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Contains 45 significant New Zealand short stories spanning 80 years, showing why short fiction has been so important in the development of our literature, and why it continues to appeal to a wide readership
Selected by Owen Marshall
Authors included = Katherine Mansfield, Frank Sargeson, Greville Texidor, A.P. Gaskell, Dan Davin, E.S. Grenfell, Maurice Shadbolt, Maurice Duggan, David Ballantyne, O.E. Middleton, Joy Cowley, Philip Mincher, Witi Ihimaera, Maurice Gee, Ronald Hugh Morrieson, Michael Henderson, Keri Hulme, Chris Else, Janet Frame, Norman Bilbrough, Patricia Grace, Michael Morrissey, Ian Wedde, Bub Bridger, Fiona Farrell, Craig Harrison, Albert Wendt, Shonagh Koea, Fiona Kidman, Barbara Anderson, Rosie Scott, Ngahuia Te Awekotuku, Vincent O'Sullivan, Lloyd Jones, Owen Marshall, Vivienne Plumb, Peter Wells, C.K. Stead, Chad Taylor, Emily Perkins, Sue McCauley, Rowan Metcalfe, Carl Nixon, Christine Johnstone, Sarah Quigley