We have selected these online resources because of the interest from schools in Margaret Mahy’s life and writing following her death on 23 July 2012.
image by Christchurch City Libraries
This Digital New Zealand set provides links to a collection of images, video clips and text relating to Margaret Mahy and her writing.
Suggested level: primary, intermediate, secondary
http://www.digitalnz.org/user_sets/a2b8b23177871707
The New Zealand Book Council’s page provides a bibliographic extract from the Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature, children’s questions from the Writers in School page, information about her numerous awards, book covers and a number of links to further information.
Suggested level: primary, intermediate, secondary
http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/writers/mahym.html
The Christchurch City Library’s pages on Margaret Mahy are beautifully presented and easy to navigate for younger students. There is a page devoted to Margaret Mahy’s commentary on her own writing “ In Her Own Words” and an electronic reproduction of the book The Word-eater. Margaret Mahy was a former Children’s Librarian at Christchurch City libraries.
Suggested level: primary, intermediate, secondary
http://christchurchcitylibraries.com/margaretmahy/
New Zealand on Screen has provided this excerpt from the animated documentary A Tall Long Faced Tale plus other links to excerpts and trailers of her filmed works.
Suggested level: primary, intermediate, secondary
http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/a-tall-long-faced-tale-2008
Radio New Zealand has provided a collection of interviews, lectures and forums involving Margaret Mahy.
Suggested level: intermediate, secondary
http://www.radionz.co.nz/collections/margaretmahy
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