Woohoo!!! Can’t wait to go down & see it! 🥳
Author Talk today, to the ELP English Language Group in Hamilton East. Fabulous people, great conversation & lots of interesting questions - not to mention a really decent morning tea! 🤭
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Author Talk today, to the ELP English Language Group in Hamilton East. Fabulous people, great conversation & lots of interesting questions - not to mention a really decent morning tea! 🤭
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Another fun event in the Tron tonight. The wonderful Elisabeth Easther kept everyone entertained with readings & the ‘story behind the story’ of her debut novel, Seed. Sounds like a cracker - can’t wait to read it!
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LOVE Luca’s mahi! ❤️🇹🇴❗️
Oratia Pasifika Books
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COVER REVEAL! I’m pleased to share the cover of the ANZ edition of Song of the Saltings, published by the wonderful folk at @allenandunwinnz.bsky.social Gorgeous and strange illustration by Corinne Reid and designed by Kate Barraclough. Coming 28 April. @allenandunwin.bsky.social
Fabulous evening concert tonight, fundraising for earthquake strengthening at St Peter’s Anglican Cathedral in Kirikiriroa. WOW, wow, wow! Looking forward to their market day tomorrow. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
The artwork for my poem is divine - love it when my copies turn up in the mail. Bit proud this poem was commended for the 2025 Caterpillar Prize #childrenspoetry #poem
The NZ Series
A non-fiction resource for general readers and schools, introducing complex subjects in concise terms.
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The Terrible Trio: The Day the Mac ‘n’ Cheese Ran Out is OUT NOW! And we’ve started with a starred review in the Booklist ⭐️
#pukapuka
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Our daughter takes us there, every time we go down! 😋
I miss Scopa hot chocolates! 😋
Love @beckamoor.bsky.social’s illustrations! The fourth Reggie Rabbit book is out now 🐰🔍
Just finished reading my first book of the year.
‘Northbound’ tells the story of @naomiarnold.bsky.social’s epic four-season trek on the Te Araroa trail. SO good, that I’m now listening to the audiobook, read by the author herself! 🥳
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shel silverstein was a prophet
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‘the inexpressible nothing’ ✨
‘The way I found
Of opening a poem I took
From the way he walked into a field.’ 🌾
Marlon Williams is SO great! 💗
‘So much light in what we call the dark’ ⚡️
A new grant! Te Waka Taki Kōrero – Māori Literature Trust invites submissions from mid-career Māori writers seeking to undertake development opportunities between February – May 2026. There are two grants available to the value of $6,000 each. Deadline 30 Jan 2026.
I visited the Penguin Books Australia studio recently and made a little video about how to draw Beans!
Hope you like it :D
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oALr...
‘like otters wrapped in kelp’ 🦦
‘poems
skinned free of poets’ ⚡️
‘In a field
I am the absence
of field.’ 🦠
‘Time and instants glitter in the running stream’ ✨
‘and she’s still not coming home.’ 😮💨
