‘This penetrating narrative, with its grace, clarity, sensitivity and stark honesty, is the equal of her poems. We are immeasurably in her debt.’ New Zealand Books
The three volumes of this remarkable autobiography – Hot October, Bonfires in the Rain, A Quick World – are published here as one.
Lauris Edmond published her first book of poems in 1975, and won many awards (including the Commonwealth Poetry Prize in 1985). This definitive edition includes her best work, selected and introduced by the poet and critic K.O. Arvidson.
W.H. Oliver, a central figure in New Zealand’s intellectual landscape, reflects here on the decades of his own life, and the history that has shaped him. Looking for the Phoenix was shortlisted for the Montana Award 2002.