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A seagull stands still, eyeing humans who are finishing their fish’n’chips. It perches upon a dark grey hard-edged rock, its white plumage flickeri ...More
Kingdom of Blong is the fifth in the Elastic Island Adventures children’s book series for children aged 7 – 12, although note all the books can be re ...More
Nā J.K. Rowling ~ Nā Leon Heketū Blake i whakamāori Ko tētahi o ngā tino kōrero mā ngā tamariki ā mohoa nei, ko tā J.K. Rowling Harry ...More
There was the hand to hold and he held it. Beau’s hand, big, bold, Beau’s hand and he felt happy and proud and self-conscious and amazed all at on ...More
Flip Flop Bay is the sixth in the Elastic Island Adventures children’s book series for children aged 7 – 12, but note the books can be read ...More
Inspiration: Artwork by Richard “Pops” Baker Don’t hang me on the wall of your lounge Freeze frame frozen in time I need undil ...More
Inspiration: Artwork by Jacob Yikes The afternoon sun has made Alice sleepy. She follows White Rabbit down a different dark, mossy hole and eme ...More
Drexel relaxed in the beat of swiping inner seams of jeans as the heft of cans tapped a pattern against his spine. In the chill air of just-befor ...More
Inspiration: “Elephants” by Owen Dippie A family, part of a herd, strong, steady and constant. My first visit to Christchurch ...More
Inspiration: High Pressure/Low Pressure by Josh O’Rourke Dragons fly easy High streams of sibylline light Lazy loops of gold Cerulean m ...More
I was looking forward to 2011. I hadn’t been finding 2010 to be a very settled year. On one level I put the unsettled feeling down to it being the Year of the ...More
Inspiration: Artwork by Cracked Ink Silver fences keep me from the touch of tourists. I am kissed by cameras, spoken around, as though I have no ...More
A wedding in the Depression could be – well, depressing when a girl’s happiest day was pinched by poverty. So when Pauline and Eddie married it was simple, ...More
Inspiration: Artwork by D Side Cluck, cluck, cluck, A pirate digging. Dig, dig, dig, Deeper in the sand. Brr, brr, The tree leaves swishing, ...More
Inspiration: High Pressure/Low Pressure by Josh O’Rourke Rarer than gold Water shading, light dancing, greased lightning. Shimmering, ...More
Inspiration: Artwork by Tepid and Wisk A continuous loop repeating itself. A couple seconds closer to your birthday. A few seconds closer to d ...More
Eddy Smallbone (orphan) is grappling with identity, love, loss, and religion. It’s two years since he blew up his school life and the earth ...More
I had a sinking feeling in my stomach that January when I arrived in Dunedin. I stood in front of the dirty shallow porch of my flat and it wasn ...More
It was a pretty chill place to live for the first two thirds of the year. It was a place of freedom and acceptance, a place of thinking, talking, ...More