Short Stories
‘Yinyang,’ in Sonzogni, Marco (ed), Lost in Translation: New Zealand Stories, Vintage, Auckland 2010.
‘Hallo Berlin,’ in Dies ist eine wahre Geschichte, DAAD/Berliner Künstlerprogramm/Goethe- Institut, Berlin/Wellington 2002.
‘The shining city,’ excerpt from the novel; republished in Peter Wells and Rex Pilgrim (eds), Best Mates: Gay Writing in Aotearoa New Zealand, Auckland 1997.
‘They will be there before they leave,’ Landfall, Jun 1990.
‘A jazz age priestess meets the lady of hope,’ Landfall, Dec 1988.
‘Puss in a poke,’ NZ Listener, 6 Oct 1979; republished in Lydia Weavers (ed), New Zealand Short Stories, Auckland 1984.
‘Come into my arms, you bundle of charms,’ NZ Listener, 24 May 1980.
‘Doing a bunk,’ Landfall, Mar 1980.
‘Bird in flight,’ Skyway (Air New Zealand), Wellington, Nov 1979.
‘All at sea,’ Islands, Apr 1979.
‘When bawds and whores do churches build,’ NZ Listener, 2 Dec 1978; republished in M P Jackson and Vincent O'Sullivan (eds), The Oxford Anthology of New Zealand Writing Since 1945, Auckland 1983; Michael Gifkins (ed), Listener Short Stories, Wellington 1984, and in Anna Rogers (ed), Our City: Christchurch, Exisle Publishing, Auckland 2003.
‘Suppressing one’s r,’ ‘Mr Chirr, my son,’ and ‘Fox paws,’ Islands, Nov 1978.
‘In concert,’ NZ Listener, 25 Feb 1978.
‘Hallo Berlin,’ in Dies ist eine wahre Geschichte, DAAD/Berliner Künstlerprogramm/Goethe- Institut, Berlin/Wellington 2002.
‘The shining city,’ excerpt from the novel; republished in Peter Wells and Rex Pilgrim (eds), Best Mates: Gay Writing in Aotearoa New Zealand, Auckland 1997.
‘They will be there before they leave,’ Landfall, Jun 1990.
‘A jazz age priestess meets the lady of hope,’ Landfall, Dec 1988.
‘Puss in a poke,’ NZ Listener, 6 Oct 1979; republished in Lydia Weavers (ed), New Zealand Short Stories, Auckland 1984.
‘Come into my arms, you bundle of charms,’ NZ Listener, 24 May 1980.
‘Doing a bunk,’ Landfall, Mar 1980.
‘Bird in flight,’ Skyway (Air New Zealand), Wellington, Nov 1979.
‘All at sea,’ Islands, Apr 1979.
‘When bawds and whores do churches build,’ NZ Listener, 2 Dec 1978; republished in M P Jackson and Vincent O'Sullivan (eds), The Oxford Anthology of New Zealand Writing Since 1945, Auckland 1983; Michael Gifkins (ed), Listener Short Stories, Wellington 1984, and in Anna Rogers (ed), Our City: Christchurch, Exisle Publishing, Auckland 2003.
‘Suppressing one’s r,’ ‘Mr Chirr, my son,’ and ‘Fox paws,’ Islands, Nov 1978.
‘In concert,’ NZ Listener, 25 Feb 1978.
Essays
‘Drawing-room stories’, review article, New Zealand Books, Autumn 2010.
‘No left turn,’ review article, New Zealand Books, Oct 2008.
Fiction and history reviews, New Zealand Herald, 2006-8.
‘Dark Past,’ five essays about death and violence in colonial Christchurch, The Press, 2006
‘Frontiers of marketing,’ review article, New Zealand Books, Mar 2006.
‘A magic lantern show,’ review article, New Zealand Books, Aug 2005.
‘Lifting the lid of the national box,’ review article, New Zealand Books, Oct 2004.
‘Kiwis and the literary classics,’ Ming Dao Literature and Arts, Taipei, May 2004.
‘Heart of Glass,’ The Listener, 28 Aug 2004.
‘The story of something,’ Ming Dao Literature and Arts, Taipei, Jul-Dec 2003.
‘Speaking frankly of Frank and James K,’ review article, New Zealand Books, Aug 2003.
‘Capitalists or cavaliers,’ review article, New Zealand Books, Oct 2002, Mar 2003.
‘An island story,’ essays on New Zealand history and literature, Ming Dao Literature and Arts, (Taipei), Nov 2001-Jun 2002.
‘Dead wood shall bud,’ essays on New Zealand history and literature, Ming Dao Literature and Arts, (Taipei), Sep 2002.
‘No place for the flamboyant,’ review article, New Zealand Books, Jun 2001.
‘Well-heeled walking wounded,’ review article, New Zealand Books, Jun 2000.
‘Literary, literally,’ in Roger Robinson (ed), Writing Wellington, VUP, Wellington 1999.
‘Literary tales of Christchurch,’ Tales Untold, South Island Art Projects, Christchurch 1996.
‘The girls can’t get out,’ New Zealand Geographic, 21, pp 42-52, Jan/Mar 1994.
‘Optical indulgence: selecting the decor for stories,’ Island Magazine, (Hobart), 62, pp 52-55, 1995.
‘Landscape in the literature of Canterbury,’ Canterbury Landscape Study, Vol 2, Canterbury Regional Council, 1993.
‘Oracles and miracles: working class novel, okay?’ Sites, 16, pp 111-120, Aut 1988.
‘Un’Italia degli antipodi: Italy and colonial New Zealand,’ Il Mondo Della Luce: il Cinema della Nuova Zelanda, Torino 1989.
‘A Bourgeois blue? Nationalism and Letters from the 1920s to the 1950s,’ Landfall, 41(3), pp 293-311, Sep 1987.
‘Rude awakenings? Migrants in colonial New Zealand,’ Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Genealogists, Wellington, April 1987.
‘A tale of two cities: the culture shock of a transplanted Cantabrian,’ Wellington City Magazine, pp 20-25, Jun 1986.
‘Sexuality in the nineteenth century: New Zealand,’ New Zealand Sexologist, Dec 1984.
‘The cradle of southern pastoralism’ and ‘The aristocracy of the plains,’ in Frances Porter (ed), Historic Buildings of New Zealand: South Island, Auckland 1983.
‘“The beauty and fashion of the province”: women of the landed gentry of Canterbury 1880-1910,’ in L Richardson and W D McIntyre (eds), Provincial Perspectives, Christchurch 1980.
‘Moral capitalism in the Hunter Valley 1880-1914,’ Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society, Sep 1980.
‘Longbeach: material life in the South Island countryside,’ Historical News, Oct 1979.
‘Whatever happened to the gentry? The large landowners of Ashburton County, 1890-1896,’ New Zealand Journal of History, 11(1), pp 3-27, Apr 1977.
‘No left turn,’ review article, New Zealand Books, Oct 2008.
Fiction and history reviews, New Zealand Herald, 2006-8.
‘Dark Past,’ five essays about death and violence in colonial Christchurch, The Press, 2006
‘Frontiers of marketing,’ review article, New Zealand Books, Mar 2006.
‘A magic lantern show,’ review article, New Zealand Books, Aug 2005.
‘Lifting the lid of the national box,’ review article, New Zealand Books, Oct 2004.
‘Kiwis and the literary classics,’ Ming Dao Literature and Arts, Taipei, May 2004.
‘Heart of Glass,’ The Listener, 28 Aug 2004.
‘The story of something,’ Ming Dao Literature and Arts, Taipei, Jul-Dec 2003.
‘Speaking frankly of Frank and James K,’ review article, New Zealand Books, Aug 2003.
‘Capitalists or cavaliers,’ review article, New Zealand Books, Oct 2002, Mar 2003.
‘An island story,’ essays on New Zealand history and literature, Ming Dao Literature and Arts, (Taipei), Nov 2001-Jun 2002.
‘Dead wood shall bud,’ essays on New Zealand history and literature, Ming Dao Literature and Arts, (Taipei), Sep 2002.
‘No place for the flamboyant,’ review article, New Zealand Books, Jun 2001.
‘Well-heeled walking wounded,’ review article, New Zealand Books, Jun 2000.
‘Literary, literally,’ in Roger Robinson (ed), Writing Wellington, VUP, Wellington 1999.
‘Literary tales of Christchurch,’ Tales Untold, South Island Art Projects, Christchurch 1996.
‘The girls can’t get out,’ New Zealand Geographic, 21, pp 42-52, Jan/Mar 1994.
‘Optical indulgence: selecting the decor for stories,’ Island Magazine, (Hobart), 62, pp 52-55, 1995.
‘Landscape in the literature of Canterbury,’ Canterbury Landscape Study, Vol 2, Canterbury Regional Council, 1993.
‘Oracles and miracles: working class novel, okay?’ Sites, 16, pp 111-120, Aut 1988.
‘Un’Italia degli antipodi: Italy and colonial New Zealand,’ Il Mondo Della Luce: il Cinema della Nuova Zelanda, Torino 1989.
‘A Bourgeois blue? Nationalism and Letters from the 1920s to the 1950s,’ Landfall, 41(3), pp 293-311, Sep 1987.
‘Rude awakenings? Migrants in colonial New Zealand,’ Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Genealogists, Wellington, April 1987.
‘A tale of two cities: the culture shock of a transplanted Cantabrian,’ Wellington City Magazine, pp 20-25, Jun 1986.
‘Sexuality in the nineteenth century: New Zealand,’ New Zealand Sexologist, Dec 1984.
‘The cradle of southern pastoralism’ and ‘The aristocracy of the plains,’ in Frances Porter (ed), Historic Buildings of New Zealand: South Island, Auckland 1983.
‘“The beauty and fashion of the province”: women of the landed gentry of Canterbury 1880-1910,’ in L Richardson and W D McIntyre (eds), Provincial Perspectives, Christchurch 1980.
‘Moral capitalism in the Hunter Valley 1880-1914,’ Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society, Sep 1980.
‘Longbeach: material life in the South Island countryside,’ Historical News, Oct 1979.
‘Whatever happened to the gentry? The large landowners of Ashburton County, 1890-1896,’ New Zealand Journal of History, 11(1), pp 3-27, Apr 1977.
Other writing
Choices of the Hand: a survey of works by New Zealand Jeweller Peter Deckers, First Edition (Wellington), 2006
Blackball Blues (memoir), Chinese-English bilingual text, translator Annie Shih, (Taiwan), 2001
Oracles and Miracles (radio play), 1989
Of Ivory Accents (novella), Exposition (New York), 1977
Blackball Blues (memoir), Chinese-English bilingual text, translator Annie Shih, (Taiwan), 2001
Oracles and Miracles (radio play), 1989
Of Ivory Accents (novella), Exposition (New York), 1977