In my ideal month I would read at least one collection of short stories, one novel, one book of poetry and one work of non-fiction. I’d als...

When discussing the theme for this month --  a window into my novel in progress -- I said I would look at: those cloud-burst moments when ...

Reprinted by permission Lily Decker : How's progress on your, uh, novel-in-progress? Craig Cliff: Novel B ? Let's just say we ar...

San Franciso Bath House, Wellington, 9 February 2010 This was my first gig at San Francisco Bathouse since returning to New Zealand last y...

The single most exhilarating thing about being a writer is also the most infuriating. I’m talking about those moments when the clouds clear ...

I frown upon people who underline passages in library books. Strange annotations can be entertaining, though rarely enlightening.  But simpl...

The Month That Was January was a strange one. About five days of summer here in Wellington, the rest an admixture of autumn and winter. Pe...

January: one novel, two short story collections, and many forays into books on NZ plants and birds. It's hard to review the latter, but...