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Bill Manhire

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Anthology
100 New Zealand Poems. Auckland: Godwit, 1993. Voyager link
Evening Post September 24 (1993): 5-5.
Quote Unquote 5; Oct (1993): 34-35.
Dominion October 30 (1993): 16-16.
New Zealand Herald November 27 (1993): 6-6.
Listener 141.2800; December 4 (1993): 52-53.
Otago Daily Times December 4 (1993): 22-22.
The Press sup; December 11 (1993): 14-14.
New Zealand Books 3.3; Summer (1993): 17-17.
Landfall 187; Autumn (1994): 143-144.
121 New Zealand Poems. Auckland: Godwit, 2005. Voyager link
Dominion Post E; May 14 (2005): 10-10.
New Zealand Herald sup; July 9 (2005): 42-43.
1396, a Literary Calendar : 13 works, hand-set & hand-printed. Wellington: Wai-te-ata Press, 1996. Voyager link
Evening Post January 25 (1997): 14-14.
Are Angels OK? the Parallel Universes of New Zealand Writers and Scientists. Wellington: Victoria University Press, 2006. Voyager link
Artists Antarctic collection. Christchurch: 2002. Voyager link
Collected Poems. Wellington: Victoria University Press, 2001. Voyager link
Art News 21.3; Spring (2001): 37-38.
Evening Post September 7 (2001): 9-9.
Listener October 6 (2001): 58-59.
Otago Daily Times sup; October 13 (2001): 39-39.
New Zealand Books 11.5; Dec (2001): 9-9.
Contemporary New Zealand poets in performance (+ 2 sound discs). Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2007. Voyager link
Four. Published by the authors, 1996. Voyager link
"Boxing the compass." New Zealand Books 3.6; Aug (1996): 7-8.
New Zealand Books 3.6; Aug (1996): 7-8.
Manhire at 60 : a book for Bill. Wellington: Victoria University Press, 2006. Voyager link
Mutes and Earthquakes : Bill Manhires Creative Writing Course at Victoria. Wellington: Victoria University Press, 1997. Voyager link
Dominion September 6 (1997): 22-22.
New Zealand Education Review 2.21; September 24 (1997): 14-14.
Pavement 25; Oct/Nov (1997): 164-164.
Listener November 1 (1997): 45-45.
New & Notable 14.5; Nov (1997): 8-18.
New Zealand Books 7.5; Dec (1997): 10-11.
English in Aotearoa 33; Dec (1997): 61-61.
Otago Daily Times April 11 (1998): 73-73.
Landfall 195; Autumn (1998): 167-171.
NZ Listener Short Stories. Wellington: Methuen, 1977. Voyager link
Comment 2; Feb (1978): 31-32.
Six by Six : Stories by New Zealands Best Writers. Wellington: Victoria University Press, 1989. Voyager link
Otago Daily Times July 12 (1989): 28-28.
Evening Post August 5 (1989): 29-29.
Dominion August 5 (1989): 7-7.
Press August 19 (1989): 25-25.
InfoChoice 3; Feb (1990): 1-4.
TLS (Times Literary Supplement) 4531; February 2 (1990): 122-122.
World Literature Today 65.1; Summer (1992): 192-198.
Canadian Literature 133; Summer (1992): 196-198.
Soho Square. Four. Wellington: Bridget Williams Books, 1991. Voyager link
Evening Post October 25 (1991): 7-7.
TLS (Times Literary Supplement) 4623; November 8 (1991): 31-31.
Dominion Sunday Times November 10 (1991): 22-22.
New Zealand Herald 2; December 28 (1991): 4-4.
Planet 6; (1991): 37-37.
Next 11; Jan (1992): 63-63.
Stamp 28; Feb (1992): 28-29.
The Press sup; February 8 (1992): 10-10.
Listener 132.2708; February 24 (1992): 53-53.
New & Notable 9.1; Mar (1992): 18-27.
Otago Daily Times March 14 (1992): 20-20.
New Zealand Books 2.1; June (1992): 2-2.
Some Other Country : New Zealands Best Short Stories. Wellington: Port Nicholson Press, 1984. Voyager link
Listener 108.2335; November 10 (1984): 45-46.
Landfall 39; June (1985): 251-255.
Wellington Cosmos Feb (1985): 72-73.
Company Director and Professional Administrator 20.199; April 27 (1985).
Dominion February 8 (1992): 11-11.
The Press sup; March 14 (1992): 10-10.
Stamp 30; April (1992): 24-25.
New & Notable 9.2; May (1992): 8-8.
Listener April 19 (1997): 50-51.
New Zealand Herald G; May 10 (1997): 6-7.
Press sup; May 17 (1997): 17-17.
Dominion June 28 (1997): 20-20.
Metro 194; Aug (1997): 120-122.
New Zealand Books 7.4; Oct (1997): 4-5.
Southern convergence : Antarctic art. Wellington: Pemmican Press, 2001. Voyager link
Spectacular Babies: new writing. Auckland: Flamingo, 2001. Voyager link
New Zealand Herald I; February 24 (2001): 6-6.
Evening Post March 9 (2001): 9-9.
New Zealand Books 11.4; Oct (2001): 5-6.
The nature of things: poems from the New Zealand landscape. Nelson: Craig Potton Publishing, 2005. Voyager link
The Wide White Page : Writers imagine Antarctica. Wellington: Victoria University Press, 2004. Voyager link
Dominion Post E; November 6 (2004): 10-10.
New Zealand Herald sup; November 20 (2004): 34-35.
Sunday Star Times C; November 24 (2004): 10-10.
Listener 197.3377; January 29 (2005): 40-41.
Otago Daily Times sup; February 5 (2001): 11-11.
Press D; May 21 (2003): 13-13.
New Zealand Books 15.1; Mar (2005): 1-1.
Landfall 209; Autumn (2005): 180-184.
Takahe 57; Autumn (2006): 51-51.
Twenty contemporary New Zealand poets: an anthology. Wellington: Victoria University Press, 2009. Voyager link
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Article
"Creative writing in the University." Comment 12; Sept (1980): 25-27.
"Criticism is crippled by cosiness with writers critics in the same boat." NZ Bookworld 4; Sept (1973): 7-8.
"Endings." Quote Unquote 2; July (1993): 7-7.
"On originality." Islands 2.4; Summer (1973): 396-397.
"Snow job." Quote Unquote 43; Feb (1997): 24-24.
"Swimming in the sea of words." Quote Unquote 22; April (1995): 14-15.
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Criticism
Islands 6; Mar (1978): 342-349.
"Breaking the line: a view of American and New Zealand poetry." Islands 3.2; Dec (1987): 142-154.
"Dirty silence: impure sounds in New Zealand poetry." Australian and New Zealand Studies in Canada 4; Fall (1990): 57-71.
Doubtful Sounds: essays and interviews. Wellington, Victoria University Press 2000.
Listener February 5 (2000): 46-46.
Sunday Star Times F; February 13 (2000): 2-2.
New Zealand Education Review 4.37; February 11 (2000): 11-11.
New Zealand Herald J; March 25 (2000): 8-8.
Otago Daily Times H; April 8 (2000): 33-33.
Dominion June 17 (2000): 27-27.
New Zealand Books 10.2; June (2000): 13-13.
Maurice Gee. Auckland, Oxford University Press 1986.
Still shines when you think of it : a festschrift for Vincent O’Sullivan. 2007. Voyager link
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Essay
"After-hours." World Literature Today: A Literary Quarterly of the University of Oklahoma 78.2; May (2004): 29-31.
"Amid it all, there is ever the wide horizon." Otago Daily Times December 9 (2005): 17-17.
"Concentration." Quote Unquote 4; Sept (1993): 11-11.
"Dirty silence : impure sounds in New Zealand poetry." Australian and New Zealand Studies in Canada 4; Fall (1990): 57-71.
"Famous last words." New Zealand Books 12.5; Dec (2002): 1-1.
Fault. Wellington, Wellington City Council 1994.
"How to write (2)." Listener 197.3374; January 8 (2005): 31-31.
Isabella notes. In: Of Pavlova, poetry and paradigms : essays in honour of Harry Orsman. Wellington, Victoria University Press 1993: 24-33.
"Lines." Quote Unquote 14; Aug (1994): 10-10.
"Lists." Quote Unquote 14; Aug (1994): 10-10.
"Recognising the good : a tribute to Chris Price." Landfall 200; Nov (2000): 197-197.
"Sampled voices." Islands 2; Winter (1973): 208-212.
"Stranger at the ranchslider." JNZL: Journal of New Zealand Literature 13; (1995): 11-22.
"Titles." Quote Unquote 1; June (1993): 8-9.
"Tribal voices." Listener June 26 (1999): 42-44.
"W.H. Audens The Shield of Achilles : a note on source criticism." AUMLA: Journal of the Australasian Universities Language and Literature Association 58; Nov (1982): 164-169.
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Interview
In the Same Room: Conversations with New Zealand Writers. Asheville, Auckland University Press 1992. Voyager link
"Ready to move : interview with Hone Tuwhare." Landfall 42; Sept (1988): 262-282.
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Non Fiction
"Drawing a blank." Sunday Star Times C; November 7 (2004): 7-7. Voyager link
Hone Tuwhare. In: In the Same Room : Conversations with New Zealand Writers. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 1992. Voyager link
Hotere : out the black window : Ralph Hoteres work with New Zealand poets. Auckland: Godwit, 1997. Voyager link
Under the Influence. Wellington: Four Winds Press, 2003. Voyager link
"Books." New Zealand Herald October 11 (2003): Supplement, p. 28-29.
New Zealand Herald sup; October 11 (2003): 28-29.
Listener 191.3312; November 1 (2003): 62-62.
New Zealand Books 14.1; Mar (2004): 13-13.
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Novel
Songs of My Life. Auckland: Godwit, 1996. Voyager link
Evening Post March 8 (1996): 7-7.
New Zealand Herald March 9 (1996): 6-6.
Dominion March 16 (1996): 20-20.
Quote Unquote 34; April (1996): 26-27.
Metro 182; Aug (1996): 109-111.
Otago Daily Times August 10 (1996): 28-28.
Landfall 192; Spring (1996): 330-346.
New Zealand Books 6.5; Dec (1996): 1-3.
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Photographs
New Zealand writers. Set 1 (picture). Wellington, Dept of Education 1988.
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Poetry
"A song about the moon; Some epithets; What it means to be naked; Good looks; The paperweight; Contemplation of the heavens; A song for Brigadier Gilbert." Islands 4.3; Spring (1975): 257-261-331-332.
"A winter Christmas." Metro Auckland 118; April (1991): 150-150.
"After the movie; Creative nonfiction; Evening post; Screen saver." Sport 28; Autumn (2002): 34-35.
"Allen Curnow meets Judge Dredd." Landfall 42.2; June (1988): 137-138.
"An outline." Islands 7.2; Nov (1989): 188-189.
"Brazil." Vital Writing 2; (1990): 28-33.
"Conversation with Robert Creeley." Islands 5.1; Sept (1976): 32-49.
Dawn, Water. Wellington, Hawk Press 1979.
Listener 95.2111; June 28 (1980): 73-73.
Art New Zealand 17; (1980): 70-71.
"Domestic; Sounding the dark." Landfall 194; Spring (1997): 337-338.
"Events and editorials: Baxters collected poems." Islands 8/9; June (1981): 102-120.
"From Isabella notes." Landfall 189; Spring (1993): 261-261.
"From the manner of sleep; Love poem; Gull; How to take off your clothes at the picnic." Landfall 93; Mar (1970): 44-45.
Good Looks. Auckland, Auckland University Press 1982.
Listener 101.2221; August 21 (1982): 85-86.
NZ Monthly Review 23.247; Sept (1982): 16-17.
London Magazine 22.11; Feb (1983): 79-81.
Reviews Journal 1; July (1983): 12-14.
"Highlights." Islands new ser. 3.1; Aug (1986): 8-15.
Homelight : an Antarctic Miscellany. Karori, Pemmican Press 1998.
Evening Post June 26 (1998): 7-7.
New Zealand Books 8.3; Aug (1998): 18-19.
How to Take Your Clothes Off at the Picnic : Poems. Wellington, Wai-te-ata Press 1977.
Listener 90.2033; December 16 (1978): 69-69.
Comment 4; Aug (1978): 34-36.
Landfall 33; Mar (1979): 72-77.
"Hurricane." Listener 129.2665; April 22 (1991): 60-60.
"Jalopy; The end of love." Metro 9.98; Spring (1989): 45-45.
"Leaving home; The incision." Islands 2.3; Spring (1972).
"Legacies." Islands new ser. 1.1; July (1984): 16-16.
Lifted. Wellington, Victoria University Press 2005.
Sunday Star Times C; July 10 (2005): 7-7.
Otago Daily Times sup; July 23 (2005): 6-6.
Dominion Post E; July 16 (2005): 12-12.
Listener 199.3404; August 6 (2005): 38-39.
Press D; October 1 (2005): 9-10.
New Zealand Books 15.5; Dec (2005).
"Light verse." Quote Unquote 15; Sept (1994): 10-10.
"Loosening-up poem; Loss of the forest; Party going; Night windows Careys Bay; Last things." Islands 8.4; June (1981): 15-17.
"Love poem; Visiting the Ralph Hotere exhibition with Ross Stevens, June 5." Listener 159.2983; July 5 (1997): 48-48.
"Magasin.." Listener 115.2447; January 17 (1987): 52-52.
"Making dreams work." Landfall 204; Spring (2002): 193-196.
Malady. Dunedin, Amphedesma Press 1970.
Landfall 24; Dec (1970): 418-421.
"Masturbating." Poetry Australia 110; (1987): 28-28.
"Milky Way bar." Landfall 43.2; June (1989): 179-179.
Milky Way Bar. Wellington, Victoria University Press 1991.
Evening Post April 5 (1991): 9-9.
Dominion Sunday Times May 5 (1991): 22-22.
New Zealand Herald June 15 (1991): 6-6.
Otago Daily Times June 29 (1991): 21-21.
Listener 130.2675; July 1 (1991): 50-52.
The Press August 24 (1991): 27-27.
TLS (Times Literary Supplement) 4636; February 7 (1992): 19-19.
New Zealand Books 2.2; Sept (1992): 15-15.
Stamp 34; Sept (1992): 44-45.
World Literature Today 66.4; Autumn (1992): 785-785.
CRNLE Reviews Journal 1; (1993): 70-76.
"Miscarriage." Listener 125.2593; November 13 (1989): 146-146.
"Moonlight." Sport 15; Oct (1995): 81-81.
"My lost youth; Princess : the treatment." Landfall 44.2; June (1990): 139-142.
My Sunshine. Wellington, Victoria University Press 1996.
Evening Post March 8 (1996): 7-7.
Quote Unquote 34; April (1996): 11-13.
Quote Unquote April (1996): 26-27.
Listener April 27 (1996): 42-43.
Otago Daily Times May 4 (1996): 22-22.
Sunday Star Times May 26 (1996): 4-4.
New Zealand Books 6.2; June (1996): 11-12.
Press August 31 (1996): 14-14.
Landfall 192; Spring (1996): 330-346.
New & Notable 14.2; May (1997): 10-25.
"My sunshine; Doctor Zhivago; Between the cough and the howl; Blade & swing." Sport 9; Spring (1992): 3-5.
"Opoutere." Sport 32; Summer (2004): 7-11.
"Out west." Metro 104; Feb (1990): 32-32.
"Phar Lap." Listener 126.2604; February 5 (1990): 132-132.
"Pharlap." Illusions 17; Spring (1991): 24-26.
Pine. Dunedin, Otakou Press 2005.
"Poems addressed to Curnow." Verse 8.2; Summer (1990): 24-36.
Poems for the Eighties: New Poems. Wellington, Wai-te-ata Press 1979.
"Real hot air." Helix 17; (1984): 36-41.
Selected Poems. Wellington, Victoria University Press 1995.
Listener March 23 (1996): 53-55.
Otago Daily Times March 2 (1996): 22-22.
Quote Unquote 34; April (1996): 28-29.
Selected poems. Wellington, Victoria University Press 2012. Voyager link
Sheet Music : Poems 1967-1982. Wellington, Victoria University Press 1996.
Evening Post March 8 (1996): 7-7.
Quote Unquote 34; April (1996): 11-13.
Quote Unquote 34; April (1996): 26-27.
Listener April 27 (1996): 42-43.
Otago Daily Times May 4 (1996): 22-22.
Press sup; August 31 (1996): 14-14.
New Zealand Books 6.2; June (1996): 11-12.
Landfall 192; Spring (1996): 330-346.
"Short cuts." Quote Unquote 17; Nov (1994): 12-12.
"Some screens." New Zealand Books 5.1; Mar (1995): 6-6.
"Songs of my life." Sport 11; Nov (1993): 34-42.
Southern Convergence: Antarctic art. Wellington, Pemmican Press 2001.
"Synopsis (Handels Imeneo)." Landfall 158; June (1986): 171-172.
"Terra firma; Petal." Printout 7; Autumn (1994): 21-24.
"The adventures of Hillary." Sport 16; Autumn (1996): 56-56.
"The Anglo-Saxon onion." Comment 12; Sept (1980): 2-2.
"The asterisk machine." Landfall 45.1; Mar (1991): 34-36.
"The coast; The mutability cantos; The L & R song." Islands 3.2; Winter (1974): 205-208.
"The collection." Islands 1.1; Spring (1972): 32-34.
The Elaboration : Poems. Wellington, Square & Circle 1972.
Islands 1.1; Spring (1972): 73-74.
Art & Community 8.9; September 9 (1972): 9-9.
Cave 3; Feb (1973): 9-10.
"Post-O'Sullivan." Journal of Commonwealth Literature 9.1; Aug (1974): 73-74.
"The elaboration; The occupation, against time; Watching Alison in winter; The proof; Spring breaks." Landfall 88; Dec (1968): 367-369.
"The importance of personal relationships." Landfall 92; Dec (1969): 313-313.
"The next thousand." Sunday Star Times sup; January 2 (2000): 28-29.
The old mans example. Wellington, Wrist & Anchor Press 1990.
"The poetry file : charm." Quote Unquote 7; Dec (1993): 13-13.
"The poetry file : charm." Quote Unquote 8; Jan/Feb (1994): 13-13.
"The poetry file : childs play." Quote Unquote 5; Oct (1993): 13-13.
"The poetry file : dirt." Quote Unquote 11; May (1994): 10-10.
"The poetry file : finders keepers." Quote Unquote 44; Mar (1997): 10-10.
"The poetry file : great Scott!." Quote Unquote 38; Aug (1996): 10-10.
"The poetry file : innocence." Quote Unquote 37; July (1996): 10-10.
"The poetry file : mistakes." Quote Unquote 4; Sept (1993): 11-11.
"The poetry file : prose poems." Quote Unquote 42; Dec (1996): 8-8.
"The poetry file : rhyme." Quote Unquote 9; Mar (1994): 13-13.
"The poetry file : rough stuff." Quote Unquote 18; Dec (1994): 10-10.
"The poetry file : underground poetry." Quote Unquote 10; April (1994): 10-10.
"The poetry file : words." Quote Unquote 6.6; Oct (1993): 13-13.
"The poets wife." Sport 4; Autumn (1990): 91-98.
"The Saturday dad." Metro Auckland 182; Aug (1996): 111-111.
"The seasons/If I will sing there; Pavilion." Landfall 93; Dec (1970): 44-45.
"The song; The calendar; The directory; The procedure: Two versions from the Anglo-Saxon : Wen; Wulf." Landfall 100; Dec (1971): 387-392.
The victims of lightning. Wellington, Victoria University Press 2010. Voyager link
"Lightning conductor." Sunday Star Times March 21 (2010): C7.
"Subtle conversation." New Zealand Books 20.2; Winter (2010): 7-8.
Takahe 70; (2010): 39-48.
Bravado 20; (2010): 63-65.
"Lightning strikes." Listener 223.3646; March 27 (2010): 42.
342; April 2010: 123-124.
"Poetry like music to one's ears." New Zealand Herald April 3 (2010): 38.
Otago Daily Times April 10 (2010): 49.
Landfall 220; Spring (2010): 168-170.
"Blue skies and grey clouds." Dominion Post March 13 (2010): 19.
These rough notes. Wellington, Victoria University Press 2012. Voyager link
"Threnody; For President Johnson on the shores of America." Landfall 85; Mar (1968): 24-25.
"Uselessness." Quote Unquote 20; Feb (1995): 11-11.
"Ventriloquial." Metro 106; April (1990): 128-132.
"Waiwhare." Quote Unquote 18; Dec (1994): 10-10.
What to Call Your Child. Auckland, Godwit 1999.
Dominion October 16 (1996): 20-20.
Evening Post October 22 (1999): 5-5.
Otago Daily Times December 1 (1999): 24-24.
New Zealand Books 10.1; Mar (2000): 15-16.
Landfall 199; Mar (2000): 115-117.
The Press sup; April 1 (2000): 10-10.
"When you're dead you go on television; Breakfast; Poem for Vanessa; Vanessas song; The selenologist." Islands 7.1; Aug (1978): 42-47.
"Wings of gold : a week among poets." Sport 6; April (1991): 37-64.
"Zoetropes." Comment 14; Nov (1981): 2-2.
Zoetropes : Poems, 1972-82. Wellington, Port Nicholson Press 1984.
New Outlook 14; Jan/Feb (1985): 44-44.
Listener 109.2350; March 2 (1985): 32-32.
Landfall 39; June (1986): 237-240.
Landfall 39; June (1985): 240-244.
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Short Story
"Bill Manhire on The Magic Faraway Tree." Education 26.10; (1977): 23-23.
"Performance tips." Landfall 206; Spring (2003): 15-17.
"Some questions I am frequently asked." Sport 1; Spring (1988): 39-49.
South Pacific. Manchester, Carcanet 1994.
TLS (Times Literary Supplement) March 4 (1994): 20-20.
New York Times Book Review April 3 (1994): 16-16.
World Literature Today 69; Spring (1995): 411-411.
The Brain of Katherine Mansfield. Auckland, Auckland University Press 1988.
Agenda 42; May (1988): 25-25.
Metro 8.83; May (1988): 45-45.
Listener 121.2527; August 6 (1988): 50-50.
Landfall 42; Sept (1988): 327-330.
"The days of sail." Untold 8; Spring (1987): 8-10.
"The moon at the end of the century." Vital Writing 3; (1991): 178-187.
The New Land: a Picture Book. Auckland, Heinemann Reed 1990.
Dominion March 10 (1990): 7-7.
Dominion Sunday Times March 18 (1990): 15-15.
Dominion Sunday Times March 18 (1990): 15-15.
New Zealand Herald March 24 (1990): 6-6.
Evening Post March 24 (1990): 31-31.
Publishers Weekly 237.20; May 18 (1990): 77-77.
Metro 108; June (1990): 146-148.
Listener 127.2622; June 11 (1990): 110-110.
Otago Daily Times July 21 (1990): 21-21.
InfoChoice 5; July (1990): 2-2.
Landfall 44.4; Dec (1990): 510-512.
NZ Monthly Review 329; Mar (1991): 36-36.
World Literature Today 65.1; Winter (1991): 191-192.
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Short Story Collection
Some other country: New Zealand's best short stories. Wellington, Victoria University Press 2008. Voyager link
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Sound Recording
Declining the Naked Horse. Dunedin, University of Otago, Dept of Music 1981.
 

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Anthology
Aotearoa Neuseeland. Edition Klaus Isele, Eggingen, 1994.
Wilkins, Damien. Manhire at 60 : a book for Bill. Victoria University Press, Wellington, 2006.
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Article
Gifkins, Michael. "Bookmarks." Listener 2508.120; March 19 (1988): 46-46.
Wevers, Lydia. "Big picture : short text : New Zealand short fiction in the 1990." CRNLE Reviews Journal 1; (1993): 49-53.
Greet, Annie. "Yours with love, Bill & Co." CRNLE Reviews Journal 1; (1993): 70-76.
Smith, Charmian. "Knowledge of words key to writing." Otago Daily Times August 2 (1996): 22-22.
Gregg, Stacy. "Learning to write right." Sunday Star Times E; September 8 (1996): 5-5.
Sharp, Iain. "Triple Bill." Quote Unquote 34; April (1996): 11-13.
Shakespear, Vivienne. "A creative spell for those lost for words." Evening Post August 16 (1997): 14-14.
Sharp, Iain. "Lauded poet lands first laureate title." Sunday Star Times March 9 (1997): 2-2.
Murray, Heather. "Naively tapping out a profound message." New Zealand Education Review 2.21; September 24 (1997): 14-14.
"Pure and manly virtues." New Zealand Education Review 2.17; August 27 (1997): 12-12.
McLauchlan, Gordon. "The man who can, does, and teaches, too." New Zealand Herald March 8 (1997): 2-2.
Nichol, Ruth. "Venture sees new meet old in publishing methods." Evening Post January 25 (1997): 14-14.
Aldridge, Val. "Kiwi poet off to make changes." Dominion September 15 (1998): 7-7.
Chamberlain, Jenny. "Manhire mania." North and South 146; May (1998): 24-25.
Gibb, John. "Poet awarded Fulbright grant." Otago Daily Times September 30 (1998): 4-4.
"Polar landscape inspired poetry." Otago Daily Times March 31 (1998): 13-13.
Hurley, Jane. "That poetry effect." Listener August 1 (1998): 58-58.
Du Chateau, Carroll. "White light, white heat." New Zealand Herald G; February 28 (1998): 1-1.
Morris, Paula. "Between the lines." New Zealand Herald June 26 (1999): 6-6.
Moore, Christopher. "Chapter and verse." The Press sup; October 16 (1999): 12-12.
Smith, Charmian. "Manhire : a public poet." Otago Daily Times November 30 (1999): 15-15.
Braunias, Steve. "Wild Bill." Listener November 13 (1999): 36-39.
Brown, James. "Aha - data reduction!." New Zealand Books 10.2; June (2000): 12-12.
Rabbitt, Lindsay. "When you're dead you get collected." Listener May 5 (2001): 51-51.
Wilkins, Damien. Booknotes 143; Spring (2003): 3-4.
Evans, Patrick. "The baby factory." Listener 190.3301; August 16 (2003): 50-53.
Sperber, Hannah. North and South 232; July (2005): 64-71.
Smith, Charmian. Otago Daily Times sup; March 25 (2006): 6-6.
Sharp, Iain. Sunday Star Times C; February 26 (2006): 8-8.
White, Margo. "From behind the bar." Dominion Post October 4 (2008): 16-17.
Sharp, Iain. "The frustrated country singer." Metro 346; Aug (2010): 116-118.
Rothwell, Kimberley. "Leading light." Dominion Post March 19 (2011): 8-12.
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Biography
Cross, Robert. Moments of invention: portraits of 21 New Zealand writers. Heinemann Reed, Auckland, 1988.
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Criticism
Leggott, Michele. "Joker - playing poetry in the Eighties: Manhire, Curnow, Stead, Horrocks." World Literature Written in English 1.23; Winter (1984): 154-164.
Cochrane, Kirsty. "On the map: Vincent O'Sullivan, Fleur Adcock, Bill Manhire, Ian Wedde." JNZL: Journal of New Zealand Literature 2; (1984): 59-73.
Needham, John. "Recent poetry and Coleridgean principles." JNZL: Journal of New Zealand Literature 3; (1985): 35-56.
Johnston, Andrew. "Entertaining possibilities: six contemporary New Zealand poets." Meanjin 51.3; (1993): 641-652.
Leggott, Michele. Opening the Book: New Essays on New Zealand Writing. Auckland University Press, Auckland, 1995.
Menzies, Malcolm. "Colin and friends." Landfall 197; Autumn (1999): 51.
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Essay
Cochrane, Kirsty. "On the map : Vincent O'Sullivan, Fleur Adcock, Bill Manhire, Ian Wedde." JNZL: Journal of New Zealand Literature 2; (1984): 59-73.
Saker, John. "At the writers desk." Wellington City Magazine Oct (1985): 82-82.
Riach, Alan. "Bill Manhire and originality." JNZL: Journal of New Zealand Literature 6; (1988): 225-227.
O'Brien, Gregory. Bill Manhire: accepting the naked horse. In: Moments of Invention : portraits of 21 New Zealand writers. Heinemann Reed, Auckland, 1988.
Riach, Alan. "New Zealand poetry from then till now : Wordsworths last stand." British Review of New Zealand Studies 3; Dec (1990): 77-86.
McLeod, Rosemary. "The Manhire mantle : poetry man." North and South 107; Feb (1995): 72-77.
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Interview
Hurley, Jane. "Sailing away." Listener 123.2554; February 18 (1989): 13-13.
Gifkins, Michael. "Sometimes answered." Listener 127.2622; June 11 (1990): 110-112.
Nichol, Ruth. "Early morning call with a difference." Dominion March 23 (1991): 11-11.
Johnston, Andrew. "Editing a heady miscellany." Evening Post October 26 (1991): 26-26.
Isaacs, Clarke. "Dirty path away from poetic purity." Otago Daily Times June 6 (1992): 18-18.
Riach, Alan. In the Same Room: Conversations with New Zealand Writers. Auckland University Press, Asheville, 1992.
O'Brien, Gregory. "Some paintings I am frequently asked about : talking with Bill Manhire about Ralph Hotere." Landfall 191; Autumn (1996): 21-33.
Sharp, Iain. "Bill Manhire." Pacific Way 106; June (1997): 46-48.
Sarti, Antonella. Spiritcarvers: interviews with eighteen writers from New Zealand. Rodopi, Amsterdam, 1998.
Bieder, Penelope. "Our man of letters." New Zealand Herald G; Aug (2002): 24-25.
Dekker, Diana. Dominion Post F; March 29 (2003): 4-4.
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Horrocks, Roger. "Natural as only you can be : some readings of contemporary New Zealand poetry." And 4; Oct (1985): 101-124.
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Poetry
Hawken, Dinah. "Six poems for Bill Manhire at fifty." Landfall 194; Spring (1997): 225-230.
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Nichol, Ruth. "Proof that its never too late to start a career in writing." Dominion February 23 (1989): 13-13.
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