Posts tagged with authors

An ink drawing of a man using hatch and cross-hatching.

Literary papers | A poem by James K Baxter

By Seán McMahon
22 February 2024
The story behind a spontaneous poem about Tim Shadbolt.
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A man speaks into a microphone from behind a lectern.

Caring for the C K Stead collection

By Nathan Burgess
12 December 2023
Preparing the C K Stead collection for researchers to access and use.
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Black and white photo of a man and woman reading a book together.

The word on our literary partnerships and events programme

By Zoe Roland
6 December 2023
Our partnerships with the literary community.
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A black and white portrait of a bearded man.

Literary papers | Phillip Mann

By Seán McMahon
30 August 2023
Read about New Zealand's foremost theatre practitioner and science fiction writer.
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A typed manuscript on a table surrounded by copies of books all titled ‘the bone people’.

Off the record | A welcome home

By Paul Diamond and Seán McMahon
11 August 2023
About the typed manuscript of ‘the bone people’.
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Detail of a black shawl showing beautiful colourful embroidery of flowers, a bird and butterflies.

Off the record | A child of the sun: Katherine Mansfield’s last year

By Fiona Oliver
5 July 2023
Celebrating Katherine Mansfield’s life.
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Title page from a book with author's signature in blue ink.

Literary papers | Witi Ihimaera’s ‘The Whale Rider’

By Lindsay Bilodeau
27 June 2023
An annotated copy of the award-winning novel reveals the author's personal connections to the story.
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An author's signature is seen in black ink on the title page of their novel along with notes written in pencil in the margin.

Literary papers | Notes in the margin

By Lindsay Bilodeau
28 April 2023
Eleanor Catton's annotated edition of her award-winning novel 'The Luminaries'.
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'a series of Heavens': Katherine Mansfield in her own words

By Camus Wyatt
29 March 2023
Notes on the digitisation of the Mansfield notebooks.
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Detail from a book cover featuring a colourful tiki.

Ngā pukapuka hou – What’s new in the Māori Reference Collection?

By Trish Beamsley
7 February 2023
New books in the Māori Reference Collection
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Portrait of a man wearing glasses and with white hair, smiling.

Peter Downes: A tribute

By Roger Flury
7 April 2022
Celebrating the life and legacy of broadcaster and historian Peter Downes.
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This year’s Ngaios

By Anna Lower
20 October 2021
Collection spotlight on Ngaio Marsh and the New Zealand murder mystery literary award that shares her name.
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Gavin Bishop and Teddy One-Eye visit Auckland.

Gavin Bishop and Teddy One-Eye visit Auckland

By Janice Rodrigues
3 November 2014
On 16 October acclaimed New Zealand children’s author Gavin Bishop officially launched his latest children’s book Teddy One-Eye: the autobiography of a teddy bear, at the Services to Schools Centre in Auckland.
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Dylan Horrocks presenting to children at Speed Date an Author, National Library, Auckland, 2014.

Speed Date an Author inspires writers, readers and illustrators

By janicerodriguesandmelissaspark
9 October 2014
Students from nine schools attended New Zealand Book Council's Speed Date an Author event at National Library, Services to School in Auckland.
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New York Public Library.

Open a World of Possible

By Janice Rodrigues
24 September 2014
Open a world of possible: real stories about the joy and power of reading is an inspirational book that gets to the heart of reading.
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Tom Palmer’s New Zealand Visit

By Maxine Ramsay
14 April 2014
UK author Tom Palmer is currently visiting New Zealand to research his new Rugby Academy trilogy.
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Magician John Calvert looks at some money, 1950.

There’s gold in those libraries

By Linda Hall
11 April 2013
Authors! Register for Public Lending Right now for a Christmas bonus.
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Frank Sargeson sitting inside his house at 14 Esmond Road, Takapuna, Auckland, in 1947.

Reading the reader

By Amy Watling
19 June 2012
What happens when Sargeson’s letters are pulled together?
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