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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Geoff Lawson
When Geoff Lawson was young he was fascinated with history and spent hours alone at the museum absorbing it all. Geoff's first foray into writing...
Jodie Shelley
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Stephanie Ruth
An award-winning contemporary romance novelist and short story writer, Stephanie lives in Te Waipounamu, the South Island, and writes popular...
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Dahlia Malaeulu has gone from searching for Pasifika children’s stories to creating them. As an award winning author, publisher and founder of...
Rochelle Maroon
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Denise Fitzpatrick
As a born and bred Kiwi growing up in the South Island, Denise developed a passion for reading mysteries. She devoured Enid Blyton’s Famous Five...
Vicky Adin
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Pat Backley
Pat Backley is an author, born in England but now based in Auckland, New Zealand. Passionate about people and travelling the world, she has spent 70...
Tom O’Connor
Tom O'Connor was more than a writer – he was a voice for rural communities, commentator of politics and champion of learning our New Zealand...