Claire Beynon lives in Broad Bay on the South Island of New Zealand. She works on a range of collaborative, interdisciplinary projects balancing group activities with the contemplative rhythms of her solo studio practice.
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Penelope Todd Dunedin author Penelope Todd has written several novels for teens and adults, and a memoir. She edits translated children’s books for Gecko Press and has published at Rosa Mira Books.
(Penelope’s photo was taken by Claire Beynon)
Also thanks to Paddy Richardson, Josie Stanford, Andy Thompson, Ed Stainsby, Joe Higham, Jan Moore, Pam McKinlay, Tom McKinlay, Maureen Howard, David Howard, Eric Winquist, Gerard Hudson, and Mary McCallum of Cuba and Makaro Press.
Victor Billot is a Dunedin writer. His poetry collection ‘The Sets’ will be published by Otago University Press in 2021.
Photographer Tony Bridge is a highly intuitive artist. He also imbues archetypal qualities of the mystic. He follows his heart and has learned to listen: To read the messages pinned to the trees by the Wind - Tāwhirimātea, feel the pulse of Mother Earth - Papatūānuku, appreciate the power of Father Sky - Ranginui, and heed the emotional tides of the Great Ocean - Tangaroa.
Rushi Vyas recently immigrated from the US to Aotearoa/New Zealand where he is working toward his PhD in Literature at the University of Otago. His first full-length manuscript of poems, When I Reach For Your Pulse, was named a finalist for the National Poetry Series (US) in 2018 and 2019. His chapbook manuscript, Physics from the Scaffold, was named Runner-Up for the Center for Book Arts 2020 Chapbook Contest (New York City). His poems have appeared online and in print in magazines such as Tin House, Adroit Journal, Redivider, Landfall, 32 Poems, Boulevard, Waxwing, The Offing, Cosmonauts Avenue among others.
Kathryn van Beek. A graduate of Victoria University’s Institute of Modern Letters, Kathryn is a winner of the MIndfood Short Story Competition and the Headland Short Story Prize. She has released two children’s books and a book of short stories, Pet.
Jane Woodham is the creator of the Otago Writers Network and producer of the Otago Access Radio series Charlies Angels: twenty-four years of writing together. In 2016 her first novel, Twister, originally published by Rosa Mira Books, was a finalist in the Ngaio Marsh First Book Award.
Ian Thomson (FPSNZ) comes from a family of photographers with two grandparents and a father who were influential in his early development. Besides photographing events from concerts to weddings, Ian is well known for his striking, moody, images of Dunedin, Otago and other places around the world. Ian also holds the high honour of a fellowship of the NZ Photographic Society.
Fiona Farrell publishes poetry, plays, fiction and non-fiction. She has received numerous awards, including the New Zealand Book Award, Creative New Zealand’s premier Michael King Fellowship and the Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship. In 2007, she was awarded the Prime Minister’s Award for Fiction and in 2012, the ONZM for Services to Literature. She has been a frequent guest at festivals throughout New Zealand and overseas. As a newcomer to the Dunedin Writers and Readers Festival board, she is currently enjoying participating in preparations for the 2021 Dunedin Writers’ Festival.
Before moving to Aotearoa, editor and founder of DIEM, Caroline Davies documented Sacred, mysterious and ancient places as a still photographer in the world of analog. It was an adventurous life resulting in greatly appreciated sponsorships, exhibitions, collections, patrons and publications in many countries. Having reinvented herself since moving to Dunedin in 2012, Caroline is now the editor and a regular contributor to Down in Edin Magazine.
Raymond Huber is an author and editor; he's written children's novels, picture books, science textbooks and radio plays.
Carolyn McCurdie’s first love is creative writing. Her poetry has been widely published and in 2015 was gathered into her first collection Bones in the Octagon, published by Makaro Press. A second collection is under way. She's an award winning short story writer, with an ebook of stories Albatross published by Rosa Mira books 2014. A children's fantasy novel The Unquiet was published by Longacre Press in 2006, and a YA science fiction series Song-born is her main writing focus at the moment.
Francisca Griffin, regular columnist for Gifts in the Garden, has been practicing Naturopathy from her home based clinic in Port Chalmers for 18 years. Francisca is equally well known as a musician, and as a band member of the iconic Look Blue Go Purple.
Bill Morris is a freelance writer, award winning film maker, and singer/songwriter. Published in numberous journals, he has also written and filmed for New Zealand Geographic, Natural History New Zealand, made the highly acclaimed documentary “The Soundof Her Guitar”, winning the DocEdge Festival NZ 2016 award for Best New Zealand Editing. This year “Central to the Soul”, his latest film was released . In the realm of music Bill has two albums - “Mud” and “Hinterland”. Bill is passionate about science and conservation.
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