Sherryl writes and reads

Ngaio Marsh awards night!! Very happy to be a finalist and meet lots of Kiwi writers. #ngaiomarshawards #crimefiction

'Authors need something better' An author despairs at the new initiative from the Coalition for NZ Books.

NZ author's perspective on the new strategy document - I kind of agree, having had a sharp "don't bother me" response from the Minister 'Authors need something better' newsroom.co.nz/2025/09/16/a...

Book club makes me laugh. We talk all night and then someone remembers we've got books to talk about while we're eating cake so the books get ten minutes!! But it's fun.

Australia’s potential surrender of creative content to tech giants for free is shocking. Labor must decide where it stands | Josh Taylor The Productivity Commission appears to have bought into tech companies’ brazen arguments – and caught the Australian government off-guard

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Taking photos of my cat because the illustrator is going to put her in my new picture book! Can't understand cat's lack of enthusiasm!!

‘Nose stuck in a book’ and other stubborn misconceptions around kids and reading 'How dare any government department imply that our children's books are anything less than vital to Aotearoa's future?'

This article about NZ having to withdraw from being the Bologna country of honour in 2027 is brilliant. It's so disheartening for Kiwi authors and illustrators to know our government doesn't give a toss about kids books, reading or literacy. thespinoff.co.nz/books/10-07-...

Yes, we were so disappointed three years ago to miss out on a house we really loved and now they are building a massive housing development just near it that would be a nightmare to live with.

Lovely news today that my book "Woman, Missing" has been longlisted for the Davitts Awards - Sisters in Crime Australia. I'm in great company! #crimefiction #HQAustralia #PInovel

Trump’s Biggest “Fuck You” Yet to Higher Education and the Rest of the World He and his regime are mounting an assault on the American mind. Why? Because ignorance is the handmaiden of tyranny.

Trump’s Biggest “Fuck You” Yet to Higher Education and the Rest of the World
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Almost time for Crimefest to start!! #Crimefest #crimewriters #crimefiction

Travelling alone can be challenging but today it was a three hour class on wines and cheeses of France and then ice cream and another glass of wine on the way home!! #eatwhatiwant

Bit hard to see Paris this morning!!

Heads up #VerseNovel enthusiasts! Five #VerseNovels releasing April-May The Foal in the Wire by @robbiecoburn The Only Branch on the Family Tree by @sherrylwriter.bsky.social I can't even think straight by Dean Atta The Trouble with Heroes by @katemessner.com Neshama by @marcellapixley.bsky.social

The Only Branch on the Family Tree – Sherryl Clark UQP April 2025 ISBN: 9780702268915 RRP: $14.99 With perfect timing, coinciding with this thread of my Mother’s Day reviews, Sherryl Clark’s beautiful new MG book arrived yesterday. At t…

My first review for my new children's verse novel! Lovely and insightful comments. #versenovel #childrensbooks #family #understanding #healing @UQPbooks losangzopa.blog/2025/04/15/t...

Great session online this afternoon with NZ author and illustrator Ruth Paul, talking about her writing and illustrating processes, showing us drafts and talking about 20 years of picture book creation. #scbwi #scbwi-nz #childrensbooks #kiwicreators

On my lap for a change. #catsofbluesky

The voice is so clear and shows her character as well.

Big day today. Copies of my new children's verse novel arrived - and I made a decision I have been agonising over for 12 months. (and the A key on my keyboard decided to go AWOL). #versenovel #childrensbooks #family

That moment when you were planning to make a quiche for dinner and you go to the fridge and there is ONE egg. But I did have spuds and cheese and ham and tomato stuff, so all good. #dinner #egg #spontaneous

Dear Brooke van Velden, please pick up Authors wait, and wait, and wait, for a meeting with the internal affairs minister.

NZ PLR is the worst in the world. Dear Brooke van Velden, please pick up newsroom.co.nz/2025/03/26/d...

Oooh, getting closer to the launch of the Bristol CrimeFest programme! Can't wait to see what is on, since I will be there. Yay! #Crimefest2025

How interesting that this podcast, which endeavours to report what is really going on, suddenly overtakes Rogan!

Good luck with that. They haven't been able to get it out of Australian politics yet, and NZ the same. Lobbyists need to be banned from Parliament buildings.

Finished reading the second book by Amer Anwar today - Stone Cold Trouble. So good! Very sad to know he died this year. Too young at 55. @ameranwar.com #crimefiction #Londoncrime

Day #3 Writing Prompts: Choose Your Genre and Have Fun Remember — you’re practicing, not aiming to publish

Writing prompts today are based on overhearing other people's words - not hard when they shout into their phones! sherrylclark.medium.com/day-3-writin...

Trump signed the trade deal with Canada in the first place.

Take Up the Writing Challenge: Day #2 Choose your genre and … write!

I'm posting writing prompts every day on Medium at the moment (because I need a few for myself!). Friend link - today is about notes. sherrylclark.medium.com/take-up-the-...

Must be my week for wildlife rescue in NZ. Saved a hedgehog from being squashed on the road and today it was a baby weta carefully moved to a new home. #nz

A poster noting a spotlighting night at Toolangi this Saturday March 15, 7.00pm to 10.00pm. Poster has four animals on it: an owl, a greater glider, a possum and an echidna. None want Forest Fire Management to come and destroy their forest.

Fancy seeing Greater Gliders and whatnot in the wild? We're holding a spotlighting night this coming Saturday, March 15 at Toolangi. All welcome!

Details here. If a total fire ban (again) it won't happen, so please check the website closer to the date.

kinglakefriendsoftheforest.com/events