Named one of The NZ HERALD'S 'Books of the Year'
Manhire is in darkly brilliant form in this death-haunted but scintillating collection. - Peter Simpson, New Zealand Herald

Named as one of The Listener's 'New Zealand's Best Books 2005'
Manhire risks accusations of sentimentality and produces a triumph. This is richly human work, which acknowledges its – and our – limitations and keeps reaching for the high windows, regardless. - Hugh Roberts, NZ Listener

The biggest noise in New Zealand poetry is Bill Manhire... Manhire has always known how to look at the human condition and state it simply through his poems. 'Lifted' is confident and emotive in what it tries to achieve. ...'Lifted' is shining stuff from truly one of our best poets. Definitely check this one out. - Hamesh Wyatt, Otago Daily Times

Manhire changes tack in every poem, coming at us with different techniques and different personae. It's a marvellously varied performance...Lifted is a short book, but few readers will be able to take it all in at a single sitting. It demands -and rewards- re-reading. - Iain Sharp, Sunday Star Times

An event to be celebrated . . . a powerful collection. - Tom Weston, The Press

He has matured sturdily, and grown to an impressive height, and put down roots so tenacious in their grip on the world that it’ll take the devil of a wind to topple him. - Michael Hulse, New Zealand Books

I love this latest collection of poems. . . They are hauntingly beautiful. - Alexandrina Ellis, Salient