Author and Book Websites

For a comprehensive list of New Zealand writers try the New Zealand Book Council website.

Literature Live is a series of videos that explore the creative process with 10 of New Zealand's most highly acclaimed authors and illustrators. With formats varying from interview to following the subjects into schools, the videos offer insights into what makes a great writer or illustrator. Common themes of where they get their ideas, how they became writers and how they work reveal that writing and illustrating books for young New Zealanders is as much a matter of hard graft as inspiration, and that the writer's own experiences are a big part of their writing.

Christchurch City Libraries' website also has some good interviews with New Zealand authors.