THE GRANDIFLORA TREE
by Shonagh Koea

In Shonagh Koea's novel, the same astringent wit of her short stories here bursts into savage comedy. The conventions of widowhood, she suggests, may be more than the screen that the fainthearted draw around life. But THE GRANDIFLORA TREE is also a love story, of a most peculiar kind, taking us to the edge of humour and leaving us trapped between laughter and tears.
$19.95 A Penguin paperback

TAMA AND OTHER STORIES
by Bruce Stewart

The sun was gone. The sky was black and red. Blood pumped onto the clearing — ran like a creek to stream.
Tama embodies the mana of his people. Always the underdog, now struggling back to a world of light.
Mangu is the stag: huge, terrifying, omnipotent. The spirit of Mangu is abroad, striding across the land.
This first collection of Bruce Stewart's stories deals with powerful themes. There is terror and there is love and beauty. There is nowhere left to hide.
$19.95 A Penguin paperback
Publication: June