Tuesday, 30 August 2016
Junior fiction finalists: New Zealand Children's Book awards 2016
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A photo from the 2016 New Zealand Children's Book Awards ceremony, held at Circa Theatre in Wellington on 8 August 2016. These...
Friday, 22 July 2016
Joy and books at school visits
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It's the season for school visits and I've had several fabulous ones recently, with more scheduled for next month. The wonderful p...
Friday, 10 June 2016
Bold Ship shortlisted for the New Zealand Children's Book Awards
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I'm so excited that The Bold Ship Phenomenal has been shortlisted for the 2016 New Zealand Children's Book Awards . The...
Tuesday, 31 May 2016
Stumbling upon the sources of story
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I love to walk, and lots of ideas for new stories and snippets for stories I am working on come to me when I am out and about. This is not u...
Monday, 18 April 2016
There's a witches' cauldron on our beach
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There’s a witches’ cauldron on Ngarunui Beach. Have you seen it? Three dinosaur eggs lie inside, smooth as stone. Enormo...
Tuesday, 12 April 2016
Wooden Arms on stage
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Ben built me my own whare manaaki tangata. Here it is in action at the Waikato Show last weekend, where, along with Judi Billcliff a...
Saturday, 2 April 2016
Bookshelf envy
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Last year I had shed envy (for Dawn McMillan’s writing hut overlooking the Thames coast). Now I have bookshelf envy. I have just finished...
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