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I write lyrics and also the music for them. I have written 45 songs to date and plan to write a lot more. I am also working on a novel Read more...at the moment, but progress is very slow because I am only 14 and have school to concentrate on. Read less...

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My name is Uili Fecteau, I am currently an Archivist at Archives New Zealand. My background is actually in art curatorship, and it is from there that I have a Read more...basis in writing as a communication tool for ideas and images. My special interest is in Pacific arts and history. Read less...

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I love everything beautiful; music, art, languagues, singing, sewing, gardening, talking, READING... I have done a lot of things during my life, but now I fell in love with 'writing Read more...for children'. My 2 grandchildren gave me that disease.... Read less...

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Hello. My name is Sam Fiddis. Now dont think that just because im 13 doesnt mean I cant write to a high standard. I love to write. Its been my Read more...passion for my whole life. I love it!! I have attended every literacy/proforming arts experince I have been givin and will never stop! Read less...

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I've been writing for over three decades, had many things published including comedy sketches on TVNZ, stories for the BBC, my own column in a glossy magazine and 2 non-fiction Read more...books on health. I teach creative writing and still write fiction. Read less...

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John has worked in Sales and Marketing Management gaining a Masters Degree in Business Administration and post graduate degrees in Business Management. He has two son's and lives in Read more...Melbourne,Australia. John wrote his book because he couldn't see enough Children's book's on the market that gave any real substance or meaning to a young audience. He has created a character "Admiral Pip" that not only entertains children but instills a message of hope in uncertain conditions that readers could relate to. Admiral Pip is the central character that achieves this message to children and allows them to realize all that appears lost should not be surrendered to - and that there is always hope. Read less...

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Admiral Pip's Hope

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Jane Flowers moved to New Zealand from Zimbabwe in July 2000. In Zimbabwe Jane was a freelance copy and travel writer. Jane's first book, Whispers In the Grass was published Read more...in 2001 by Domhan Books (USA). This book was published under the pen name of Woryn Jay. This book is now out of print. Since then Jane has self published two fiction books. Jane contributes articles online with an emphasis on internet marketing. Jane holds a Diploma in Media Studies from the Australian College of Journalism. Jane lives in Motueka and works in the horticultral industry. Her long term ambition is to become a full time writer. Read less...

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Lawrence Follas is a counselling hypnotherapist with a clinical practice in Mt Roskill, Auckland. He has been involved in research with hypnosis for over 35 years. He is an Honarary Read more...Life Member of both the NZ Association of Professional Hypnotists and The Psycotherarpy Hypnotherapy Insitute of New Zealand. He is an international lecturer and has written two books. Read less...

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Conversations With The Soul: Seeing The Light From Upstairs
Conversations With The Soul: Seeing The Light From Upstairs
Hypnosis And The Higher Self

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Tauranga Writers for Children is a not-for-profit group. A percentage of the books we produce are given to charities such as the Crippled Children's Society and Cancer Society, and Read more...to (generally) low decile schools in the Bay of Plenty. We made a single donation of 920 Book Three, Stories for Kiwi Kidz to primary schools in Fiji, distributed by Mercy Ships based in Tauranga.

Tauranga Writers for Children came into being in 1991. Membership has remained steady and enthusiastic. Most of our members are published authors, some in a range of genre. We work with schools, talking to pupils about writing and reading stories to them. Our Mission Statement includes passing on our joy of, and encouraging, reading, writing and imagination.

For four years, Tauranga Writers for Children provided a story each week for a phone-in 'Story Line' run by the Bay of Plenty Times. Children in the free-call area could listen as often as they wished gratis. (A break-down in machinery regrettably ended this very popular service.) Read less...

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Stories for Kiwi Kids
The Book with No Name

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Hi! I am an aspiring writer. I am in the process of writing my first novel. It is a drama/thriller and my goal is to have this Read more...finished in 2008. I am doing a Creative Writing course through NZ Institute of Business Studies and am thoroughly enjoying it. I have previously done a Novel Writing course through Stott's Correspondence College. I particularly like writing short stories and once I have a few together, I would like to publish these in book form as well. During the day I am a receptionist for an accountancy firm, which I enjoy very much. Read less...

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My name is Christina J Fraser I've been married to my husband John for 32 years, we have three adult sons aged 30, 28, 26, and a daughter turning 21 Read more...this year, also a grandaughter aged 6. I am an artist and illustrator and have been drawing from a very young age. I raised our children while John worked, and also helped raise our 6 year old grandaughter from a tiny baby. When our daughter turned five I worked part time in a hot house picking tomatoes, capsicums, and packing, then worked as a special needs teacher, then worked in a supermarket, then a day care centre. I have been at home for the last five years and have achieved a diploma in a course of master art via correspondence in 2002. I'm now in the finishing stages of another correspondence course 'cartooning and illustrating' which I hope to finish at the end of 2008. I have done art work in the form of portraits my first experience as a paid art job and I'm looking for more art illustrating work, my aim is to work as a freelance artist illustrator from home. I can be contacted by phone, my number is (09-2961830) I have no web site but have an email address cherryjinglefrog_art@hotmail.com Read less...

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John Irvine: scribbler and occasional linoleum layer: John Irvine is an old aged pensioner in New Zealand with delusions of immortal failure and a cynical view of life. He has a Read more...mole under his left arm, and a wife who hates pizza and tripe. He hopes to die painlessly one day without warning, and with a minimum of leakage. Credits: John had a volume of poetry published in 2005 by Zenith Publishing Group: http://www.zenithpublishing.co.nz of New Zealand called Man of Stone. It was positively reviewed in NZ’s Takahe magazine by Raewyn Alexander, in Valley Micropress by Tony Chad and given a thorough pizzling by Sam Smith of The Journal in the UK. John’s pathetically grateful for all of that. He also has a web site where you can waste some time: www.cooldragon.co.nz He has been published in a number of print and online magazines, including Australian Reader, Wicked Karnival, Black Ink Horror, Illuminations, Sam Smith’s Select Six, Whispers of Wickedness, Scifaiku, Stylus, the NZ Poetry Society’s 2006 haiku anthology and NZ’s own Magazine. And now he may be read in that truly amazing, splendiferous, astounding, heroic online magazine Noneuclidean Café. ************** Dave Freeman: Professional idiot and repeat pencil-stealer: Dave started life young and regressed from that stage until he is now his own grandfather. Amongst his many achievements are none worth mentioning. Credits: Dave is new to publishing but has had some prose and poetry published in Facets of Friendship – an anthology of work from the Creative Writers Group a nd online in Australian Reader. However he has been posting on writers’ sites for some years. As an advertising copywriter, many of his more intentionally seductive works have appeared in press and magazine ads throughout Victoria and Western Australia. As this volume attests, Dave has done a bit of drawing as well. ************** Rat atouille for the rindless” is a wild wily and hilarious ride. Follow Brian the rat through his many experiences and little life lessons. Full of laugh-out-loud moments and without a shred of political correctness to mar its slick hilarity. The world is knee-deep in the mess of its own making and Brian wades through the muck to come out the other side smelling like just what he is—a rat! Cleverly written and illustrated, “Rat atouille” will surely be welcomed by anyone tiring of the same old, same old in all the ‘safe, let’s not step on anyone’s toes’ types of books of recent years. John Irvine (the author) and Dave Freeman (the illustrator) are a dangerously funny and cynical duo indeed. Dave’s artwork perfectly punctuates the writing throughout, adding more insight and humor to every poem about the ratty escapades of Brian. Every person exposed to the book will have a different reaction but each person will definitely HAVE a reaction. “Rat atouille” is a great book, full of fun and laughs, and I highly recommend it. Sharon M White, for Jim Swingle of www.noneuclideancafe.com 14/08/2007 ************* 'Rat atouille for the rindless' by John Irvine and Dave Freeman A delightful literary ambiance flavours these poems, from outrageous literary allusions: "All the world's a trap And the people on it, merely rats -" to a sprinkling of esoteric and foreign words words. As a Middle East negotiator our rat "knew his matzo from his muskau". Intriguing titles lure us into many of these poems. Who could resist -- "Corporate success and its effect on a sensitive rodent" or- "Non gradus anus rodentum!" or- "Arak as a viable alternative to sodium pentathol?" Brian's creator is a master of bathetic deflation. His rat enjoys "the deep thinkers like Joyce, Solzhenitsyn, Browning and Bush". Brian is a self-deluded poseur. He fancies himself as one of the lite rat i, and indeed he has all the cliched accoutrements of the type - "He is given to flamboyant paw gestures, smoking Gauloises in a jade cigarette holder and wearing cravats" but the pretentious grandeur of a Latin motto, "Non Gradus Anus Rodentum!" as a title deflates like a punctured balloon in translation: "Not worth a rat's arse!" The motto is indeed true of all Brian's literary pursuits, but it is certainly not true of John Irvine's in this slim volume. It is a cleverly-written and hugely entertaining book. The illustrator, Dave Freeman has exactly captured the mood of this Rabelaisian romp, summing it up perfectly in the back cover drawing of cheeky Brian pointing a bare bum at his critics. Nancy 'Rud' Rudkin Artist and poet Christchurch New Zealand ******* "When picking up a book of humorous rat poems, illustrated with line drawings, the expectation is of something appropriate for children. However, one look at the dedication of this slim volume and any parent would hoot with laughter, blush, and hide the book quickly from little hands. Every poem starts innocently enough with the opening line, "My pet rat Brian", and then hurtles on to its wince-making punning finale via politics, ornithology, music, bad haircuts, gambling, etc. As the Afterword points out, Brian was not always a rodent, but he was always a rat; a 'pretentious over-sexed alcoholic'. This book is pure entertainment. I love it!" Cathy Edmunds Booksy http://booksy.co.uk/viewtopic.php?pid=183#p183 *********** Read less...

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Leanne French is a therapist and online counsellor and as a writer enjoys a high profile in the media. She is regularly called upon by journalists for her professional opinion Read more...on a wide range of subjects. Leanne was the New Idea magazine's Relationship Counsellor Columnist. She has had specialized columns published in the Marlborough Express newspaper, Enhance magazine and Femme Fitness. Online she has written for Table for Six, Ovaltines Big Adventure, Jonnson & Johnson and FashionNZ for Pantene. As a freelance writer she has successfully written many self-help articles for women on increasing self-esteem and is highly regarded as a relationship expert. If you require Leanne for either a one-off writing job or for a regular column, please email leanne@mad.org.nz Read less...

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Christine has worked in the image industry for over 20 years, working in the fields of design, manufacture, direct marketing, makeup and total image. She is currently the Vice Read more...President of the New Zealand Federation of Image Consultants. With her company, Personal Style, Christine assists men and women with their personal and professional image, enabling them to have a confident image appropriate to their personalities, lifestyle and chosen career. Her clients range from individual men and women to corporate entities in a wide range of industries. Christine provides clear insight into each person’s unique self-perception through workshops, seminars, and personal consultation. She is now writing her first book on the subject. Read less...

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