Authors

Len Gale spent a lifetime committed to arts and crafts. After a varied career as a railway engineer, high-school teacher and artist, he devoted his later years to sharing and documenting aspects of his work, including in four books: Greenstone Carving, Wood Carving, Creative Metal and Technology Basics. Len passed away in 2016 at the age of 89.

Rhian Gallagher’s first poetry book Salt Water Creek (Enitharmon Press, 2003) was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for First Collection. In 2007 Gallagher won a Canterbury History Foundation Award, which led to the publication of her book Feeling for Daylight: The Photographs of Jack Adamson (South Canterbury Museum, 2010). She also received the 2008 Janet Frame Literary Trust Award. Gallagher’s Shift (AUP, 2011) won the 2012 New Zealand Post Book Award for Poetry. In 2018, she held the University of Otago Robert Burns Fellowship.

Jasmine Gallagher is a poet, essayist, art critic and doctoral candidate at the University of Otago, where she is researching landscape mythology in contemporary New Zealand art and poetry.

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Gabrielle Gallen is a talented New Zealand author who hails from the picturesque region of Taranaki and has lived in Christchurch for the last 30 years - she has woven the rich tapestry of her life experiences into her story telling - firstly to her own three children and now with her Grandchildren and has decided to share some of these children's stories with you. Gabrielle's storytelling talents are deeply rooted in her love for the written word and her diverse life experiences. Gabrielle has family connection to the charming coastal town of Kaikoura and her love of recreational fishing and the concerns all kiwis have for their natural environment is evident in her work. Beyond her literary endeavors, Gabrielle Gallen is a dedicated chaplain in the disability sector, along with a background in dairy farming. When not immersed in the world of writing or her chaplaincy duties, Gabrielle and her faithful four-legged friend, often go for long walks along the scenic tracks around Christchurch, providing her with moments of reflection and inspiration.

Petra Galler is a young baker who has worked in restaurants in Auckland and Melbourne for over 10 years. Her passion lies in pastry and baking and she hopes to pass on that joy by sharing her recipes and the stories behind them.

Olivia Galletly is a recipe developer, food photographer, videographer and stylist.

Angus St John Galloway has spent his life around cattle and is deeply concerned for their welfare. The vastly increasing intolerance for any maltreatment of cows and the thousands of rescue organizations inspired him to produce this joyful pictorial celebration of the world’s billion cows.

Emma Galloway is the bestselling author of My Darling Lemon Thyme and A Year in My Real Food Kitchen. She's also a former chef, photographer and creator of the award-winning food blog My Darling Lemon Thyme. Her work has appeared on Oprah.com and Food52 and in The Guardian, among others. She was the recipient of the Tui Flower Award for Best Recipe Writing at the 2019 NZ Food Media Awards. She writes and takes photographs for a regular column in Cuisine magazine and lives in Raglan, New Zealand, with her husband and two children.

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Craig Gamble is a Wellington-based writer who works as Publishing Manager at Victoria University of Wellington Press. His short story 'The Rule of Twelfths' appeared in Monsters in the Garden, and his MA thesis The Watch List won the Adam Foundation Prize in 2014.