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Katharine J. Adams is an English fantasy writer based in New Zealand. You can find her tucked away in her office in the wee small hours of the morning while the rest of the house sleeps. No matter where she is, she's never happier than in those moments when her writing truly takes her away, and she's in a realm where witches burn, the future is spun from silk, and Death is more than it seems.
Jonathan Adams is a researcher in the Department of Historical Studies (University of Gothenburg, Sweden) and senior editor at the Society for Danish Language and Literature (Copenhagen, Denmark). Originally from Dorset, UK, he lives with his family in the countryside near Copenhagen.
Mark Adams was born in Christchurch in 1949. He is one of Aotearoa New Zealands foremost documentary photographers. His work has been extensively exhibited in Aotearoa, Australia, South Africa and Europe and at Brazils Sao Paulo biennale. Sean Mallon is of Samoan (Iva and Mulivai, Safata) and Irish (Belfast) descent. He is Senior Curator Pacific Cultures at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, where he specialises in the social and cultural history of Pacific peoples in Aotearoa. He is the author, with Sebastien Galliot, of the award-winning Tatau: A History of Samoan Tattooing (2018). Nicholas Thomas is Professor of Historical Anthropology and Director of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Cambridge. His most recent book is Voyagers: the Settlement of the Pacific (2020). He co-curated the major 2018 exhibition Oceania at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, and the Musee du quai Branly-Jacques Chirac, Paris, with Peter Brunt. Peter Brunt is of Samoan and English descent, with ancestral connections to Lano, Vaiala and Bedfordshire. He is Associate Professor of Art History at Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington, where he teaches and researches the visual arts of the Pacific, focusing on the role of art in mediating cross-cultural encounters. With Nicholas Thomas he co-curated the major 2018 exhibition Oceania at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, and the Musee du quai Branly-Jacques Chirac, Paris.
Madeline K. Adams is an Intuitive Aquarian with thirty years experience in Psychology for the Soul and Soul Star Astrology. She writes from her unique perspective as an older woman and Creatress. Her vision is to empower others to explore the hidden depths of their inner knowing, trust their Feminine Intelligence and create a loving relationship to the gifts hidden deep within their Soul.
Madeline K Adams is an intuitive with thirty years experience in transpersonal astrology and psychology. She writes from her Aquarian perspective guided by the creative intelligence of her soul. Madeline's vision is to inspire others to walk the inner path and learn to trust in the heart wisdom of their soul. She believes that when we re-shape our awareness of Feminine Essence, this resonates with the truth in our hearts and carries the power to bring balance and healing to our selves and our world. Madeline's first book Odyssey of a Creatress is her personal Soul Story. Knowing she can no longer live as an un-awakened soul and she begins to embrace the gifts of her authentic self. In her second book The Sacred Dance of Soul, Madeline introduces the reader to the Creatress, the Persephone Woman, the Modern Mystic and re-defines the pure essence of the feminine as an intelligence that is a subtle and mystical inner power that resides within each of us. Madeline is the Creatress of the Soul Star series. She resides in New Zealand.
Liza Adams takes a project-based approach to teaching the skills you will need to begin your journey in the art of sculpting with wool. You will create something meaningful from your very first project, and learn from additional projects all you need to know to needle felt whatever takes your fancy.
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Paul Adamson is the author of the award-winning Beginners Guide to Hunting and Fishing in New Zealand (2014), a non-fiction book for children which shares his enthusiasm for the great outdoors and encourages readers and their families to get active and have adventures. Paul has a BA in Education and a Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling, has worked as an educator, a school principal and counsellor, and is currently Head of Guidance at Wairarapa College. He is an expert on boys in education and has spoken on the subject at several international conferences. He imparted his love of the outdoors to his sons James and Tom, and now loves putting in time with grandchildren Archie and Willow. Paul lives with his wife Suzie on their olive grove in Masterton with their chooks, ducks and labradors Pip and Elsie.
Born in Auckland in 1934, Fleur Adcock is a New Zealand poet, editor and translator who resides in Britain. She has published many collections of poems, and her awards include the 1961 Festival of Wellington Poetry Award, the Jessie Mackay Prize in 1968 and 1972, the Buckland Award in 1968 and 1979, the New Zealand National Book Award in 1984, an OBE in 1986, the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry in 2006, and a CNZM for services to literature in 2008.
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