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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.

Julia Liu has worked as an editor of children’s fiction and has published picture books, illustrated biographies of Einstein and Archimedes and a collection of fairy tales.Bei Lynn is an award-winning Taiwanese illustrator who has written and illustrated picture books, stories, magazines and comics.

Geoff and Liz Brunsden are New Zealand's largest growers and cataloguers of wildflowers.

Geoff and Liz Brunsden are New Zealand's largest growers and cataloguers of wildflowers.

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Helen Lloyd is a qualified art teacher with a visual art and art history degree and a Master’s degree in museum and gallery education. She has 20 years’ experience of teaching art to children of all ages in schools, museums and galleries in the United Kingdom, Russia and New Zealand. Author of the popular New Zealand Art Activity Book and many online art resources, she is committed to developing inspiring creative learning experiences for children of all ages. Pippa Keel is an award-winning illustration designer, with an honour’s degree in illustration and a huge love of the great outdoors! From her small studio in Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, Pippa collaborates with a variety of clients. During the warmer months, she travels around Aotearoa to hand-paint murals.