Favourite Links

FAVOURITE LINKS

I regularly visit the websites of inspirational artists to develop my understanding and appreciation of multiple forms of creative endeavour. Sites which support and promote writing and narrative-based research practices also interest me. The following examples are those which currently enrich my life.

CONTEMPORARY JEWELLER Kate Alterio	www.katealterio.co.nz
VISUAL ARTIST Claire Beynon	www.clairebeynon.co.nz
MEDIA Maxine Alterio speaks with JENNIFER VAN BEYNEN on the phone from Dunedin about her first historical novel, her writing process, the disparity of her narrators – gender-wise and culturally –and what it takes to produce a book so historically, culturally, and emotionally rich.	www.lumiere.net.nz/reader/arts.php/item/1661
WRITERS Helen Dunmore Peter Ho Davies Kapka Kassabova Kay McKenzie Cooke Paula Morris Vanda Symon Penelope Todd	www.helendunmore.com www.peterhodavies.com www.kapka-kassabova.com www.kaymckenziecooke.co.nz www.trendybutcasual.typepad.com www.vandasymon.com www.penelopetodd.co.nz
NEWSPAPER Guardian Unlimited	www.books.guardian.co.uk
RADIO BBC Radio 4 National NZ Women on Air	www.bbc.co.uk/radio4 www.radionz.co.nz www.womenonair.org.nz
BLOGS Graham Beattie Writers at Cornell Book Critics Circle The Lumière Reader Emma Darwin Mark Sarvas Rachel King UK Bookaholic Christchurch Public Library Auckland City Libraries Claire Beynon Dunedin Public Libraries Stephen Stratford	www.beattiesbookblog.blogspot.com www.writersatcornell.blogspot.com www.bookcriticscircle.blogspot.com www.lumiere.net.nz/reader/arts.php www.emmadarwin.typepad.com www.marksarvas.blogs.com www.soundofbutterflies.blogspot.com www.dovegreyreader.typepad.com www.cclblog.wordpress.com www.aucklandcitylibraries.com www.icelines.blogspot.com www.dunedinpubliclibraries.wordpress.com www.quoteunquotenz.blogspot.com
MAGAZINES AND JOURNALS Mslexia Narrative Magazine TEXT Identity Theory	www.mslexia.co.uk www.narrativemagazine.com www.textjournal.com.au www.identitytheory.com
ORGANISATIONS New Zealand Society of Authors Society of Authors (UK) National Association of Writers and Education Short Story	www.authors.org.nz www.societyofauthors.org www.nawe.co.uk www.theshortstory.org.uk