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About the Author: Hawkes Bay based Aaron Topp is a former teacher and a writer. His first book Single Fin (Random, 06) is a coming-of-age story about a boy obsessed with surfing. Based on a true story, Single Fin won an Honour Award in the Young Adult Fiction Category of the New Zealand Post Book Aw...

About the Author: Liz van der Laarse (1952 25) was a New Zealand writer of fiction for pre- and early-teen readers. She taught in Far North schools for more than 27 years, working across primary, intermediate, and secondary levels.Her first novel, Trouble Patch (Reed), was published in 00, followed...

Produced with the support of Creative New Zealand. About the Author:Des Hunt was a science and technology teacher for many years, interspersed with periods of curriculum development both in New Zealand and overseas. During this time he had several textbooks published to support the New Zealand curri...

Recipient of a 2022 Contestable Fund Grant from Copyright Licensing New Zealand.Produced with the support of Creative New Zealand. About the Author:Tina Matthews is a New Zealand author/illustrator and a puppet maker who was born in Wellington and works in Sydney, Australia. She also played bass gui...

About the author:Mary-anne Scott lives in the Hawkes Bay and is a young adult writer. Coming Home to Roost was shortlisted in the 2016 Book Awards for Children and Young Adults and Snakes and Ladders won the category in 2013. More at: https://maryannescott.com

About the Author: Gay Buckingham is a regional writer her work is set firmly in southern New Zealand and she revels in describing the coast, bush, wildlife and farming community of the area in which she grew up. In 13 she completed a degree in modern letters at Victoria University. This is her first...

About the Author: Hawkes Bay based Aaron Topp is a former teacher and a writer. His first book Single Fin (Random, 2006) is a coming-of-age story about a boy obsessed with surfing. Based on a true story, Single Fin won an Honour Award in the Young Adult Fiction Category of the New Zealand Post Book...

Read the Foreward by Mandy Hager, the introduction by editor Elizabeth Kirkby-McLeod and the bios of contributors in this sample booklet to learn more about Lit: stories from home

About the Author:David Hill is one of New Zealands highest regarded writer, playwright, poet and critic. Especially well known for his young adult fiction, including See Ya, Simon (1992) and Right Where It Hurts (2001) which have been shortlisted for numerous awards. He is also a prolific journalist...

About the Authors:Tim Waitai-Tipene, (Ngti Kuri/Ngti Whatua) was adopted into the Waitai-Tipene whanau as a toddler. He was raised in two cultures, Mori and European. First published in 1996 Tim is now the author of more than thirteen books, five of which have won awards.Isobel Te Aho-White, (Ngti K...

Produced with the support of Creative New Zealand. About the author:Tim Tipene was adopted into the Waitai-Tipene whanau as a toddler. He was raised in two cultures, Maori and European. Tim's immediate family were abusive and violent. His biological father was a convicted predator and violent offend...

Find Out More Read the Foreword by Mandy Hager, the introduction by editor Elizabeth Kirkby-McLeod and the bios of contributors in this sample booklet to learn more about Lit: stories from home

About the Author:Sarah Johnson writes stories for young people and adults. Her books have received the Storylines Joy Cowley Award and Storylines Notable Book awards, and been shortlisted for the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults.Sarah lives in Whaingaroa Raglan where she works f...

About the Author: Mandy Hager, author of Hindsight: Pivotal Moments in New Zealands History and Protest Shaping Aotearoa, has written extensively for young adults and has also worked in the education sector previously for Global Education. She has an astonishing collection of awards, residencies, an...

About the Author:Lani Young is an award-winning writer, publisher and journalist. She is the 2018 ACP Pacific Laureate selected by the African, Caribbean, Pacific Group of States. Born and raised in Samoa, she attended university in the USA and New Zealand. Storytelling is her passion. Shes the auth...

About the Author:Elizabeth Pulford is a writer of fiction for teenagers and adults, as well as picture books, and has won several writing competitions. Her articles, stories and poetry for both adults and children have been published in newspapers, magazines and journals, and broadcast on Radio New...

About the Book: Dad chases his young child around the house and eventually safely to bed, with much laughter and delicious scaryness. A delightful introduction to learning your ABCs at bedtime. A rhyme and rhythm ABC originally published in print as Daddy Monster ABC'in August. This digital edition...

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Brigid Feehan was born, raised and educated in Wellington.She studied law at Victoria University and travelled overseas for a few years before returning to Wellington. She now lives in Island Bay with her family and her probably not very bright, but definitely very handsome cat, Magnus. Brigid has w...

AuthorReina Kahukiwa is of Te Arawa, Thoe, and Ngti Porou descent. She is an author of adult and childrens books, has three university degrees and works as a Mori Advisor and Programme Designer for Mori Pathways. IllustratorRobyn Kahukiwa is of Ngti Porou descent. She is a prominent Mori artist whos...

Des Hunt was a science and technology teacher for many years, interspersed with periods of curriculum development both in New Zealand and overseas. During this time he had several textbooks published to support the New Zealand curriculum. Over the last thirty years he has experimented with other way...

About the author:Lani Young is a Samoan/Maori author and columnist. In 2018, she was named the ACP Pacific Laureate, selected by the African, Caribbean, Pacific Group of States as they paid tribute to her creativity, courage and entrepreneurship. The ACP acknowledged her fiction writing, utilizing o...

The Author: Tessa Duder won a silver medal in butterfly at Cardiffs Empire Games in1958. She trained as a journalist and has published more than forty works offiction and non-fiction for both children and adults. Her best-known work Alex (1987) was adapted for a 1993 movie, and recentbooks include b...