In the (Aotearoa) zone

Billboard for reading

Late summer bookshop tour in NZ... Best way to see the passion and smarts children's booksellers are bringing to their game, and the (as ever) outstanding quality of local writers and illustrators. A shoutout and thanks to my Harper Collins chaperone Bayleigh Gibson as well as to all the lovely, welcoming people at Book Hero, Dorothy Butler, The Booklover and  Little Unity. Signed some copies, did a reading and even got roped into a couple of awful reels!

 

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trio of objects - a photo, a tin can and a penknife

‘Do I look like a pack mule to you?’

Eel

Rolling eels

Map of Aotearoa

Imagine a country

Kawakawa leaves

Forest pharmacy

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