Wednesday 25th March, 4:39 pm. As you will have seen, New Zealand is going into lockdown from midnight tonight. That means we'll be changing the way we do business for the next month and engaging work from home mode. Our…
With New Zealand now at Covid-19 alert level 2, bookshops have been getting creative with ways to get reading material to their customers: Marsden Books have cancelled all events but remain open. They've also been crowdsourcing out of stock titles…
When commissioning an illustrator for your picture book, it's useful to know some of the terms used to describe different types of illustration. These terms are also helpful to know when planning out the pages of your book and deciding…
It's that time when we reflect on the past year and decide what we can do better in the next one. Here are some things to work on as a writer in 2020. 1. Read more All the best writers…
It's here! You're finally holding your finished book in your hands. You got past the blank screen, endured countless drafts and frustrations, even survived editor feedback and the exhausting process of typesetting and corrections. No doubt, when you wake up…
Guest blog by author, Yvonne Milroy Aunty Lil died of a broken heart. It’s fair to say that being jilted at the altar by a debonair fiancé and then inadvertently marrying a bigamist would be enough to finish anyone off.…
Guest blog by Nelson author, Robyn Prokop “Writing, at its best, is a lonely life.” Ernest Hemingway If we agree with Hemingway’s assertion, then we might well be tempted to draw the conclusion that writing in Nelson, a small place,…
Guest post by award-winning author, Wendy Scott In today’s world of shrinking attention spans, it’s important to capture your reader’s attention from the beginning. Have you ever flicked through the opening pages of a book and then cast it aside?…
