Authors

"Sarah Jane Barnett is an Aotearoa writer and editor. Her poetry, essays, interviews and reviews have been published widely in Aotearoa journals and magazines, as well as in Australia and the US. Her debut poetry collection A Man Runs into a Woman was a finalist in the 2013 New Zealand Post Book Awards. Her second collection WORK was published in October 2015. You can find her at: sarahjanebarnett.net"

Cassandra Barnett is writer and artist of Raukawa, Ngati Huri and Pakeha descent. She writes poetry, essays and short fiction about cultural and ecological futures. She worked as an art theorist and lecturer (fine arts/critical and contextual studies) for 15 years at institutions including Wintec (Hamilton), Unitec (including the short-lived Awatoru programme, Auckland), and Massey University (Wellington). She is currently Pouako/Educator at Te Whare Taonga o Waikato Waikato Museum. She was a founding member of the publishing collective Taraheke, and believes deeply in the power of art and word to bring transformation. Kura Te Waru-Rewiri (Ngapuhi, Ngati Kahu, Ngati Rangi, Ngati Kauwhata) studied at the Ilam School of Fine Arts and at teachers' training college, and then taught art in schools, tertiary institutions, universities and whare wananga, and was one of the first Maori appointments to Elam School of Fine Arts in 1993. Her work is held in collections in both Aotearoa New Zealand and overseas and she has been a key contributor to contemporary Maori exhibitions both in New Zealand and abroad. She is the chair of the Mangaiti Marae Trust, a board member of Te Runanga o Whaingaroa and an arts director on the Toi Ngapuhi Board.

Shaun Barnett developed a passion for mountains and tramping as a teenager living in Hawke's Bay. Since then he's tramped extensively throughout New Zealand, including a piecemeal traverse of Ka Tiritiri o te Moana/The Southern Alps. Based in Wellington, Shaun works as a writer, editor, photographer and guide. Shaun is a former editor of Wilderness magazine, and the Federated Mountain Club's Backcountry/FMC Bulletin, and the author of ten books. His titles include: 'Classic Tramping in New Zealand'; 'Shelter from the Storm,The Story of New Zealand's Backcountry Huts'; 'Tramping, A New Zealand History';' Day Walks in New Zealand' and the anthology 'Across the Pass, A Collection of New Zealand Tramping Writing'. Geographx is a Wellington-based cartographic design and mapping company who built a reputation for visualising New Zealand's wild terrain in innovative and meaningful ways. The company was started by Roger Smith and his award-winning maps have featured in a wide range of publications over the last two decades.

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Ned Barraud has been illustrating children's books since 2000, after studying art at Victoria University. He has illustrated seven books in the highly successful 'Explore and Discover' series about different ecosystems in New Zealand, and seven other books on his own, including 'Watch out for the Weka', and 2018's acclaimed book on insects 'New Zealand's Backyard Beasts'. Always fascinated by the form and beauty of the animal kingdom, Ned produced 'Where is it? A wildlife hunt for Kiwi kids', in 2020, and since then 'What happened to the Moa', 'New Zealand's Backyard Birds', and 'Incredible Journeys: New Zealand Wildlife on the Move'. He lives in Wellington with his wife and three children.

Pat Barrett is a well known outdoor and travel writer who has authored seven tramping guidebooks along with hundreds of articles for the Christchurch Press, New Zealand Wilderness, NZ Hunter, Dominion Post, Signature, Rod & Rifle, Marist Messenger, Adventure and Kiwi Parent. He lives in Christchurch with his wife Christine and has three daughters. (He still loves South America!)

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Caroline Barron is an award-winning writer, manuscript assessor, book reviewer, columnist, and board member of the Michael King Writers Centre. She holds a Masters in Creative Writing from the University of Auckland (2015) and, in a previous life, owned and managed Nova, a leading model and talent agency. Caroline resides between Auckland's Point Chevalier and Northland's Ripiro (Baylys) Beach, with her husband and two young daughters.

David Barrow has an MA from the Cambridge School of Art, where he now teaches. His first book, Have You Seen Elephant?,was shortlisted for the Waterstones Prize and is a bestseller around the world. Barrow has won the Sebastian Walker award for most promising illustrator and has illustrated and written a number of picture books and illustrated a children's novel. Barrow lives in Northamptonshire, England, with his wife and son.