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The following new titles list comes to you courtesy of Books Pasifika, specialist suppliers of  Maori, Aotearoa/New Zealand and Pacific Island literature      Billing, Graham LIFEBOAT, THE Cape Catley; Picton, 1997 ISBN/Code: 0908561687 NZ$27.95 softcover  The Lifeboat is set in a private psychiatric hospital, a place of compassionate experiment, on the wild south-eastern coast of New Zealand. As in the movements of a long-established quadrille, patient and therapist advance, fall back, and advance again. This novel is crafted on different levels, which celebrate the resilience of the human heart, and the triumph of hope.    Brunton, Alan (editor) WRITING ISLAND BAY Bumper Books; Wellington, 1997 ISBN/Code: 0958353794 NZ$51.95 134pp softcover  Writing Island Bay had its beginnings in a show by theatre performers, musicians and photographers living in the Wellington suburb. This show forms the basis of the collection of writings connected with the bay, from Katherine Mansfield, Eileen Dugan and Robin Hyde, to modern day works by Michele Leggott, Anne Kennedy and others.    Burgess, Linda; Stratford, Stephen SAFE SEX: AN E-MAIL ROMANCE Godwit Publishing; Auckland 1997 ISBN/Code: 1869620194 NZ$24.95 160pp softcover  Safe Sex, New Zealand's first e-mail novel, takes a revealing look at the romantic possibilities of the internet and also offers a witty insight into the New Zealand literary scene in the nineties.    Chidgey, Catherine IN A FISHBONE CHURCH Victoria University Press; Wellington, 1998 ISBN/Code: 0864733356 NZ$24.95 270pp softcover  This new novel "spans continents and decades. From the Berlin rave scene to the Christchurch duck season, from the rural 1950s to the cosmopolitan present."    Dickson, John SLEEPER Auckland University Press; Auckland, 1998 ISBN/Code: 1869401875 NZ$19.95 64pp softcover  A collection of poems from Dunedin poet John Dickson.    Dykes, Jim WHALE COAST Quoin Press; New Zealand,1997 ISBN/Code: 1877163066 NZ$24.95 softcover  The Kaikoura coast and the whales who frequent its waters are the constant elements in this wide-ranging historical novel. Jim Dykes employs an extensive cast to enliven the history of the Whale Coast, from the terror of Te Rauparaha's raids, through to the recent development of a new industry based on the whales, and to take the reader into the near future.    Edmond, Martin CHEMICAL EVOLUTION: ART AND DRUG CULTURE Bumper Books; Wellington, 1997 ISBN/Code: 0958353778 NZ$20.00 60pp softcover  "&quote;Craziness is heaven&quote;, said Jimi Hendrix; and a generation of young people heard him and went crazy. Dissatisfied with who they were and what kind of place they lived in, these malcontents decided to change their minds". This is a "free-wheeling evocation of those high and far-out times".    Gee, Maurice CHAMPION, THE Penguin Books; Auckland; 1989 ISBN/Code: 0140341609 NZ$12.95 176pp softcover  It is summer in a small NZ town. A wounded American soldier is coming to stay with Rex and his family. Rex is full of expectations, but from the moment Jackson Coop steps down from the bus there are surprises-and how could anyone predict the dramatic events which will unfold in the days to come?    Hebley, Diane POWER OF PLACE, THE: LANDSCAPE IN NEW ZEALAND CHILDREN'S FICTION Otago University Press; Dunedin, 1998 ISBN/Code: 1877133477 NZ$39.95 250pp softcover  Spanning the years 1970 - 1989, this book looks at seascapes and landscapes in New Zealand children's fiction. Covering a wide range of writers the book argues "thatthe dangerous characteristics of the New Zealand landscape have provided writers with scope to explore, experiment and develop a unique New Zealand voice."    Hill, Keith BLUE KISSES Flamingo; Auckland 1998 ISBN/Code: 1869502698 NZ$ 24.95 160pp softcover  Set in contemporary Auckland, Blue Kisses tells the compelling story of the relationship between Bishop, the narrator and Rowan, drug dealer, cynic and would be artist.In the world of druggy hedonism they inhabit, violence is never far away. This new novel explores areas of New Zealand life not covered before in book form.    Hoai Pham Thi CRYSTAL MESSENGER, THE University of Otago Press; Dunedin 1997 ISBN/Code: 187713340X NZ$24.95 hardcover  The Crystal Messenger is a magical story of two sisters' journey to emotional and sexual maturity. But it is also a powerful allegory about the fate of North and South Vietnam. This volume is the first English language edition of this extraordinary work to be published anywhere in the world.    HUIA SHORT STORIES 2 Huia Publishers; Wellington 1997 ISBN/Code: 0908975643 NZ$24.95 150pp softcover The best short stories for adults in English from the Huia Short Story Awards 1997. This collection contains the finalist stories in the award catagories for both new and previously published Maori writers.    Knox, Elizabeth TAWA Victoria University Press; Wellington, 1998 ISBN/Code: 0864733364 NZ$19.95 softcover  This is the third novella that completes the autobiographical trilogy. "Steph is ten and in trouble. Lex is thirteen and wants to save her sister. But being a saviour is harder than it seems".    Middleton, Ian I SEE A VOICE HarperCollins Publishers (NZ) Ltd; Auckland 1998 ISBN/Code: 1869502701 NZ$19.95 180pp softcover  Alone in his apartment Ben tapes his novel into a machine. His only visitor is his agent. Next door the story of Diana and Jack is being played out. Ian Middleton, who is himself blind, writes for the first time on the theme of perception. Musaphia, J LET US BE NAKED Quoin Press; New Zealand 1997 ISBN/Code: 1877163058 NZ$19.95 softcover  Let Us Be Naked is Joseph Musaphia first novel, it is the story of Eddie Lang, who comes home to find himself. But there is no home, no wife, no family, no job, no money, no faith and no hope.    Pirie, Mark NEXT WAVE, THE Otago University Press; Dunedin, 1998 ISBN/Code: 1877133442 NZ$24.95 274pp softcover  This is an anthology of "exciting and subversive new writing from a new generation of writers from Aotearoa/New Zealand". It includes the work by Sia Figiel, a popular young Samoan writer.    Price, Chris (Editor) LANDFALL 194 SPRING 1997 50TH ANNIVERSARY ISSUE University of Otago; Dunedin 1997 ISBN/Code: 1877133299 NZ$24.95 212pp softcover  A large issue to celebrate Landfalls 50th anniversary, contains writing from veteran contributors and newer writers.    Price, Chris (editor) LANDFALL 195: MARCH 1998 Otago University Press; Dunedin, 1998 ISBN/Code: 1877133450 NZ$21.95 softcover  This special issue coincides with the International Festival of the Arts and includes work by many of the writers appearing in the writers and readers week - including Sia Figiel, Anne Michaels and Yuko Tsushima.    Pule, John BURN MY HEAD IN HEAVEN  Penguin Books (NZ) Ltd; Auckland 1997 ISBN/Code: 0140273743 NZ$24.95 softcover This is the story of two worlds, of a Niuean family and their burning desire to leave their island homes, discarding the traditional ways for the streets of Auckland.    Quigley, Sarah HAVING WORDS WITH YOU  Penguin Books (NZ) Ltd; Auckland 1997 ISBN/Code: 014027376X NZ$24.95 soft cover Rich with the incredible strangeness of daily life, this first collection of short stories is a twilight tour of the things that drive us to distraction, lovers and solitude, fears and fantasies.     © 1998