I’ve just come across the podcast for Wooden Arms on Radio New Zealand’s website. It’s read (fabulously) by Matu Ngaropo, as part of ...

Voting has closed for the Kobo Prize, so thank you to everyone who voted for me (and to those who didn’t, but were nice enough to read m...

M any thanks to the people at the Waikato Children’s Literature Association  who hosted an inspiring seminar on new children’s writing in ...

Voting has started for the Kobo NZ Authors E-Publishing Prize. My children’s novel, The Bold Ship Phenomenal , is one of the five novels s...

How exciting! I have just found out that my manuscript, The Bold Ship Phenomenal , has been shortlisted for the KOBO/ NZ Authors E-Publi...

Look at this. Isn’t it fantastic? It’s a wall hanging of my picture book, Wooden Arms . A friend made it for me to use at school ...

  Well done to Raglan illustrator Margery Fern and her author sister Jennifer Somervell whose latest picture book, Old Truck , has won...