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Haurongo: Pearson, William Harrison

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Landfall Archive

Read stories and articles by Bill Pearson, including his influential essay ‘Fretful sleepers’, in the literary magazine Landfall.

Rārangi pukapuka

Millar, P. No fretful sleeper: a life of Bill Pearson. Auckland, 2010

Pearson, B. ‘Beginnings and endings.’ Sport 5, Spring 1990, pp. 3–21

Pearson, W.H. Coal Flat. Auckland and Hamilton, 1963

Pearson, W.H. Fretful sleepers and other essays. Auckland, 1974

Pearson, W.H. Six stories. Wellington, 1991

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Paul Millar. 'Pearson, William Harrison', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 2022. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/231820/sources (accessed 4 June 2026).