Brief write-up on Alan Duff, a novelist, newspaper columnist, polemicist, and cultural phenomenon; author of Once Were Warriors, One Night Out Stealing, State Ward, What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?, etc

Publishing firm which aims to build a community of interest about contemporary Australian & New Zealand literary & performing arts; has three divisions: website, e-mail newsletters & publishing in POD and e-book formats

Auckland festival celebrating books and reading run by the Auckland Writers and Readers Charitable Trust; a biennial event; next festival from 13-17 May 2009; brings together acclaimed writers and readers

Wikipedia entry on Barry Crump MBE (1935-1996), a popular New Zealand author of semi-autobiographical comic novels (A Good Keen Man, Hang on a Minute Mate, One of Us, There and Back, Gulf etc) based on his image as a rugged outdoors man

New Zealand novelist & short story writer; won the commonwealth writer's prize for The Word Burners, in 1992; has also published three other novels -- The Iron Mouth, The Silicon Tongue & The Bloodwood Clan

Annual publication by the International Institute of Modern Letters (at the University of Wellington) that aims to introduce international readers to contemporary New Zealand poets

Web site of the Gisborne-based author, who writes books and articles on success, sprituality, making money, motivation, how to write etc; available online

Professor at the University of Canterbury's philosophy department, editor of the scholarly journal Philosophy and Literature, and the website Arts & Letters Daily

New Zealand Book Council's web page on Emily Perkins (1970-), a writer of contemporary fiction (Faber Award-winning Not Her Real Name and Other Stories, Leave Before You Go, The New Girl, Novel About My Wife etc)

Literary agent based in Auckland