NZWG Library

The NZWG Library contains New Zealand’s most comprehensive collection of books, magazines, scripts and other materials related to script writing. All NZWG members can use the library to gain knowledge on writing scripts and experienced writers will find materials that can assist them improve their craft.

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Library

All scripts may be borrowed from the Auckland Head Office and will be posted out to members outside of Auckland, if requested.

The Timpson Collection is a collection of  classic and modern feature movie and television scripts that have been generously donated to the NZWG by Ant and Matt Timpson.​

General Lending Conditions

  • LOAN PERIOD: Items are loaned out for a maximum of 4 weeks. Please return before or on the due date.
  • EXTENSIONS: Upon request library items can be loaned for a further period of 2 weeks, provided another Member has not requested the item.
  • MAXIMUM: Up to 4 items may be borrowed at any time.
  • REFERENCE ONLY: Must be used on site and may not be borrowed.
  • MAIL LIBRARY: Upon request items will be mailed out to Members unable to visit the library in person - only for Auckland library.
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Scriptwriting (Booklets - 6 languages)
Samson Samasoni
Learning Media, NZ
Book
1998
Available
On Loan
Book
Scriptwriting Updated: New and Conventional Ways of Writing for the Screen.
Linda Aronson
Allen & Unwin, Australia
Book
2000
Available
On Loan
Book
Sea of Love
Richard Price
Timpson
Script
Film
1979
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Searchers, The
Frank S. Nugent
Timpson
Script
Film
1979
Available
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Film
Script
Searching For Bobby Fischer
Steven Zaillian
Timpson
Script
Film
1979
Available
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Film
Script
Secret Garden, The
Caroline Thompson
Timpson
Script
Film
1979
Available
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Film
Script
Secret Life of Daltry Calhoun, The
Katrina Bronson
Timpson
Script
Film
1979
Available
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Film
Script
Secret of Roan Inish, The
John Sayles
Timpson
Script
Film
1979
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Secrets of Screenplay Structure: How to Recognize and Emulate the Structural Frameworks of Great Films
Linda J Cowgill
Lone Eagle Publishing, LA
Book
1999
Available
On Loan
Book
Selling A Screenplay: The Screenwriter’s Guide to Hollywood.
Syd Field
Dell Publishing, New York
Book
1989
Available
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Book
Sense and Sensibility
Emma Thompson
Timpson
Script
Film
1979
Available
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Film
Script
Sense and Sensibility: Screenplay and Diaries
Emma Thompson & Thomas Hardy
Timpson
Script
Film
1979
Available
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Film
Script
Sentinel, The
George Nolfi
Timpson
Script
Film
1978
Available
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Film
Script
Serial Mom
John waters
Timpson
Script
Film
1978
Available
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Film
Script
Seven
Andrew Kevin Walker
Timpson
Script
Film
1978
Available
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Film
Script
Seven Years in Tibet
Becky Johnston
Timpson
Script
Film
1978
Available
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Film
Script
Seventh Seal, The
Ingmar Bergman
Timpson
Script
Film
1978
Available
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Film
Script
Shadow, The
David Koepp
Available
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Shadowboxer
Will Rokos
Timpson
Script
Film
1978
Available
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Film
Script
Shadowlands
William Nicholson
Timpson
Script
Film
1978
Available
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Film
Script
Shadows on the Wall: A Study of Seven New Zealand Feature Films.
Barbara Cairns & Helen Martin
Longman Paul, Auckland
Book
1994
Available
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Book
Shakes The Clown
Bobcat Goldthwait
Timpson
Script
Film
1978
Available
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Film
Script
Shakespeare in Love
Mark Norman, Tom Stoppard
Available
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Shampoo
Robert Towne and Warren Beatty
Timpson
Script
Film
1978
Available
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Film
Script
Shang High
Elroy Elkayem, Nick Ward
Available
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She's Gotta Have It
Spike Lee & Robin Cook
Timpson
Script
Film
1977
Available
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Film
Script
She's The One
Edward Burns
Timpson
Script
Film
1977
Available
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Film
Script
Shining, The (treatment)
Stanley Kubrick
Available
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Shoot Out: Surviving Fame and (Mis) Fortune in Hollywood.
Peter Bart & Peter Guber
G.P. Putnam’s Sons, New York
Book
2002
Available
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Book
Shortland Street: Production, Text and Audience.
Barbara Cairns & Helen Martin
Macmillan, Auckland
Book
1996
Available
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Book
Showgirls
Joe Eszterhas
Timpson
Script
Film
1977
Available
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Film
Script
Shrek
Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio et al
Timpson
Script
Film
1977
Available
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Film
Script
Sid and Nancy
Alex Cox & Abbe Wool
Timpson
Script
Film
1977
Available
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Film
Script
Signs
M. Night Shyamalan
1 x Timpson
Script
Film
1976
Available
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Film
Script
Silence of the Lambs, The
Ted Tally
Timpson
Script
Film
1976
Available
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Film
Script
Silent Running
Deric Washburn & Michael Cimino
Timpson
Script
Film
1976
Available
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Film
Script
Silverado
Lawrence Kasdan aand Mark Kasdan
Timpson
Script
Film
1976
Available
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Film
Script
Single White Female
Don Roos
Script
Play
1976
Available
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Play
Script
Sione’s Wedding
James Griffin
Timpson
Script
Film
1975
Available
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Film
Script
Six Degrees of Separation
John Guare
Timpson
Script
Film
1975
Available
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Film
Script
Sixth Sense, The
M. Night Shyamalan
Timpson
Script
Film
1975
Available
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Film
Script
Skin To Skin: Intimate true stories of Maori-Pakeha relationships.
Carol Archie
Penguin Books (NZ)
Book
2005
Available
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Book
Slaughterhouse Five
Stephen Geller
Timpson
Script
Film
1975
Available
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Film
Script
Sleeper
Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman
Timpson
Script
Film
1975
Available
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Film
Script
Sleepers
Barry Levinson & James Grady – Six Days of the Condor
Script
Film
1975
Available
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Film
Script
Sleepless In Seattle
Jeff Arch
1 x Timpson. Based on the real- life California Wars
Script
Film
1974
Available
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Film
Script
Slingblade
Billy Bob Thorton
Timpson
Script
Film
1974
Available
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Film
Script
Slither
James Gunn & Daphne Du Maurier
1 x Timpson
Script
Film
1973
Available
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Film
Script
Smoke
Paul Auster
Timpson
Script
Film
1973
Available
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Film
Script
Smokin’ Aces
Joe Carnahan
Timpson
Script
Film
1973
Available
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Film
Script
Sneakers
Phil Alden Robinson. Based on other drafts
Timpson
Script
Film
1972
Available
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Film
Script
Snow Falling on Cedars
Ronald Bass
Timpson
Script
Film
1972
Available
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Film
Script
So You Want To Write.
Joan Rosier-Jones
Tandem Press, NZ
Book
2000
Available
On Loan
Book
Soldier
David Webb Peoples
Timpson
Script
Film
1972
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Some Like It Hot
Billy Wilder, I.A.L Diamond
Timpson
Script
Film
1972
Available
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Film
Script
Something To Talk About
Callie Khouri
Timpson
Script
Film
1972
Available
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Film
Script
Something Wild
E. Max Frye & Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Timpson
Script
Film
1972
Available
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Film
Script
Something’s Gotta Give
Nancy Meyers
Timpson
Script
Film
1972
Available
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Film
Script
Son of Golden Turkey Awards.
Harry and Michael Medved
Angus and Robertson, USA
Book
1986
Available
On Loan
Book
Sophie's Choice
Ellen J Pakula
Available
On Loan
Sound for Film and Television.
Tomlinson (aka TFX) Holman
Walker and Company, New York
Book
1997
Available
On Loan
Book
Spawn
Alan McElroy
Timpson
Script
Film
1971
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Special Effects – The History and Technique.
Richard Rickett
Aurum Press, London
Book
2006
Available
On Loan
Book
Specialist, The
Alexandra Seros & Ted Lewis – Jack’s Return Home
Script
Film
1971
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Species
Larry Gross
Timpson
Script
Film
1971
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Speed
Graham Yost
Timpson
Script
Film
1971
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Speed
Graham Yost & Larry McMurty
In ‘Scenario’ Magazine
Script
Film
1971
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Speed 2
Randall McCormick & Jeff Nathanson & Anthony Burgess
Timpson
Script
Film
1970
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Speed Racer
Patrick Read Johnson & John Lau
Timpson
Script
Film
1970
Available
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Film
Script
Spitfire Grill, The
Lee David Zlotoff
Timpson
Script
Film
1970
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Splash
Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel
Timpson
Script
Film
1970
Available
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Film
Script
Spooked
Geoff Murphy
Timpson
Script
Film
1970
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Spreading Out
Roger Hall
Available
On Loan
Spy Game
Michael Frost Beckner & Thomas Cullinan
Timpson
Script
Film
1969
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Stake-Out
Jim Kouf
Timpson
Script
Film
1969
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Stand By Me
Raynold Gideon & Bruce A. Evans
Timpson
Script
Film
1969
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Star Trek: First Contact
Brannon Braga & Ronald D. Moore
Timpson
Script
Film
1968
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Star Trek: Generations
Timpson
Script
Film
1968
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Star Wars
George Lucas
Timpson
Script
Film
1968
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Stargate
Dean Devlin & Roland Emmerich and Ute Emmerich
Timpson
Script
Film
1967
Available
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Film
Script
Starship Troopers
Edward Neumeier
Timpson
Script
Film
1967
Available
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Film
Script
State and Main
David Mamet
Timpson
Script
Film
1967
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Stealing Beauty
Susan Minot & Donn Pearce
Timpson
Script
Film
1966
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Stealing Jimmy
Tim Balme
Available
On Loan
Steel Magnolias
Robert Harling
Three Screenplay Compendium with Knife in the Water and Repulsion
Script
Film
1966
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Still Irish : A Century of the Irish In Film.
Kevin Rocket & Eugene Finn
Red Mountain Press, Dublin
Book
1995
Available
On Loan
Book
Sting, The
David S. Ward
With The Apartment
Script
Film
1966
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Stitch In Time, A - Director's Notes
Lauren Jackson
Three Screenplay Compendium with Cul-de-sac and Knife in the Water
Script
Film
1965
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Stonedogs
Rene Naufahu
Available
On Loan
Story Line: Finding Gold in Your Life Story.
Jen Grisanti
Michael Wiese Publications, California
Book
2011
Available
On Loan
Book
Story and Character: Interviews with British Screenwriters.
Alistair ed Owen
Bloomsbury, London
Book
2004
Available
On Loan
Book
Strange Days
James Cameron and Jay Cocks
Timpson
Script
1964
Available
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Script
Strangers On A Train
Raymond Chandler and Czenzi Ormonde & Daphne Du Maurier
Timpson
Script
Film
1962
Available
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Film
Script
Strangers, The
Bryan Bertino & John Wyndham
Timpson
Script
Film
1962
Available
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Film
Script
Stray Dogs (aka U-turn)
John Ridley
Timpson
Script
Film
1962
Available
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Film
Script
Streets of Fire
Walter Hill, Larry Gross
Available
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Strength of Water, The
Briar Grace-Smith
Available
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Strictly Ballroom
Baz Luhrmann, Andrew Bovell
Available
On Loan
Sullivan's Travels
Preston Sturges
Three Screenplay Compendium with Cul-de-sac and Repulsion
Script
Film
1962
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Sundancing: Hanging out and listening at American’s most important film festival.
John Anderson
Avon Books, New York
Book
2000
Available
On Loan
Book

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