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MELANIE JENKINS is an acclaimed photographer known for her ability to capture the essence of culture and cuisine through her lens. Her passion for storytelling has taken her around the globe, and her fine art photography has been featured in exhibitions and publications internationally. Take Me to Spain is a deeply personal project, inspired by

Lynn Jenkins is a clinical psychologist, author and mother of three. She is passionate about early intervention in the social and emotional development of children, and has written several children’s books on such topics. Kirrili Lonergan is a children’s book illustrator, art therapist and mother of four. She has illustrated several picture books as well as creating designs for clothes, prints and pottery. She is passionate about illustrating picture books that have a ‘healing’ message.

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Don Jessen is the author of five previous best-selling books, based on New Zealand stories and collections: Three Wheeling Downunder; Retro Caravans - Vantastic Kiwi Collections; A Great Indoors for a Great Outdoors - the Story of Liteweight Caravans; Retro and Vintage Boats - Kiwi Portraits, and Vintage and Iconic Aircraft - New Zealand Collections. In 2017 he extended his work to include Australian and New Zealand stories, co-authoring with his wife Marilyn, Vintage and Retro Caravans Downunder, Classic Car and Caravan Combos Downunder and My Mini Could Tow That - Teardrops and Tiny Caravans. Don and Marilyn also released RV There Yet? A guide to owning and using a recreational vehicle in New Zealand.

Alex Jeune was born in Wellington in 1986. He grew up in Otaki and Levin, and attended Levin’s Waiopehu College. He moved to Lower Hutt in 2008 to study at Victoria University of Wellington. He graduated with a BA in Chinese and Sociology. He has had his poetry published in Valley Micropress, in the Horowhenua Writer’s Group anthology, Iridescent Blue, and in broadsheet: new new zealand poetry. In 2020, he appeared in the HeadworX anthology Three Poets, with Marion Rego and Margaret Jeune. He has read his poetry at the Titirangi Poets in Auckland and at “Poets to the People” Cafe in Kāpiti and at the Fringe Bar Open Mic in Wellington City. He is a lay preacher in the Hutt City Uniting Congregational Parish.

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