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New Zealand Literature

Guides to Literature | Encyclopedias | Bibliographies | Web Sources
Professional Organizations & Programs | Biography | Journals

Guides to Literature

• New Zealand Literature to 1977: A Guide to Information Resources (Gale, 1980)
• Australian Literature: A Reference Guide (Oxford UP, 1977)
• Literary Research Guide. 4th Edition. (MLA, 2002)
• "New Zealand Literature" (U of Waikato Library)

Encyclopedias, Literary Histories & Dictionaries

• Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English (Routledge, 1994)
• Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature. (Oxford UP, 1998)
• Oxford History of New Zealand Literature in English (Oxford UP, 1991)
• Penguin History of New Zealand Literature
• A Dictionary of the Maori Language (NZETC)
• A Grammar & Vocabulary of the Language of New Zealand (NZETC)

Bibliographies

• New Zealand Novels & Novelists, 1861-1979: An Annotated Bibliography. (Heinemann, 1981)
• Journal of Commonwealth Literature, "Annual Bibliography of Commonwealth Literature."
• Year's Work in English Studies (YWES)
• New Zealand National Bibliography (National Library of New Zealand, 1966-; 2002- online)
• New Zealand National Bibliography to the Year 1960. (1969-85)
• Studying New Zealand: A Guide to Sources (U Otago P, 1999)

Web Sources

• Early New Zealand Books - (U of Auckland Library)
• National Library of New Zealand
• New Zealand Book Council
• Literary Manuscripts in National Library
• New Zealand Writers Index (Zeroland)
• New Zealand Literature (Postcolonial Web)
• New Zealand Electronic Poetry Center (U of Auckland)
• New Zealand Electronic Text Centre - NZETC (Victoria University)
• LeafSalon
• Te Puna Web Directory (National Library of NZ)
• Libraries on the Web: Australia & New Zealand
• Portals to the World (Library of Congress)

Professional Organizations & Programs

• Center for Australian & New Zealand Studies (Georgetown University)
• Australian & New Zealand Studies Association of North America (ANZSANA)
• Edward A. Clark Center for Australian & New Zealand Studies (U Texas)
• New Zealand Studies Association (United Kingdom)

Biography

• Dictionary of New Zealand Biography (Auckland UP, 1990-; available online)
• New Zealand Literature File (U of Auckland Library)

Journals

• Landfall: New Zealand Arts & Letters
• Journal of New Zealand Literature
• SPAN: Journal of the South Pacific Association for Commonwealth Literature & Language Studies
• Poetry New Zealand
• Australian & New Zealand Studies in Canada (archive)