My very first New Zealand author interview of 2020 is AJ Lancaster. She writes romantic gaslamp fantasy books about fae, magic, and complicated families. She has just published the third book in her quartet series. What is an early book or author that inspired you to write? What are you reading now? Fantasy is the …
Andi C. Buchanan is a writer of speculative fiction who has had short stories published in various magazines and won a Sir Julius Vogel Award in 2019. From A Shadow Grave is their new release. The novella is based on a historical murder of a teenager by the Mount Victoria tunnel and combines history, urban fantasy and time …
Welcome to my first chat with a New Zealand author of 2019. Today, I have something a little different on the blog. Andrew Macdonald is a non-fiction author, with a love of travel and military history. He has a background in journalism and was a correspondent at Reuters in London. He has published or contributed …
Today, I’m interviewing a prolific author and mother of two, Soraya Lane. She writes full-time and has an impressive library of books to her name! I am keen to find out her secrets to juggling the writing life and parenting. The Interview KJ: What is an early book / author that inspired you to write? …
Writing in New Zealand is a tough business. I’ve recently started reading a lot more New Zealand fiction and as a country, we are producing some great work. I’ve discovered some talented authors in the Twitter writing community. These hard-working creatives should get more exposure. The idea for this segment grew from a desire to …
One of my resolutions for 2018 is to read more books by New Zealanders. So I’m starting an NZ Books spotlight. Of course, I have read and love Jenny Pattrick, Stevan Eldred-Grigg and Janet Frame. But I owe it to the country and myself to branch out and find some new favourites. So far in …