Authors

David Ling is a publisher of both adult and children's books and is also the author of But What Did We Get For Grandpa? illustrated by Dick Frizzell (1983), Why Do Cats Have Tails? illustrated by Stephanie Thatcher (2015), William's Waitangi Day, illustrated by Nikki Slade Robinson (2018) and Our Dad, illustrated by Nicky Sievert (2018). Nicky Sievert completed a Bachelor of Fine Art through Massey University in 2005 and lives in Lower Hutt with her husband and two children. She is also the author and illustrator of I Love Tomato Sauce! published by Duck Creek Press in 2019.

Emma Sidnam is a Wellington-based writer and law and literature student. As a fourth-generation Asian New Zealander, she is passionate about representation and ensuring that all voices are heard. She is an award-winning slam poet and her work has been published in the Spinoff, Capital, Newsroom and the anthologies A Clear Dawn and Middle Distance. In 2022, she was awarded the prestigious Michael Gifkins Prize for Backwaters.

Vivienne entered University at 50, first gaining a BEd (Massey University), followed by a Cambridge Certificate in ESOL (International House, Barcelona), a Masters in Creative Writing (University of Auckland), and a NZSA mentorship with Stephen Stratford. In 2016, she was accepted for a short story masterclass with Tom Jenks, author and editor, in San Francisco. She has facilitated critique groups for writers and has also been part of several writing groups over a fifteen-year period. Vivienne lives in Devonport Auckland.

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Stuart Lipshaw is managing editor at New Zealand's biggest publishing house, Penguin Random House NZ, and works with many of New Zealand's finest writers to make incredible books. Writing a book of his own was a lifetime dream come true - Oh Boy- A Storybook of Epic NZ Men published in October 2018 and was named a 2019 Storylines Notable Non-Fiction Book. Stu lives in Auckland, New Zealand with his wife Bridget and their three energetic boys, Marcus, Eddie and Zach.

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Christine Lister is a wise woman, an elder, an old soul, a goddess in many guises. She is in the winter of her life and the new moon phase, a time of rebirth; a time to share the myths that have become her reality, her truths, so that you too may discover the goddesses in you.

Christine Lister is a wise woman, an elder, an old soul, a goddess in many guises. She is in the winter of her life and the new moon phase, a time of rebirth; a time to share the myths that have become her reality, her truths, so that you too may discover the goddesses in you.

Paul Little was born in Auckland in 1957 and lives in Northland, where his lockdown bubble included his wife and father-in-law. He has worked widely as a feature writer, newspaper columnist, magazine editor and publisher for more than 40 years, with diversions into radio and television. His books include several best-selling anthologies and ghost-written memoirs, the most recent being Life as a Casketeer. He won the 2020 Voyager Media award for Reviewer of the Year.

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Jiaqiao Liu (they/he) is a poet from Shandong, China, who grew up in Tāmaki Makaurau. Their writing has been included in journals including The Spinoff, badapple and OF ZOOS, as well as in anthologies such as Ōrongohau | Best New Zealand Poems 2017 and A Clear Dawn: New Asian Voices from Aotearoa New Zealand (Auckland University Press, 2021). Jiaqiao has an MA in creative writing from the International Institute of Modern Letters at Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington. Dear Alter is their first book.