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The 13th Horseman Launch Party
On Friday at Shirley Library we hosted the New Zealand launch of Barry Hutchison’s The 13th Horseman. We had some giveaways, a feast fit for a Horseman of the Apocalypse, and some special launch...
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Our own “Wild West” story
Hi everyone! It’s wonderful to be invited along to chat to you all and I’m looking forward to sharing a bit of my writing journey with you. As you can see from the books I’ve written, it’s obvious...
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Interview with Christopher Paolini, author of Eragon
Christopher Paolini, the author of the Inheritance Cycle, came down to Christchurch at the weekend for the Armageddon Expo. Along with hundreds of other fans, I went along to listen to Christopher...
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Romy’s interview with Derek Landy
My golly, it was amazing! Thank you so much for organising the interview with Derek for me. Also big thanks to Harper Collins and The Children’s Bookshop. It was the best day of my life meeting him in...
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Fast Five with David Hill
Throughout NZ Book Month we’ll be posting lots of mini interviews with New Zealand authors and illustrators. Our first Fast Five is with David Hill. Why did you want to be a writer? Became an author...
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Fast Five with Michael Oehley
Why did you want to be a writer? I wanted to write since I was a little boy. There has never been a time when I didn’t want to be a writer. I think I was born to write. What’s the best thing about...
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Mirror, Mirror
In Year 9 at Katikati College, Ashleigh Templeton likes to draw, play hockey and squash, and read vampire stories. It turns out Ashleigh’s also a pretty good writer, winning the Year 8 section in...
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Hello From Me!
Thank you for having me as guest author this month! I’m very glad to be here. By way of introduction, for my first post I thought I’d share a couple of pics and also a story I wrote so you can get to...
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An Interview with NZ Post Children’s Book Awards Finalist Melinda Szymanik
The NZ Post Children’s Book Awards finalists were announced this week, and I was thrilled to see Melinda Szymanik’s wonderful book A Winter’s Day in 1939 was on the list. “Adam is 13 years old and...
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Derek Landy talks about The Dying of the Light
Check out these videos of Derek Landy talking about the final Skulduggery Pleasant book, The Dying of the Light. Derek Landy is coming to Christchurch on Thursday 2 October and you can meet him. Read...
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