Explore our information on - and interviews with - New Zealand and international authors.
For more writers see:
- Quick questions we ask WORD Christchurch guests about books and libraries.
- New Zealand authors links
- Children’s authors links
- New Zealand Children’s Authors interviews
- The Margaret Mahy Pages
A
- Fleur Adcock interview
- Monica Ali interview
- Natalie Anderson interview
- Bruce Ansley interview
- Stefan Aust interview
- Paddy Austin interview
B
- Hinemoana Baker
- Lady Barker
- Barnaby Bennett interview
- Joe Bennett
- Ursula Bethell
- Mark Billingham
- John Boyne interview
- Steve Braunias
- NoViolet Bulawayo interview
- John Burnside
- Samuel Butler
C
- Alistair Te Ariki Campbell
- Hamish Campbell
- Marcus Chown interview plus free book excerpts
- Philippe Claudel
- Chris Cleave interview
- Paul Cleave; interview
- Craig Cliff interview
- John Coetzee
- Mary Caroline Colborne-Veel 1861-1923
- Babette Cole interview
- Vanessa Collingridge
- Glenn Colquhoun
- Mike Crean interview
- Martin Crump interview
- Allen Curnow
D
- William Dalrymple interview
- Luke Davies
- Peter Ho Davies
- Anita Desai interview
-
Junot Diaz interview
- Deb Donnell interview
- Norman Doidge
- Joanne Drayton; interview
- Tessa Duder interview
E
F
G
- Rhian Gallagher
- Julia Gillard
- Denis Glover
- John Gray
- Kate Grenville interview
- Charlotte Grimshaw interview
- Edith Grossmann
H
- Marion Halligan
- Roger Hall interview
- Sarah Hall; interview discusses her novel, the writing process, libraries and IRA training
- Derek Hansen
- Joanne Harris interview
- Mo Hayder; interview discusses publicity, the "Walking Man" series and women and violence
- Karen Healey interview
- Ben Hills
- Mary Hobbs interview
- Jeffrey Paparoa Holman
- Keri Hulme
J
K
- Jackie Kay interview
- Hamish Keith
- Fiona Kidman
- Rachael King; Children’s interview
- Ryan Knighton
- Elizabeth Knox
- Thomas Kohnstamm interview
- Hone Kouka interview
L
- Camilla Läckberg
- John Lanchester interview
- Hermione Lee
- Michele Leggott
- Kathy Lette interview
- Christine Leunens
- Helen Lowe interview
- Sarah-Kate Lynch
M
- Wayne Macauley interview
- Sam Mahon
- Margaret Mahy; the Margaret Mahy pages
- Ngaio Marsh
- Owen Marshall; interview
- Mary McCallum
- John McCrone interview
- Greg McGee interview
- Iggy McGovern interview
- Rosemary McLeod interview
- Karlo Mila, Auckland poet
- Andrew Miller interview
- Tanya Moir interview
-
Simon Sebag Montefiore; interview
I like honey with everything
N
O
P
R
S
- Mark Sarvas
- Lionel Shriver interview
- Anna Smaill interview
- Francis Spufford
- Karen Stevenson
- Lara Strongman interview
- Essie Summers, New Zealand’s Queen of Romance
- Vanda Symon; interview
T
- Moata Tamaira interview
- Peter Temple
- Penelope Todd
- Jill Trevelyan
- Christos Tsiolkas
- Brian Turner
- Hone Tuwhare
