Grimm Tales for Young and Old by Philip Pullman
50.00 NZD
Category: Short Stories
In this beautiful book of classic fairy tales, award-winning author Philip Pullman has chosen his fifty favourite stories from the Brothers Grimm and presents them in a 'clear as water' retelling, in his unique and brilliant voice. From the quests and romance of classics such as "Rapunzel", "Snow White" ...Show more
A Cat, a Hat, and a Piece of String by Joanne Harris
35.00 NZD
Category: Short Stories
'Stories are like Russian dolls; open them up, and in each one you'll find another story.' Conjured from a wickedly imaginative pen, here is a new collection of short stories that showcases Joanne Harris' exceptional storytelling art. Sensuous, wicked, mischievous, uproarious and wry, here are tales tha ...Show more
Home & Away: Award-winning Travel Stories by New Zealand Writers by Graeme Lay
35.00 NZD
Category: Short Stories
Travel is in the Kiwi bloodstream: whether bound for Kaiwaka or Kowloon, we have an insatiable appetite for living out of a suitcase and, in select cases, writing about it. Edited by Graeme Lay, this new anthology presents 35 stories by award-winning members of New Zealand Travel Communicators, or Travc ...Show more
Gorse is Not People - New and Uncollected Stories by Janet Frame
40.00 NZD
Category: Short Stories
This brand new collection of 28 short stories by Janet Frame spans the length of her career and contains some of the best she wrote. None of these stories has been published in a collection before, and more than half are published for the first time in Gorse is Not People. The title story caused Frame a ...Show more
The Thrill of Falling by Witi Ihimaera
38.00 NZD
Category: Short Stories
A stunning collection of stories from one of New Zealand's favourite authors. What's new? A young woman utters her favourite mantras to take on the world. An old woman lives like a diva, re - enacting Casablanca. In a rewrite of a play, a singer becomes a rock chick in London. Moby Dick is reincarnated ...Show more
The Trouble With Fire by Fiona Kidman
37.00 NZD
Category: Short Stories
Fiona Kidman has a genius for peeling back the lives of ordinary people to reveal their hidden passions and complexities. In this brilliant new collection, she explores - with her customary subtlety and insight - how we are all touched and sometimes scarred by the flames of emotion - whether it be the i ...Show more
From Under the Overcoat by Sue Orr
30.00 NZD
Category: Short Stories
A collection of vivid, accessible stories, which are modern in setting or sensitivity, entertaining and New Zealand in focus - and this collection can be read purely for the immense pleasure they offer. However, the stories can also be read for the way they explore elements from earlier stories from Mao ...Show more