"YOUNG aspiring writers had tough questions to put to author John Marsden at writing workshops in Albury on Saturday... ..."
Australasia: May 2004 Archives
Entertainment News - Tough world, tiny market for NZ books
The New Zealand book market is small but fiercely competitive. It is so small that most books will have a print run of only about 3000, earning around $5000 for their authors and making it impossible for most to make a living from writing...
STUFF : ENTERTAINMENT : BOOKS - STORY : New Zealand's leading news and information website
Too much sex? Too many drugs? Too much rock'n'roll? No genre kicks up as much fuss as young adult fiction. With the New Zealand Post Book Awards announced next week, Iain Sharp looks at recent controversies.
STUFF : ENTERTAINMENT : BOOKS - STORY : New Zealand's leading news and information website
The dark side of a New Zealand adolescence - bullying, sexuality, self-mutilation, depression, family break-ups, suicide, violence - may be undeniable parts of teenage lives, but they're not problems that children's writers have traditionally tackled. A new crop of Kiwi writers, however, are exploring such issues, hoping to catch the attention of their young readers by writing about what seems real for them.
