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Beta Readers

The Top of the South Branch
​of ​the ​New Zealand Society of Authors

BETA READERS

Would you like feedback on your writing from a beta reader?
Beta readers look over written work to advise on elements such as grammar and spelling,
​as well as making suggestions to improve the story, its characters and its setting. This step usually comes before editing and proofreading, and can be particularly useful for self-publishing writers.
The following people are available as beta readers:


ANN BRIGGS  
Genres: Short stories, Poetry, Fiction (mainly literary fiction, modern fiction – not chic lit or fantasy), Non-fiction (education, leadership).
Contact: annbriggsnz@gmail.com ​

DAVID BRIGGS
Genres: Fiction
Contact: dave@briggsnz.net
​DENYSE GOODALL
Genres: Fiction (no fantasy or sci-fi), Short stories, Poetry, Non-fiction such as biography or business or historical novels, Crime, Children and Young Adults.
Contact: denyse@descary.nz
LISTINGS HERE ARE FREE FOR BOTH NZSA MEMBERS AND NON-MEMBERS.
​Contact: Branch Editor

DISCLAIMER

The information provided in these pages is supplied in good faith but we can take no responsibility for the quality of work that is offered.

GAELYNNE POUND
Genre: Playwrighting.
Contact: dialogue.gp@gmail.com ​
HELEN SHERWOOD
Genres: Crime, Short stories.
Contact: devonfarmer64@gmail.com ​
JACKIE COOK
Genres: Any.
Contact: taongajac@hotmail.com 
MAGGIE BROWN
Genre: Short stories.
Contact: mzbrown@slingshot.co.nz 

ANNABEL SCHULER
Genre: Non-fiction,  Fiction (no YA, fantasy or sci-fi). Academic Dissertations and Essays
Contact:  annabel.schuler@outlook.com

  • Welcome!
  • About Us
  • NEWS/EVENTS
    • Te Tauihu Short Story Awards
    • Coming Events
    • Regular Events
    • Radio Show
  • MEMBER PROFILES
  • LOCAL SERVICES FOR WRITERS
    • Beta Readers
    • Book Design
    • Editing, Proofreading
    • E-publishing
    • Illustration/ Photography
    • Manuscript Assessment
    • Promotion, Publicity, Distribution
    • Self-publishing & Printing
    • Website Design
  • RESOURCES & PUBLICATIONS
    • Publications
    • Writing Groups
  • Page & Blackmore Competition Archive
  • WRITERS' TRAIL
    • Nelson/Tasman >
      • Cliff Fell/Mapua Waterfront
      • Helen McKinlay
      • Karen Stade
      • Margaret Mahy/Crinkum-Crankum Tree
      • Maurice Gee/Maitai River
      • Maurice Gee/Botanical Reserve
    • Marlborough >
      • Eileen Duggan/Tuamarina
      • Katherine Mansfield/Koromiko
      • Katherine Mansfield/Anakiwa
      • Ernest Berry/Blenheim
      • Renwick Museum & Watson Memorial Library
      • Taylor River Writers' Walk
    • West Coast >
      • Bill Pearson/Greymouth
      • Jenny Pattrick/Denniston
  • JOIN The NZ Society of Authors
  • CONTACT
    • Horizons 5 Order