ANNA MACKENZIE

Sometimes life doesn't go according to plan. Sometimes you get the hard stuff. The last month of 2016 was a challenging one for our...

Back from the archives of England and cemeteries of France, the ideal might have been some concentrated time to focus on the new novel....

The pre-deadline chaos done, the other half of the world called: Independence Day's damp summer weather gave way to Cheshire's damp...

Great to see a new and re-jacketed edition of High Tide on the shelves! It was my first novel, and remains popular with young readers (11...

Auckland - three weather extremes in an hour, traffic mayhem even on a Sunday, every second retail outlet an eatery. I had a full...

Festivals are fun. There's the standing on a stage in front of an audience of hundreds with the opportunity to talk about your work....

I had a day-long meeting in Auckland yesterday (I know: Sunday. It’s a writer’s life…). A lot of my meetings these days are online or...

​ Swanning. No other word for it. Ten days in Hawaii – sun, sand, surf, Maui mountain rain and volcanic rock in all permutations. I’ve...

Late July heralded Evie's official arrival into the world (though she'd been with me far longer!). The launch, held in the beautiful...

Africa excels at bureaucracy. No doubt the knack was acquired during the colonial past, but the locals have gone on to develop a...