Browse by category
The Moderately Hungry Maggot by Bill Manhire
17.99 NZD
Category: Poetry
The escapades of The Very Hungry Caterpillar have been delighting children and their parents for many generations. Is nothing SACRED? Well, it seems no, not to Bill Manhire and Mark Harfield. This is definitely no children's book, they're so much more discerning, but silly adults will fall for it. ...Show more
The Stories of Bill Manhire by Bill Manhire
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction | Reading Level: good-very good
Sheep-shearing galas, Antarctic ponies, human clones, the Queen’s visit to Dunedin, a pounamu decoder, a childhood in the pubs of the South Island, the last days of Robert Louis Stevenson—this is Bill Manhire as backyard inventor, devising stories in which the fabulous and the everyday collide. THE STOR ...Show more
The Wide White Page - Writers Imagine Antarctica by Bill Manhire (ed)
34.95 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction | Reading Level: good
An Antarctic anthology like no other, this book is about the imaginative uses writers have made of Antarctica. It spans eight centuries of writing. The Wide, White Page is Bill Manhire's icy passion; it includes writing by Jules Vern, Ursula Le Guin, Denis Glover and Monty Python; this is a collection ...Show more
These Rough Notes by Bill Manhire, Anne Noble, Norman Meehan, Hannah Griffin
40.00 NZD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: very good
‘Had we lived, I should have had a tale to tell of the hardihood, endurance, and courage of my companions which would have stirred the heart of every Englishman. These rough notes and our dead bodies must tell the tale . . .’ Scott’s journal, 29 March 1912 Drawing its title from one of the last pages of ...Show more
Victims of Lightning by Bill Manhire
30.00 NZD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: Very Good
Bill Manhire's first new book since Lifted shows him building on the themes and expanding the techniques of that prize-winning collection. Here are finely crafted lyrics, found poems, and even a bracket of songs. The Victims of Lightning is Bill Manhire at the height of his powers. First published March ...Show more
What to Call Your Child by Bill Manhire
29.95 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction | Series: Te Mata Estate Poet Laureate Ser. | Reading Level: very good
This collection of poetry results from Bill Manhire's term as New Zealand's Poet Laureate. It includes work from his visit to Antarctica as part of the Artists in Antarctica programme, along with a range of new writing on various subjects.
Wow by Bill Manhire
25.00 NZD
Category: Poetry
Excuse me if I laugh. The roads are dark and large books block our path. The air we breathe is made of evening air. The world is longer than the road that brings us here. Bill Manhire's new book begins with the song of an extinct bird, the huia, and journeys on into troubling futures. These poems reach ...Show more