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Anthology
Essential New Zealand short stories. Auckland: Random House, 2009.
Four. Published by the authors, 1996. Voyager link
New Zealand Books 3.6; Aug (1996): 7-8.
"Boxing the compass." New Zealand Books 3.6; Aug (1996): 7-8.
The New Zealand book of the beach. Auckland: David Ling Publishing, 2007. Voyager link
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Article
"Life before Auckland." Metro 307; Jan/Feb (2007): 60-67.
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Non Fiction
Erika: a portrait. Dunedin: Dunedin Public Art Gallery, 2001. Voyager link
"Sleepworking." Pavement 38; Dec/Jan (1999): 120-123. Voyager link
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Novel
Leave Before you Go. London: Picador, 1998. Voyager link
Dominion May (1998): 20.
Evening Post (1998): 7.
Sunday Star Times F; June (1998): 6.
Pavement 29; June/July (1998): 134.
Listener July (1998): 47.
The Press July (1998): Sup. p.13.
New Zealand Herald July (1998): H: 8.
North and South 149; Aug (1998): 108-110.
Otago Daily Times (1998): 28.
Landfall 196; Spring (1998): 326-330.
Metro 207; Sept (1998): 103-105.
Next 97; April (1999): 74-75.
Novel about my wife. London: Bloomsbury, 2008. Voyager link
"Bookshelf." Metro 322; June (2008): 112.
"London calling." Listener June 7 (2008): 34-36.
"Book reviews: dead trees." Real Groove May (2008): 90-91.
"Unnerving, distasteful, brilliant." Sunday Star Times 27 July; (2008): C7.
"Looking for clues in scarred lives." Press 21 June; (2008): D13.
The New Girl. London: Picador, 2001. Voyager link
Evening Post July (2001): 5.
The Press Sup; Aug (2001): 30.
New Zealand Herald E; (2001): 6-7.
North and South 186; Sept (2001): 98-99.
Dominion Sept (2001): Sup. p.12-13.
Otago Daily Times Sup B; Sept (2001): 39.
"Not her best work." Listener Oct (2001): 62.
"See Emily play." Listener 3191.179; July 7 (2001): 60-61.
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Poetry
"Five short irritation poems (long distance)." Sport 17; Spring (1996): 71-73.
"Gennaio, Febbraio, Marzo." Sport 20; Fall (1998): 100.
"July." Sport 14; Fall (1995): 112.
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Short Story
"A place where no one knows your face." Sport 15; Oct (1995): 120-127.
"Can't beat it." Sport 12; Mar (1994): 78-79.
"Not her real name." Sport 11; Nov (1993): 3-33.
Not Her Real Name, and Other Stories. Wellington, Victoria University Press 1996.
Evening Post Mar (1996): 7.
Sunday Star Times April (1996): E: 4.
Listener April (1996): 45.
Dominion April (1996): 18.
Quote Unquote 35; May (1996): 24.
JAAM: just another art movement 4; May (1996): 68-72.
The Press May (1996): Sup. p.12.
New Zealand Herald 7; May (1996): 7.
Metro 180; June (1996): 109-111.
Pavement 17; June/July (1996): 104.
North and South July (1996): 124-126.
Otago Daily Times July (1996): 20.
New Zealand Books 3.6; Aug (1996): 8-10.
Landfall 192; Spring (1996): 357-360.
World Literature Today 2.71; Spring (1997): 465.
The New York Times Book Review Oct (1997): 23.
"November the fifth." Listener 217.3583; Jan (2009): 31-33.
"Rosie and some other people." Landfall 189; Fall (1995): 14-26.
"Transportation." The Picnic Virgin: new writers. Wellington, Victoria University Press 1999.
The Picnic Virgin: new writers. Wellington, Victoria University Press 1999.
New Zealand Herald J; July (1999): 6.
Sunday Star Times F; July (1999): 2.
Evening Post July (1999): 5.
Otago Daily Times Sept (1999): 22.
"Our very own (belated) brat-pack." New Zealand Books 4.9; Oct (1999): 15.
Landfall 199; Mar (2000): 156-159.
"The indelible hulk." Typical Girls: New Stories by Smart Women. London, Hodder and Stoughton 1997.
"You can hear the boats go by." More 153; Mar (1996): 51-53.
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Videorecording
The Book Show Series 2. Auckland, 3rd Party Productions 2008. Voyager link
 

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Anthology
Morrissey, Michael. The Flamingo Anthology of New Zealand Short Stories. Flamingo, Auckland, 2000.
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Article
Gribben, Trish. "At 16 ... a dream job." New Zealand Womans Weekly Aug (1986): 22.
Dabkowski, Stephen. "Tales of misery and imagination." New Zealand Herald January 15 (1987): B5.
Gregg, Stacy. "Perkins a hot find of her generation." Sunday Star Times July (1996): E: 6.
Smith, Nick. "Kiwi author snaps up British book award." New Zealand Herald May (1997): A17.
King, Rachel. "Back again." Pavement 29; June/July (1998): 60-62.
Wilson, Giles. "In love with a dirty old town." Dominion April 25 (1998): 17-21.
Lane, Megan. "Her real name ." Evening Post March 17 (1999): 20.
Hanan, Ali. "Not her real home." Next 97; April (1999): 20-22.
Zega, Nigel. "See Emily play." Listener 3191.179; July 7 (2001): 60-61.
Braunias, Steve. "Best and brightest." Listener 3289.188; May (2003): 50-53.
McAllister, Janet. "Here she comes again." New Zealand Herald Feb (2006): sup. 21-22.
Wong, Gilbert. "Life before Auckland." Metro 307; Jan/Feb (2007): 60-67.
Zander, Bianca. "Minding the Muse." Sunday Magazine 23 March; (2008): 20-25.
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Criticism
Luyat, Anne. "New Zealand: exile and identity in a transitional age." Flight from Certainty: The Dilemma of Identity and Exile. Rodopi, Amsterdam, 2001: 12-33.
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Interview
Wilson, Tim. "Belle of the ballpoint." More 153; Mar (1996): 50.
Field, Michele. "In search of action." Sydney Morning Herald (1996): 11.
Matthews, Philip. "Local girl goes missing." Listener Aug (1997): 46-48.
White, Margo. "Margo White talks with Emily Perkins." Listener July (1999): 10-11.
Geary, David. "Waiting for the (non-)event." New Zealand Books 2.9; June (1999): 17.
Kember, Olivia. "Prodigal daughter." Sunday Star Times Sup; July (2005): 22-25.
Gray, Carmen. "Breathing room." Listener 3289.203; July (2006): 34-35.
McLeod, Marion. "Writing the story of her wife." Dominion Post 12 July; (2008): E10.
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Profile
Campbell, Gordon. "A lasting flavour." Listener April (1996): 44.
Smith, Charmian. "Writing course set actor on new path." Otago Daily Times Aug (1996): 22.
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Short Story
Perkins, Emily. "November the fifth." Listener 217.3583; Jan (2009): 31-33.
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Short Story Collection
Manhire, Bill. Some other country: New Zealand's best short stories. Victoria University Press, Wellington, 2008.
Sewell, Bill. Essential New Zealand short stories. Random House, Auckland, 2009.
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Videorecording
Perkins, Emily. The Book Show Series 2. 3rd Party Productions, Auckland, 2008.
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