Co-operative Publishing gives you these GOOD BOOKS The cream of the Christmas list published by New Zealand'$ co-operative literary movement the Progressive Publishing Society. Obtainable all booksellers. POEMS AND ESSAYS SIDI RESZEGH and Other Poems By D McDonald. A memorial to a promising NZ poet, who was killed on active service. Paf: MORE ECHOES FROM FRANCE By As J. D Barker. Poems from the French, with un English translation: 6/6 THE VLTAVA STILL SINGS By F Ost and R Meek. Intensely moving poems by Czech writers. Modern poetry in the democratic tradi- tion. 8/6 THREE ESSAYS ON CZECH POETS By F. Ost. Here is the essence of the democratic tradi- tion of that bastion of freedom, Czechoslovakia 8/6 HALF-LENGTHS By F Combs. Witty and well-written comments on many subjects by a mature mind: Mr. Combs' former books (published by Dent) were well received in NZ: 7/. ISLANDS OF DANGER ~~By Ernest Beaglehole. The Islands of Danger are 390 miles north-east of Samoa, 715 miles north-west of Rarotonga: This book is not just another romantic picture of an impossible South Seas, it is an account of real people and a real place -fundamentally serious, yet written with lightness, humour and charm. It is sympathetic. It is true: 15/6 SHORT STORIES A MAN AND HIS WIFE By Frank Sargeson; "So true-to-life as to be almost startling: LNZ Magazine 4/. SOMETHING To TELL By Isobel Andrews. Well told and unusual short stories by a gifted authoress. Apt characterisations 2/6 paper. 4/6 board: FOR CHILDREN THE BOOK OF WIREMU By Stella Morice: Imaginative writing, beautiful format, and the delightful illustrations by Nangy Bolton make this book about a little Maori boy something that children and grown-ups, too, will treasure_ 6/- CLOSING DECEMBER 31st The Society' $ Short Story Competition The Short Story Section of the Literary Competitions, sponsored by the Progressive Publishing Society, closes on December 31st, 1944. Prize money, E20, The E100 Prize Novel Competition closes April 30th, 1945. The Progressive Publishing Society Po_ Box 956 WELLINGTON
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 11, Issue 285, 8 December 1944, Page 4
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