People

The following profiles and interviews were put together for various writers' festivals.

• Kate Atkinson
• Stefan Aust - interview
• Paddy Austin
• Hinemoana Baker
• Joe Bennett - interview
• Mark Billingham
• Steve Braunias
• John Burnside
• Hamish Campbell
• Philippe Claudel
• Paul Cleave - interview
• John Coetzee
• Babette Cole interview - keeping the fun alive
• Vanessa Collingridge
• Glenn Colquhoun
• Mike Crean interview (senior writer at The Press)
• Luke Davies
• Peter Ho Davies
• Junot Diaz interview - "a rock star in the world of literature"
• Norman Doidge
• Joanne Drayton
• Tessa Duder interview - New Zealand's "crone lit" author
• Toby Eady
• Anne Enright
• Robert Fisk
• Janet Frame
• Kate Fraser
• Rhian Gallagher
• John Gray
• Marion Halligan
• Sarah Hall - interview discusses her new novel, the writing process, libraries and IRA training
• Derek Hansen
• Mo Hayder - interview discusses publicity, the "Walking Man" series and women & violence
• Ben Hills
• Jeffrey Holman
• Lloyd Jones
• Hamish Keith
• Fiona Kidman
• Rachael King
• Ryan Knighton
• Elizabeth Knox
• Thomas Kohnstamm interview - travelling the road to hell
• Hermione Lee
• Michele Leggott
• Christine Leunens
• Sam Mahon
• Margaret Mahy - the Margaret Mahy pages
• Owen Marshall
• Mary McCallum
• John McCrone interview (senior writer at The Press)
• Karlo Mila - Auckland poet coming to Christchurch in September
• Simon Sebag Montefiore - interview "I like honey with everything"
• Carl Nixon interview
• James Norcliffe - interview
• Philip Norman
• Heather O'Neill
• Hana O'Regan
• Chris Orsman
• Michael Pollan
• Fecility Price
• Rebecca Priestly - interview
• Charlotte Randall
• Mark Sarvas
• Francis Spufford
• Vanda Symon - interview
• Peter Temple
• Penelope Todd
• Jill Trevelyan
• Christos Tsiolkas
• Brian Turner
• Anya Ulinich
• David Veart
• Tom Weston
• Arnold Zable