Histories
A Southern Gentry, AH & AW Reed (Wellington) 1980, 1986
A New History of Canterbury, John McIndoe (Dunedin) 1982
Pleasures of the Flesh, Reed Methuen (Wellington) 1984
New Zealand Working People, Dunmore (Palmerston North) 1990
The Rich: a New Zealand History, Penguin (Auckland) 1996
Niu Xilan de Wenxue Lucheng, Unitas (Taipei) 2004

Essays
'Whatever happened to the gentry?' New Zealand Journal of History, Apr 1977
'Longbeach: material life in the South Island countryside,' Historical News, Oct 1979
'The beauty and fashion of the province,' in L Richardson and W D McIntyre (eds), Provincial Perspectives, Christchurch 1980
'Moral capitalism in the Hunter Valley,' Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society, Sep 1980
'The cradle of southern pastoralism' and 'The aristocracy of the plains,' in Frances Porter (ed), Historic Buildings of New Zealand: South Island, Auckland 1983
'Sexuality in the nineteenth century,' New Zealand Sexologist, Dec 1984
'A tale of two cities,' Wellington City Magazine, Jun 1986
'A Bourgeois blue? Nationalism and Letters from the 1920s to the 1950s,' Landfall, 41(3), Sep 1987
'Rude awakenings? Migrants in colonial New Zealand,' Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Genealogists, Wellington, April 1987
'Oracles and miracles: working class novel, okay?' Sites, 16, Aut 1988
'Un'Italia degli antipodi: Italy and colonial New Zealand,' Il Mondo Della Luce, Torino 1989
'Landscape in the literature of Canterbury,' Canterbury Landscape Study, Vol 2, Canterbury Regional Council, 1993
'The girls can't get out,' New Zealand Geographic, 21, Jan/Mar 1994
'Optical indulgence: selecting the decor for stories,' Island Magazine, [Hobart], 62, 1995
'Literary tales of Christchurch,' Tales Untold, South Island Art Projects, Christchurch 1996
'Literary, literally,' in Roger Robinson [ed], Writing Wellington, VUP, Wellington 1999
'Well-heeled walking wounded,' review article, New Zealand Books, Jun 2000
'No place for the flamboyant,' review article, New Zealand Books, Jun 2001
'An island story,' Ming Dao Literature and Arts, [Taipei], Nov 2001 – Jun 2002
'Dead wood shall bud,' Ming Dao Literature and Arts, [Taipei], Sep 2002
‘Capitalists or cavaliers,’ review article, New Zealand Books, Oct 2002, Mar 2003
‘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
‘Kiwis and the literary classics,’ Ming Dao Literature and Arts, [Taipei], May 2004
‘Heart of Glass,’ The Listener, 28 Aug 2004
‘Lifting the lid of the national box,’ review article, New Zealand Books, Oct 2004
‘A magic lantern show,’ review article, New Zealand Books, Aug 2005

Short Stories
'In concert,' NZ Listener, 25 Feb 1978
'Suppressing one's r,' 'Mr Chirr, my son,' and 'Fox paws,' Islands, Nov 1978
'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
'All at sea,' Islands, Apr 1979
'Puss in a poke,' NZ Listener, 6 Oct 1979; republished in Lydia Weavers (ed), New Zealand Short Stories, Auckland 1984
'Bird in flight,' Skyway [Air New Zealand], Wellington, Nov 1979
'Doing a bunk,' Landfall, Mar 1980
'Come into my arms, you bundle of charms,' NZ Listener, 24 May 1980
'A jazz age priestess meets the lady of hope,' Landfall, Dec 1988
'They will be there before they leave,' Landfall, Jun 1990
'The shining city,' excerpt republished in Peter Wells and Rex Pilgrim (eds), Best Mates: Gay Writing in Aotearoa New Zealand, Auckland 1997
'Hallo Berlin,' in Dies ist eine wahre Geschichte, DAAD/Berliner Künstlerprogramm/Goethe- Institut, Berlin/Wellington 2002

Other Works
Of Ivory Accents (novella), Exposition (New York), 1977
Oracles and Miracles (radio play), 1989
Blackball Blues (memoir), Chinese-English bilingual text, translator Annie Shih, [Taipei], 2001

Reviews of the Novels

Kaput!
Alexander, Sheila, Evening Standard, 16 April 2001
Hill, David, New Zealand Herald, 25 August 2001
Krydl, Phyllis A, and others, www.barnesandnoble.com
Lomax, Minnie, and others, www.amazon.com
McCrystal, John, New Zealand National Radio, 19 April 2001
Murray, Heather, NZ Listener, 28 July 2001
Scott, Steve, The Press, 24 March 2001
Temple, Philip, New Zealand Books, 2001
Woollard, Glenys, Hawkes Bay Today, 5 May 2001

Oracles & Miracles
Benson, Stephen, Southern Skies, Dec 1987
Brown, David, Hawkes Bay Herald Tribune, 20 Feb 1988
Chen Yongxiang, Guangming Daily, 28 Nov 2002
Corbett, Frank, North and South, Nov 1987
Davies, Jo, Nexus, 21 [6] 1988
Edmond, Lauris, NZ Listener, 10 Oct 1987
Evans, Patrick, Dominion Sunday Times, 25 Oct 1987
Gleeson, Shenagh, Waikato Times, 31 Oct 1987
Gordon, Elizabeth, Untold 9/10: 40-46; 1988
Greenwood, Lisa, More, 55:117; Jan 1988
Hefner, Robert, Canberra Times, 26 Mar 1989
Jensen, Kai, Sunday Star, 25 Oct 1987
Kaganoff, Penny, Publishers Weekly, 6 May 1988
King, Michael, Metro, Nov 1987
King, Michael, Metro, Dec 1987
McEldowney, W J, Otago Daily Times, 27 Jan 1991
Matthews, Richard, Landfall, Mar 1990
Mitchell, Stephen, Timaru Herald, 9 Jan 1988
New and Notable, Mar 1988
Page, Dorothy, Archifacts, Sep 1988
Prentice, Chris, Journal of New Zealand Literature 9, 1991
Riley, Brett, NZ Listener, 19 Nov 1990
School Library Review, 8(2):18; 1988
Small, John [and response by Stevan Eldred-Grigg], Journal of New Zealand Literature, 9:23-36; 1991
Wevers, Lydia, The Dominion, 3 Oct 1987

The Shining City
Allan, Vivienne, Southland Times, 29 Aug 1992
Brooks, Cynthia, Marlborough Express, 2 Mar 1992
Burns, Diana, Dominion Sunday Times, 6 Oct 1991
Christensen, Margaret, Wairarapa Times Age, xx Jan 1992
Clarke, Linda, Ashburton Guardian, 31 Jan 1992
Holland, Peter, Dunedin Star, 5 Apr 1992
Howard, Anne, More, Oct 1991
Irvine, Denise, Waikato Times, 7 Mar 1992
King, Michael, Metro, Dec 1991
Lay, Graeme, North and South, Nov 1991
McEldowney, W J, Otago Daily Times, 14 Dec 1991
McLean, Gavin, Evening Post, 27 Sep 1991
Mason, Andrew, Dominion, 28 Sep 1991
New and Notable, 9(1), Mar 1992
O’Sullivan, Vincent, New Zealand Books, Oct 1991
Pierce, Peter, Canberra Times, 7 Sep 1991 Robinson, Roger, Journal of New Zealand Literature, Summer 1996
Shadbolt, Brigid, Stamp, 27, Jan 1992
Simpson, Peter, New Zealand Herald, 9 Nov 1991
Taylor, Bill, Sunday Star, 27 Oct 1991
Trainor, Leon, The Australian, 19 Oct 1991
Wearne, Alan, Sydney Morning Herald, 14 Sep 1991
White, Colin, Oamaru Mail, 20 Feb 1992

Mum
Absalom, Irene, Christchurch Star, 20 Apr 1996
Bond, Felicity, Dunedin Star, 17 Mar 1996
Cass, Graeme, Napier Daily Telegraph, 4 Oct 1995
Christensen, Margaret, Wairarapa Times Age, 24 Dec 1995
Cooper, Ronda, Metro, Dec 1995
Corney, Robin, Dominion, 23 Sep 1995.
Hill, David, New Zealand Herald, 11 Nov 1995
Irvine, Denise, Waikato Times, 18 Nov 1995
Jensen, Kai, Printout, 11, Win 1996
. Lay, Graeme, North and South, Dec 1995
McEldowney, W J, Otago Daily Times; 18 Nov 1995
McLean, James, Landfall, Aut 1996
Masters, Anne, Marlborough Express, 25 Nov 1995
Moore, Sally, Capital Times, 22-8 Nov 1995
Murray, Heather, NZ Listener, 2 Dec 1995
Prentice, Chris, New Zealand Books, 5(5), Dec 1995
Quote Unquote, 29, Nov 1995
Smither, Elizabeth, Evening Post, 15 Sep 1995
Steele, Kathleen, Wanganui Chronicle, 24 Feb 1996
Wevers, Lydia, New Zealand Books, 5(5), Dec 1995

Gardens of Fire
Borman, Doug, The Press, 6 Nov 1993
Carroll, Penelope, New Zealand Herald, 14 May 1994
Eggleton, David, Evening Post, 8 Oct 1993
Evans, Patrick, Journal of New Zealand Literature, Summer 1996
Grant, A K, NZ Listener, 6 Nov 1993
Johnson, Stephanie, More, Jan 1994
King, Michael, Metro, Jan 1994
Murray-Smith, Joanna, The Australian, 27 Nov 1993
New and Notable, 11(2), May 1994
Olsson, Suzann, Landfall, Aut 1994
Sorensen, Rosemary, The Australian Book Review, xx xxx 199
Vere-Jones, Peter, Dominion, 23 Oct 1993
Westaway, Jane, Sunday Star, 10 Oct 1993
Whelan, Judith, Sydney Morning Herald, 22 Jan 1994

My History, I Think
Bailey, Ray, Evening Standard, 21 Apr 1995
Brooke, Sebastian, Otago Daily Times, 23 Nov 1994
Cass, Graeme, Napier Daily Telegraph, 21 Dec 1994
Chambers, Ron, Dunedin Star, 4 Dec 1994
Crayford, Elizabeth, Dominion, 29 Oct 1994
Day, Paul, Waikato Times, 5 Nov 1994
Duckham Cox, Shelagh, Landfall, Aut 1995
Glen, Frank, Southland Times, 29 Apr 1995
Hill, David, New Zealand Herald, 12 Nov 1994
Lay, Graeme, North and South, Nov 1994
McCormack Ross, Trish, West Coast Times, 18 Nov 1994
Payne, Peter, Xxxxxxxxxxxx, 3 Dec 1994
Phillips, Jock, New Zealand Journal of History, Apr 1995
Quigley, Margaret, The Press, 18 Mar 1995
Sharp, Iain, Evening Post, 4 Nov 1994
Smither, Elizabeth, Quote Unquote, Oct 1994
Taylor, Cliff, Sunday Star Times, 16 Oct 1994
Webb, Gerry, New Zealand Books, Dec 1994
NZ Listener, 5 Nov 1994

The Siren Celia
Agnew, Trevor, The Press, 2 Dec 1989
Boock, Clive, Dunedin Star, 10 Dec 1989
Brown, David, Hawkes Bay Herald Tribune, xx Feb 1990
Burnard, Trevor, Dominion Sunday Times, 15 Oct 1989
Byrt, Neville, New Zealand Herald, 2 Dec 1989
Davison, Dennis, The Australian, 3 Feb 1990
Day, Paul, Waikato Times, 9 Dec 1989
Dutton, Geoffrey, Sydney Morning Herald, 17 Mar 1990
French, Anne, More, Oct 1989
Glen, Frank, Southland Times, 26 Jan 1990
Gudsell, Carol, Timaru Herald, 10 Mar 1990
Hild, Herb, Canberra Times, 22 Apr 1990
Hughes, Beryl, Evening Post, 14 Oct 1989
James, Rae, PPTA Journal, 1:37-38, 1990
Jones, Lawrence, Journal of New Zealand Literature, xxx 1993
King, Michael, Metro, Dec 1989
McLean, Gavin, Otago Daily Times, 6 Jan 1990
Myhill, Jane, Ashburton Guardian, 27 Jan 1990
Patterson, Betty, New and Notable, Mar 1990
Peek, Andrew, The Age, 5 May 1990
Roberts, Heather, NZ Listener, 27 Nov 1989
Stafford, Jane, Dominion, 21 Oct 1989
Warner, Howard, The Australian, xxx, 1989

Blue Blood
‘Bloom, Leopold,’ Salient, 28 Apr 1997
Cooper, Ronda, Metro, Jun 1997
Eagles, Jim, Bay of Plenty Times, 28 Jun 1997
Erber, Stephen, The Press, 26 Apr 1997
Hill, David, Dominion, 14 Jun 1997
Holland, Peter, Dunedin Star, 7 Sep 1997
King, Rachael, Pavement, Jun/Jul 1997
Lay, Grame, North and South, Apr 1997
Lay, Ross, Sunday Star Times, 13 Apr 1997
Marquis, Claudia, New Zealand Herald, 10 May 1997
New and Notable, 14(3), Jul 1997
Evening Post, 11 Apr 1997
New Zealand Herald, 10 May 1997
Ross, Tiso, Capital Times, May 1997
Round, Derek, Wairarapa Times Age, 13 Oct 1997
Scoullar, Katy, Wanganui Chronicle, 17 Jun 1997
Stafford, Jane, New Zealand Books, Aug 1997
Strongman, Luke, NZ Listener, 5 Apr 1997
Vita, Simon, Sight and Sound, 19 Jun 1997
Walker, Bryan, Waikato Times, 19 Apr 1997
Ward, Kay, Southland Times, 25 Oct 1997
Worthington, Kim, Evening Post, 11 Apr 1997
Yates, Nigel, Otago Daily Times, 8 Nov 1997

A Southern Gentry
Burnard, Trevor. Dominion Sunday Times p.16; 15 Oct 1989
Campbell, M.D.N. New Zealand Journal of History 15(1): 80-82; April 1981
Oliver, W.H. NZ Listener 97(2144): 116-117; 21 Feb 1981
Simpson, Tony. PSA Journal 67(10): 11; Nov 1980

A New History of Canterbury
Brooking, Tom, New Zealand Journal of History 17(1): 93-95; April 1983
Greenaway, Richard L.N. Archifacts 2: 41-42; 1983
Perry, P, New Zealand Geographer 40: 118; Oct 1984
Stevens, P, New Outlook p.38; Summer 1982

Pleasures of the Flesh
Potter, B, New Outlook 12: 39; Sept/Oct 1984
Butterworth, Susan, NZ Listener 108(2330): 45; 6 Oct 1984
Tolerton, Jane, New Zealand Woman's Weekly p.47; 10 Dec 1984
Stone, F, Metro 42: 135; Dec 1984
Jones, Lloyd, Wellington Cosmo p.100; Dec 1984
Young, Sherwood, Archifacts 3: 21-22; 1985
Auckland-Waikato Historical Journal 46: 37-38; April 1985
Smith, F.B, New Zealand Journal of History 19(2): 191-192; Oct 1985

New Zealand Working People
Oliver, Bill, Dominion Sunday Times p.26; 11 Nov 1990
Roberts, John, New Zealand Books 1(1): 1-3; April 1991
Taylor, Kerry, Dominion p.9; 20 Oct 1990
Thorpe, Helen, New and Notable 8(1): 25; Mar 1991

The Rich
Dawson, Lindsay, Next 62: 77; May 1996
Easton, Brian, NZ Listener p.45-47; 25 May 1996
Hawke, G.R, Dominion p.20; 10 Aug 1996
King, Michael, Metro 181: 129-132; July 1996
Lay, Graeme, North and South 123: 122-126; June 1996
McLean, Gavin, Evening Post p.7; 26 April 1996
Morrissey, Michael, Quote Unquote 38: 29-30; Aug 1996
Newland, Olly, New Zealand Herald 7: 6-7; 11 May 1996
New Zealand Doctor p.56; 12 June 1996
Pearson, David, New Zealand Books 6(4): 21-22; Oct 1996
Shelton, Michael, Otago Daily Times p.22; 6 July 1996

CRITICAL ESSAYS ABOUT THE WORKS
Corballis, Richard, 'Stevan Eldred-Grigg,' Contemporary Novelists, St James Press, London 1993
Mason, Andrew, ‘Stevan Eldred-Grigg,’ in Roger Robinson and Nelson Wattie [eds], The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature, Auckland 1998
Pearson, David, Colin Davis, Kwen Fee Lian 'Review symposium on: Miles Fairburn, The ideal society and its enemies: the foundations of modern New Zealand society 1850-1900,' New Zealand Sociology, Nov 1989
Williams, Mark, 'Would you like to be Maori? : literary constructions of oral culture,' Australian and New Zealand Studies in Canada, 4, Fall 1990

INTERVIEWS WITH THE AUTHOR
Attwood, Steve, Express, 26 Nov 1998
Brett, Cate, Christchurch Star, 9 Sep 1988
Chen Qiuping, www.china.org.cn/english/2002/Aug/40601, 28 Aug 2002
Christchurch Star, 31 May 1990
Crean, Mike, Christchurch Star, 2 Nov 1991
Cunliffe, Simon, The Press, 1 Jun 1996
Dawson, Debbie, The Dominion, 9 Oct 1987
The Dominion, 12 May 1988
Eastgate, Caron, Sunday Star, 11 Oct 1987
Evening Post, 9 Oct 1987
Finnegan, Annette, Evening Post, 28 Sep 1993
Goodwin, Eileen, Christchurch Star, 13 Aug 2004
Grant, Liz, Sunday Star Times E: 4, 16 Nov 1997
Hampton-Bennett, Angela, Lifestyles, Oct 1995
Herrick, Linda, New Zealand Herald, 1 July 2006
Lancaster, Sue, The Press, 19 Nov 1987
McLeod, Marion, NZ Listener 125, 7 Oct 1989
McNaughton, Iona, Dominion Sunday Times, 15 Oct 1989
Moore, Christopher, The Press, 17 May 1997
Moore, Christopher, The Press, 30 Sep 1989
More 166, May 1989
Nissen, Wendyl, Auckland Sun, 15 Oct 1987
Peng Lun, Wenhui Book Review [Shanghai], 6 Sep 2002
Price, Anna, Christchurch Mail, 17 Apr 1997
Reid, Graham, New Zealand Herald 2, 5 Oct 1991
Saker, John, Wellington City Magazine, Apr 1986
Sharp, Iain, Sunday Star Times D:5, 17 Sep 1995
Shaw, Peter, Pacific Way, 17, May 1989
Smith, Tony, Christchurch Mail, c 10 Sep 1995
Stuart, Sarah, Sunday Star, 6 Oct 1991
Thomson, Margie, New Zealand Herald, 10 Oct 1987
Waikato Times, 13 Oct 1987
White, Rob, The Star [Christchurch], 6 Apr 1981
Xiang Wei, Xinmin Evening News [Beijing], 29 Aug 2002
Zhao Feifei, Shanghai Daily, 9 Sep 2002

MANUSCRIPTS IN PUBLIC ARCHIVES
Macmillan Brown Library, Gardens of Fire interview transcripts and audio cassettes, working notes and other material for novel
Macmillan Brown Library, Oracles and Miracles interview transcripts and audio cassettes, working notes and other material for novel