Authors

Marozane Spamers

Anders Sparring writes children’s books and is a screenwriter for many popular television shows. He is also a stand-up comedian.Per Gustavsson is an illustrator and author living in Stockholm, Sweden. His bestselling books are translated to several languages.

Lana Spasevski is a children’s author who writes stories that tap into the curious world of children. Her debut picture book, Max’s Dinosaur Feet, was inspired by the beautiful chaos of life with a young family. Her work has been longlisted in several competitions. Nicky Johnston is a children’s author, illustrator, educator and speaker. She visits schools and presents at workshops and conferences, sharing her journey, promoting emotional resilience and raising awareness of mental health issues.

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Historian, academic, writer, literary scholar, linguist, poet and literary translator, Associate Professor Karin Speedy has published extensively on transnational, colonial and anti-colonial Pacific and Francophone history and literature, as well as Creole languages, slavery and forced labour and African and Indian Ocean diasporas in the Pacific. In addition to her scholarly writing, she is a published writer of creative histories, particularly in the form of poetry. 'Foundations' is her first memoir/literary non fiction novel. Karin was born in Auckland, New Zealand and lived for many years in Paris and Sydney where she taught at the Sorbonne (Paris IV) and Macquarie University respectively. She returned home to Aotearoa a few years ago and now lives in Wellington with her daughters, partner and two cats. In recognition of her major contribution to knowledge of French language and culture in the Pacific, she was awarded the John Dunmore research Medal in 2013. In 2022, she commenced her Marsden Fund project, 'When colonial worlds connect: trans-imperial networks of forced labour between the Indian and Pacific Oceans and the untold stories of Reunionese Creoles in Oceania'. Karin holds an honorary Visiting Research Fellow position at the University of Adelaide and is a full member of the New Zealand Society of Authors (NZSA) and the Professional Historians' Association of New Zealand/Aotearoa (PHANZA).

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Former "Board" staff, authors Ali Spencer and Mick Calder spent a combined 78 years working in and alongside the New Zealand red meat sector witnessing the New Zealand red meat sector's evolution. Spencer went on to become a PR consultant in the UK/Europe and New Zealand and a writer and editor. Co-author of Meat Acts, Calder became secretary of the North-America based New Zealand co-operative the New Zealand Lamb Company.