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Essential New Zealand Poems: Facing the Empty Page by Selected by Siobhan Harvey, James Norcliffe & Harry Ricketts
$45.00 NZD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: Very Good
A must-have poetry companion for all lovers of New Zealand poetry New Zealanders adore poetry, and this expertly selected and handsomely packaged collection of over 150 poems published since the 1950s shows exactly why: New Zealand poetry is, by turns, distinctive, affecting, joyous, revealing, moving, ...Show more
Felix and the Red Rats by James Norcliffe
$19.99 NZD
Category: Children | Reading Level: very good
Fantasy, adventure and realism combine in a junior fiction novel by an award-winning writer. When David's uncle comes to visit he sets off a bizarre series of events. Things become complicated when the pet rats turn bright red. David senses that somehow the red rats are connected to the story he is read ...Show more
Ko Aotearoa Tatou / We Are New Zealand - an anthology by Michelle Elvy; Paula Morris; James Norcliffe
$39.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: near fine
In the aftermath of the Christchurch terrorist attacks of 15 March 2019, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern declared: 'We are all New Zealanders.' These words resonated, an instant meme that asserted our national diversity and inclusiveness and, at the same time, issued a rebuke to hatred and divisiveness. K ...Show more
Leaving the Red Zone: Poems From the Canterbury Earthquakes by edited by James Norcliffe and Joanna Preston
$39.99 NZD
Category: Canterbury & Christchurch
More than 400,000 peopleMore than 14,000 earthquakes5 yearsPeople talked about quake brain, but theCanterbury earthquakes, despite or becauseof this, generated amazing bursts of creativity:music, dance, astonishing street art; and poetry.Leaving the Red Zone is a rich and wide-rangingcollection showcasi ...Show more
One of the Wild Kids - Re-Drafts 21st Collection of Writing by New Zealand Teenagers by Michelle Elvy (Selected by); James Norcliffe (Selected by); Glyn Strange
$35.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand
Aotearoa's young writers pour their minds and hearts into stories, poems, graphic arts and reflections that make up this rich volume. From familiar New Zealand landscapes to surreal imaginings, these offerings demonstrate a remarkable resilience in the face of what has been yet another difficult year. T ...Show more
Re-Draft : World's Steepest Street by Glyn Strange, Tessa Duder & James Norcliffe (eds)
$29.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand
Service Stations and Other Liminal Spaces by Tessa Duder; James Norcliffe; Glyn Strange
$35.00 NZD
Category: Fiction
Collection of poetry and short stories written by teenagers conveying the attitudes of young New Zealanders. Suggested level: senior secondary.
The Afterlife of an Ice Cream Wrapper - Re-Drafts 22nd Collection of Writing by New Zealand Teenagers by Michelle Elvy (Selected by); James Norcliffe (Selected by); Glyn Strange
$39.99 NZD
Category: Young Adult/Teenage
As rich and imaginative as its twenty-one predecessors, this latest addition to the brilliant Re-Draft series will not disappoint. How could it, when it brings together 100 or so of the very best young writers from the length and breadth of Aotearoa/New Zealand? Each year, Re-Draft offers our youn ...Show more
The Crate - A Ghost Story by James Norcliffe
$27.50 NZD
Category: Young Adult/Teenage | Reading Level: very good
* A dark lake with darker secrets. * The bizarre delivery of a mysterious crate. * A fortune-teller unnerved by what she reads in a palm. Why is the past reaching for the present with such bony fingers? For the four teenagers staying near a West Coast lake, what begins as an intriguing puzzle ends wi ...Show more
The Enchanted Flute by James Norcliffe
$19.99 NZD
Category: Children | Reading Level: very good
A flute that will only play one mysterious song? A strange old man in a wheel chair somehow rejuvenated by this music? A leap from a window into a strange and often frightening world where nobody can be trusted and from which there seems to be no escape? The Enchanted Flute sweeps Becky Pym and Johnny C ...Show more
The Frog Prince by James Norcliffe
$36.00 NZD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
A disappearance. An infatuation. The Frog Prince is an intriguing, multi-layered novel giving us a story, within a story, within a story. We might recall the kiss between the frog prince and the princess, but not necessarily the part where the princess angrily flings the frog against the wall. What was ...Show more
The Loblolly Boy and the Sorcerer (#2) by James Norcliffe
$19.99 NZD
Category: Children | Series: The Loblolly Boy | Reading Level: very good
The Loblolly boy wants his old life back and his plight is all the more poignant for his searching. In this stunning junior fiction fantasy sequel to The Loblolly Boy, Michael convinces the unhappy boy at the Great Hall to Exchange with him once again, and Michael begins a magical journey home. Complica ...Show more