- New Zealand Books, December 2019
- Weekend Herald, September 2019 (not online)
- North and South, September 2019
- Otago Daily Times, September 2019 (not online)
- Oamaru Mail, September 2019 (not online)
- The Listener, August 2019 (not online)
- Radio NZ, August 2019
- Eastern Bay Life, August 2019 (not online)
Reviews of The Mannequin Makers
- NB Magazine (UK), June 2019
- The Sunday Times (UK), June 2019
- LA Review of Books, February 2018
- New York Times, January 2018
- Chicago Review of Books, January 2018
- Minneapolis Star Tribune, December 2017
- Publishers Weekly (starred review), November 2017
- Kirkus, September 2017
- The Arkansas International, December 2017
- The Listener, 1 August 2013
- The Press, 3 August 2013 (not online)
- Radio New Zealand (Nine to Noon), 7 August 2013
- The Hoopla, 9 August 2013
- SwampThing, 9 August 2013
- Gisborne Herald, 9 August 2013 (not online)
- The Australian, 10 August 2013
- Otago Daily Times, 10 August 2013
- APN Newspapers' (eg Wanganui Chronicle) Book of the Week, 17 August 2013 (not online)
- Oamaru Mail, 22 August 2013 (not online)
- Waikato Times, 24 August 2013 (not online)
- Tomorrow's Schools Today, August 2013
- North and South, September 2013 (not online)
- Notas Literarias, October 2013 (Spanish)
- M2Woman, October 2013 (not online)
- Southland Times, 8 February 2014 (not online)
- Landfall Review Online, 1 March 2014
- New Zealand Books, Autumn 2014
Reviews of A Man Melting
- Notas Literarias, October 2013 (Spanish)
- Kapi-Mana News, February 2012
- New Zealand Books, Winter 2011
- The Short Review, May 2011
- NZ Herald, 6 February 2011
- Landfall #220, Spring 2010 (not online)
- Taranaki Daily News, 6 November 2010
- Otago Daily Times, 9 October 2010
- Oamaru Mail, 15 September 2010 (not online)
- The Listener 17-23 July 2010
- TVNZ.co.nz, July 2010
- Nelson Mail, 24 July 2010
- Manawatu Standard, 31 July 2010 (click on image to view a readable version)
Accolades
- 2017 Robert Burns Fellow at the University of Otago
- The Mannequin Makers listed in The Listener's and The Hoopla's best books of 2013.
- "Hot Author" on Canvas Magazine's 'Hot List', August 2013
- 2013 University of Iowa International Writing Program Residency participant
- Winner of overall Best First Book, Commonwealth Writers' Prize 2011 and winner of Best First Book, SE Asia and Pacific, Commonwealth Writers' Prize 2011
- A Man Melting listed in The Listener's and Sunday Star Times' Best Books of 2010
- Named the "Hot Writer" for 2011 by Sunday Star Times (Jan 2011)
- Best dressed writer (!) at 2011 Auckland Writers Festival (at least according to one NZ Herald reporter).
- Interview about Nailing Down the Saint, Standing Room Only, RNZ, August 2019
- Article in The Manawatu Standard on the release of Nailing Down the Saint, August 2019
- Interview with The Qwillery (US), 12 December 2017
- Article about my time in Dunedin as the Robert Burns Fellow, Otago Daily Times, October 2017
- Discussion of my story, 'Manawatu' on Jesse Mulligan's Short Story Club on RNZ National, November 2017 (read story here)
- A few of my favourite things, with the Historical Novel Society of Australasia, February 2015
- Interview with Rosie Goldsmith for Commonwealth Writers 10 x 10 series, October 2014
- Interview with Griffith REVIEW, June 2014
- Interview with Lumiere Reader, August 2013
- Interview on Plains FM, August 2013
- Interview on National Radio's Arts on Sunday programme about The Mannequin Makers, August 2013
- A story about being awarded the Iowa residency in 2013, Stuff.com
- Creative Giants of Palmerston North - Craig Cliff
- A book group primer for A Man Melting in Booknotes Winter 2011
- Interview with Griffith REVIEW, October 2011
- 'A Fine Bromance' - video of my panel discussion at 2011 Sydney Writers Festival courtesy of the ABC
- Visit to my writing space, The Good Word, TVNZ June 2011 (video; towards the end of part 2)
- Q&A with Unity Books, June 2011
- 'The Life Artistic' in June/July issue of FishHead Magazine
- Q&A with NZ Book Council, May 2011
- Interview with The Short Review, May 2011
- Two of the better articles about the Commonwealth Writers' Prize from The Australian and The Dominion Post May 2011
- 'New Wave' - A Man Melting features in Sarah Laing's comic journal, Let Me Be Frank
- Interview with Christchurch City Libraries, October 2010
- 'Unfinished', a feature by Lucy Orbell on National Radio, featuring Craig Cliff, Loren Horsely and others, 1 August 2010 (audio)
- Interview on National Radio's Arts on Sunday programme about A Man Melting, July 2010
- Feature in Dominion Post, July 2010 (no longer online unfortunately)
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| Dominion Post interview, 4 June 2011 |
Social Media
- My Twitter feed (@Craig_Cliff)
- My blog, 'This Fluid Thrill'
- My author page on Facebook
- Email: thecraigcliff(at)gmail.com
