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Two Besides: A Pair of Talking Heads by Alan Bennett
$22.99 NZD
Category: Short Stories
Two brand new monologues in the Talking Heads series, published here for the first time.
Opening Little Boxes by Kees Lodder, Cathy Casey, Manuela Bertão, Alex Casey
$19.99 NZD
Category: Short Stories
Opening Little Boxes is a series of reflections by three generations of a family living in one home during the COVID-19 lockdown. Each chapter is written from the perspective of a different family member (including two pets). The characters reveal their inner concerns and feelings and find their way ...Show more
All the Way to Summer: Stories of Love and Longing by Fiona Kidman
$40.00 NZD
Category: Short Stories | Reading Level: near fine
A powerful collection of stories exploring love and longing from the award-winning author of This Mortal Boy. Fiona Kidman's early stories about New Zealand women's experiences scandalised readers with their vivid depictions of the heartbreaks and joys of desire, illicit liaisons and unconventional love ...Show more
Huia Short Stories 13: Contemporary Maori Fiction
$25.00 NZD
Category: Maori Books | Reading Level: very good
Here are the best short stories from the Pikihuia Awards for Māori writers 2019 as judged by Scotty Morrison, Robyn Bargh, Tuehu Harris, Whiti Hereaka, Poia Rewi and Carol Hirschfeld. This competition, run by the Māori Literature Trust and Huia Publishers, is held every two years to promote Māori write ...Show more
Witi Ihimaera: His Best Stories by Witi Ihimaera
$30.00 NZD
Category: Short Stories
In this definitive collection by one of New Zealand's best-loved authors, Witi Ihimaera offers his personal choice of twenty-four stories from throughout his illustrious career. The pieces span more than thirty-five years - since his first collection, Pounamu Pounamu(1972), was published - and showcase ...Show more
Maeve Binchy's Treasury by Maeve Binchy
$32.99 NZD
Category: Short Stories
Over 40 delightful stories drawn from The Return Journey and This Year it will be Different, plus eight new autobiographical stories.
Gothic Short Stories by David Blair
$38.00 NZD
Category: Short Stories | Series: Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural
Selected and Edited with an Introduction and Notes by David Blair, University of Kent at Canterbury. Late in the eighteenth century authors began to write ‘Gothic’ stories as a way of putting literature back in touch with the irrational, the supernatural and the bizarre, which had been neglected in the ...Show more
SHORT STORIES FOR CREATIVE LANGUAGE CLASSROOMS by Joanne Collie
$39.99 NZD
Category: Short Stories
A collection of powerful, unabridged stories, accompanied by activities for creative language classrooms. Short Stories includes eleven vivid and memorable short stories written by a variety of authors from different backgrounds between the nineteenth century and the present day. Due to their powerful i ...Show more
Escape Routes by Naomi Ishiguro
$39.99 NZD
Category: Short Stories
Characterised by its own brand of pleasingly unsettling magic, Naomi Ishiguro's ESCAPE ROUTES matches the inventiveness of David Mitchell with the fairy-tale allure of Angela Carter. A space-obsessed child conjures up a vortex in his mother's airing cupboard. A musician finds her friendship with a floc ...Show more
The Boatman and Other Stories by Billy O'Callaghan
$38.00 NZD
Category: Short Stories
The prize-winning Irish short story writer and author of the highly praised novel My Coney Island Baby delivers his most accomplished book of short fiction to date. A poignant story collection that "grips from the opening page" (Bernard MacLaverty).Twelve poignant, quietly dazzling and carefully crafted ...Show more
Short Stories in English for Intermediate Learners by Olly Richards
$27.99 NZD
Category: Short Stories | Series: Foreign Language Graded Reader Ser.
An unmissable collection of eight unconventional and captivating short stories for young and adult learners. "I love Olly's work - and you will too!" - Barbara Oakley, PhD, Author of New York Times bestseller A Mind for Numbers Short Stories in English for Intermediate Learners has been written especial ...Show more
The Heart and Other Viscera - Stories by Félix J. Palma
$29.99 NZD
Category: Short Stories
The New York Times bestselling author of the "supernatural tour de force" (M.J. Rose, bestselling author) The Map of Time crafts an enchanting collection of twelve evocative and macabre stories delving into the magical, ordinary, and darker aspects of love in all its powerful forms. A young girl rec ...Show more
