Stories of Bill Manhire

Hardback

Main Details

Title Stories of Bill Manhire
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Manhire Bill
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:320
Dimensions(mm): Height 210,Width 146
Category/GenreModern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
ISBN/Barcode 9780864739254
ClassificationsDewey:823.92
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Te Herenga Waka University Press
Imprint Victoria University Press
Publication Date 12 November 2015
Publication Country New Zealand

Description

"Collects the stories from The New Land : A Picture Book (1990) and the stories added to South Pacific (1994) and Songs of My Life (1996). In addition there are previously uncollected and unpublished stories, the choose-your-own-adventure novella The Brain of Katherine Mansfield (1988), and the memoir Under the Influence (2003)"--Publisher information.

Author Biography

Bill Manhire founded and until recently directed the creative writing program at Victoria University. In 2015 he was the UNESCO Visiting Professor of Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia. Bill was New Zealand s inaugural poet laureate. His most recent book is "Selected Poems," which gathers work from a range of earlier prize-winning volumes. His short fiction has appeared in New Zealand as well as internationally in journals such as "Chelsea," "London Magazine," "PN Review "and "Meanjin.""