WRITERS AND REVIEWERS
Sir,-On behalf of the Management ‘Committee of the Progressive Publishing Society, may I congratulate you on the stand for honesty in book reviewing taken in your editorial column this week. We agree with Mr. Ballantyne that New Zealand New Writing is "something new in the land, new and . stimulating." For that very reason, cur society, which has definite cultural objectives, and is seeking to develop writers who are good as well as popular, welcomes any criticism which is honest and fair. When we send a book to you for review, we invite you to publish your opinion of it, for the benefit of your readers as well as our authors. One of the greatest hurdles New Zealand writers have to overcome is the rarity of sincere criticism of their work. In view of the discussion raised in your columns, it might be of interest to mention that in a monthly bulletin now being distributed to members of this society, the policy has been firmly established that reviews of all books, particularly our own, are to be honest and independent. They are not to be blurbs. We ask only that our books be treated in like manner by anyone who under-
takes to review them.-
IAN K.
MAC
KAY
(Chairman, Management Commit-
tee, Progressive Publishing Society, Wellington). :
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 9, Issue 230, 19 November 1943, Page 3
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219WRITERS AND REVIEWERS New Zealand Listener, Volume 9, Issue 230, 19 November 1943, Page 3
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