Miriam hits Dunedin this weekend for the performance of Word of Mouth, a performance poetry piece. She recalls its conception and considers the accoutrements in her luggage that may amuse the airport officials…
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Karen has had relatives visiting from Canada. After trying to squeeze them all into her house they decamped to Hahei to a huge bach. She asks whether there is anyone who can suggest a book to 'upsize' your house in three easy steps…
Last Post: Hi ho Hi ho Off to Hahei We Go, Posts: 3, Comments: 6
Jenny flexes her letter writing muscles in her final blog for NZ Book Month. She pens a dispatch to a fictitious editor rejecting their (eventual) interest in publishing her 'Pacific Post-Modernist Novel'.
Last Post: Writing as exercise, Posts: 4, Comments: 28
Catherine shares of love of 'little': small, cosy spaces are more her cup of tea than large expansive ballroom-sized abodes. She likens the ideal to Thoreau's Walden, or Life in the Woods.
Last Post: Dreaming of 'Walden', Posts: 3, Comments: 0
Henry describes how the investigation of a skip bin at Christmas reveals an interesting, honest and touching 'incidental literature'.
Last Post: The Christmas Hand, Posts: 3, Comments: 140
Briar talks about the phenomenon of 'medium swapping' – where a writer steps out of a particular style and applies it to another. As a scriptwriter, it was the publication of her story in The Six Pack that gave her validation as a prose writer.
Last Post: Writing around, Posts: 3, Comments: 7
Philippa expounds the meaning to her of The Six Pack and why everyone from scientists, chefs and musicians should all have a go with, of course, our fabulous pool of writers new and established.
Last Post: And some final thoughts…, Posts: 3, Comments: 2
Michael offers some advice to writers on how to submit a manuscript. The key, always, is to do your research on who might be the best publisher to send your work to, and of course the hard graft of actually writing…
Last Post: Some advice for submitting your manuscript, Posts: 2, Comments: 3
James has spent the last few months judging competitions and collating anthologies of young writers. He says: "…given that they are so marvellously good already, that many, if any, of the current crop of young writers will fall by the wayside or succumb to some other passion like synchronised swimming or macramé. Given that this doesn’t happen we are in for an exciting time in New Zealand writing."
Last Post: Looking to the future of NZ literature, Posts: 2, Comments: 2
Jan celebrates the turning of time: of beginnings, and the endings that are perfectly described by the meeting of oceans and 'Te Rerenga Wairua', Cape Reinga, the leaping-off place of spirits to enter the underworld.
Last Post: Where two oceans meet, Posts: 3, Comments: 0
Noel considers the tactility of books compared to the e-book: the glorious piles of well-read, book-marked and scribbled in pages versus an 80s style calculator…
Last Post: Kindle Kindy, Posts: 2, Comments: 2
Paula responds generously and graciously to an interview put to her by NZ Book Month. She reveals the 'paddock' of writers who have inspired her, many of them New Zealand writers.
Last Post: An interview with Paula Green, Posts: 4, Comments: 86
Vanda allows us some insight into the writing of Overkill and the scenarios that plague a new mother that would become the Prologue to this bestseller. This, in her interview…
Last Post: A glass of wine with Vanda, Posts: 4, Comments: 827
Ruth is ecstatic! She's finished – done and dusted, reached 50,000 words – for NaNoWriMo 2007! And a few other goals accomplished in amongst it all too…
Last Post: Five, zero, zero, eight, seven., Posts: 3, Comments: 3
NZ Book Month interviews Alessandra…
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NZ Book Month interview with Dennis…
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NZ Book Month interviews Lisa…
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To celebrate Library Week, Dr Donald Kerr offers Book Month readers some insight into the Special Collections of the University of Otago Library.
Last Post: Pulp Fiction, Posts: 5, Comments: 1
Geoff describes his amazing experience of sitting beside Lloyd Jones in Guildhall at the Man Booker. Mr Pip, though not the winner, has been a great experience – and a lucrative one – for all.
Last Post: Booker night blog, 16 October 2007, Posts: 3, Comments: 24
"Pass it on" – Carla celebrates Library Week and suggests how your library should enthuse and offend…
Last Post: Please – be offended!, Posts: 3, Comments: 6