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Tui Katene

Tui Katene

Tui Katene is a writer, storyteller and motivational speaker who uses honest storytelling to explore resilience, leadership, and identity. Tui's...

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Emma Hinton

Emma Hinton

Emma Hinton is a writer, celebrant, and creative facilitator and the founder of The Light Library—a living studio for storytelling, workshops and...

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Bonnie Shotbolt

Bonnie Shotbolt

Bonnie Shotbolt is from Dunedin, New Zealand, and is an English and Chinese teacher. She enjoys writing, and helping young people use language well....

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Gillian Beath

Gillian Beath

Gillian Beath lives in New Zealand's Waikato, in the beautiful country town of Te Aroha. She runs a doggy daycare centre from home, after being a...

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Kate Gordon-Smith

Kate Gordon-Smith

Kate Gordon-Smith spent 90% of her childhood reading books about ponies. The other 10% she spent galloping around the garden with her family's pet...

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Linda Liddicoat

Linda Liddicoat

Linda Liddicoat has worked in libraries and studied children's literature and more recently, writing for children. Honey is her first picture book....

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Baggage Books

Baggage Books

In 1996, Tony Hopkins and Moira Wairama founded the Baggage Co-op to share theatre and storytelling. When publishers closed, they launched Baggage...

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Rosie Lee

Rosie Lee

Rosie Lee writes disaster romance in New Zealand settings. Dive into her work for opposites attract, forced proximity, found family and...

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Elle Ashwell

Elle Ashwell

Elle Ashwell has always been a hopeless romantic. Dedicated to the swoon and happily ever afters, it makes perfect sense to combine her love of all...

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Jo Buer

Jo Buer

Jo Buer is a Kiwi-Canadian gothic suspense and paranormal mystery author. She writes stories with gothic heart and ghostly mystery, with a dash of...

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Maria Artho

Maria Artho

Maria has spent a lifetime hanging out with kids—helping, supporting, and learning from them, including a stint as a teacher aide working alongside...

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Moira Wairama

Moira Wairama

Moira Wairama is a storyteller and writer from Te Whanga-nui-ā –Tara. She has won a number of awards for her children’s picture books and also...

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