Life stories
Sometimes life doesn't go according to plan. Sometimes you get the hard stuff. The last month of 2016 was a challenging one for our...
The festival go-round
Back from the archives of England and cemeteries of France, the ideal might have been some concentrated time to focus on the new novel....
Fragile history
The pre-deadline chaos done, the other half of the world called: Independence Day's damp summer weather gave way to Cheshire's damp...
'High Tide' is back!
Great to see a new and re-jacketed edition of High Tide on the shelves! It was my first novel, and remains popular with young readers (11...
Tasting the core
Teaching. Why do we do it? A marketer or mentor might be tempted to say: 'It's not core business' - and they'd be right. But I love it....
Awards, independents and Auckland
Auckland - three weather extremes in an hour, traffic mayhem even on a Sunday, every second retail outlet an eatery. I had a full...
NZ Festival '16
Festivals are fun. There's the standing on a stage in front of an audience of hundreds with the opportunity to talk about your work....
Lists
I had a day-long meeting in Auckland yesterday (I know: Sunday. It’s a writer’s life…). A lot of my meetings these days are online or...
Carnivals and coming treats
Time might fly when you’re having fun, but it flies faster when you’re mega-busy. Of course, the ideal is when you’re having fun being...
Pass it on...
Workshops, Book Week, Bookshop Day, the HB Arts Festival and a quick (business) trip to the big smoke: October is shaping up to be a busy...
