand and Pacific literature.



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Patrick White (1912-1990)


    Patrick Victor Martindale White (1912-1990)

    Novels

  1. Happy Valley (1939)
    • Happy Valley. 1939. Introduction by Peter Craven. Text Classics. Melbourne: The Text Publishing Company, 2012.
  2. The Living and the Dead (1941)
    • The Living and the Dead. 1941. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1967.
  3. The Aunt's Story (1948)
    • The Aunt’s Story. 1948. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1963.
  4. The Tree of Man (1955)
    • The Tree of Man. 1956. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1963.
  5. Voss (1957)
    • Voss. 1957. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode (Publishers) Ltd., 1958.
    • Voss. 1957. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1963.
  6. Riders in the Chariot (1961)
    • Riders in the Chariot. 1961. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1964.
  7. The Solid Mandala (1966)
    • The Solid Mandala. 1966. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1969.
  8. The Vivisector (1970)
    • The Vivisector. 1970. Penguin Modern Classics. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1974.
  9. The Eye of the Storm (1973)
    • The Eye of the Storm. 1973. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1977.
  10. A Fringe of Leaves (1976)
    • A Fringe of Leaves. London: Jonathan Cape, 1976.
  11. The Twyborn Affair (1979)
    • The Twyborn Affair. 1979. King Penguin. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1981.
  12. Memoirs of Many in One (1986)
    • [Alex Xenophon Demirijan Gray]. Memoirs of Many in One. Ed. Patrick White. 1986. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1987.
  13. The Hanging Garden (2012)
    • The Hanging Garden. With a Note by David Marr. 2012. Vintage Books. London: Random House, 2013.

    14. Collections:

  14. The Burnt Ones (1964)
    • The Burnt Ones. 1964. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1974.
  15. The Cockatoos (1974)
    • The Cockatoos. 1974. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1978.
  16. Three Uneasy Pieces (1987)
    • Three Uneasy Pieces. Fairfield, Australia: Pascoe Publishing Pty., 1987.
  17. Selected Writings (1994)
    • Patrick White: Selected Writings. Ed. Alan Lawson. UQP Australian Authors. St Lucia, Queensland: University of Queensland Press, 1994.

    18. Poetry:

  18. [as Patrick Victor Martindale] Thirteen Poems. Sydney: Privately printed, [c.1929]
  19. The Ploughman and Other Poems. Sydney: Beacon Press, [1935]

    20. Plays:

  20. Bread and Butter Women (1935) [Unpublished]
  21. The School for Friends (1935) [Unpublished]
  22. Return to Abyssinia (1948) [Unpublished]
  23. Four Plays. 1965. Melbourne: Sun Books, 1972.
    1. The Ham Funeral (1947 / 1961)
    2. The Season at Sarsaparilla (1962)
    3. A Cheery Soul (1963)
    4. Night on Bald Mountain (1964)
  24. Big Toys (1977)
    • Big Toys. Sydney: Currency Press, 1978.
  25. Signal Driver: A Morality Play for the Times (1982)
  26. Netherwood (1983)
  27. Shepherd on the Rocks (1987)

    28. Screenplay:

  28. The Night the Prowler (1978)
    • The Night the Prowler: Short Story and Screenplay. 1974 & 1978. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books Australia, 1978.

    29. Non-fiction:

  29. Flaws in the Glass (1981)
    • Flaws in the Glass: A Self-portrait. 1981. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1983.
  30. Patrick White Speaks (1989)
    • Patrick White Speaks. 1989. London: Jonathan Cape, 1990.

    31. Letters:

  31. Letters. Ed. David Marr. Sydney: Random House Australia, 1994.

    32. Secondary:

  32. David Marr. Patrick White: A Life. London: Jonathan Cape, 1991.

Some great stuff here. He can be a bit ponderous at times, but the last couple of books were a real revelation.



Norman Lindsay: The Magic Pudding (1918)




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