James BertramThis month’s ‘out of the archives’ review is of Janet Frame’s 1966 novel The Reservoir and Other Stories, by Rhodes scholar and journalist James Bertram. The Reservoir and other stories, by Janet Frame (Pegasus, 1966). 22s. 6d. This is the first collection of short stories by Janet Frame to become generally available in this country […]
The Orange Tree, from Landfall 45, 1958
Paul DayThe Orange Tree, by Helen Shaw, The Pelorus Press, 1957, 80 pp., 7s. 6d. In this collection of eleven stories (attractively produced by the Pelorus Press – though an unfortunate misprint spoils the Contents page) of which none are long, and some so short as to be sketches only, Helen Shaw has steadfastly kept her […]
Classic Review: The Origins of the Maori Wars
Gerald HensleyThis month’s classic review is from Landfall 47, September 1958. The Origins of the Maori Wars, by Keith Sinclair (New Zealand University Press, 1957), 26s. 6d. ‘THE WAR’, said Wetini Taiporutu, ‘is not merely a contention for the land at New Plymouth, but for the chieftainship of New Zealand.’ With this declaration the old […]
On O.E Middleton & Maurice Shadbolt
R.A. Copland This month’s out of the archive post is a review if the short stories of O.E Middleton and Maurice Shadbolt by R.A. Copland from Landfall 56 (1960). The New Zealanders, by Maurice Shadbolt (Gollancz, 1959), 18s. The Stone and Other Stories, by O.E. Middleton (The Pilgrim Press, 1959), 12S. 6d. These stories of Maurice Shadbolt’s are […]
Classic Review from 1960, by Ruth Dallas
Ruth Dallas Each month we will publish a review from a past issue of Landfall. This month’s review is from Landfall 56, published in 1960 under the editorship of Charles Brasch. The review is by Ruth Dallas, who discusses Australian short-stories. Coast to Coast, Australian Stories 1957-58. Selected by Dal Stivens. Angus and Robertson. 21S. West Coast Stories, edited […]
Classic Review from 1961, by R.A. Copland
R. A. Copland Each month we will publish a review from a past issue of Landfall. This month’s review is from Landfall 57, published in March 1961 under the editorship of Charles Brasch. It is by R.A. Copland, then lecturing in English at the University of Canterbury. Some are Lucky, Phillip Wilson. Denis Glover. 14s. […]