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DOMINIC HOEY NEW ZEALAND
Dominic Hoey is an Auckland-based author with ve critically acclaimed studio albums, two books of poetry, a one man show and the 2018 Ockham NZ Book Awards longlisted novel Iceland. Hoey has performed spoken- word poetry and works as an arts mentor. @Tourettesone
FRANCESCA HORSLEY NEW ZEALAND
Francesca Horsley is an experienced journalist and a lecturer at M.I.T.
A quali ed dancer and former editor of DANZ Quarterly, she writes on dance for NZ Listener and co-authored Freedom to Dance, a biography of dance teacher Boukje van Zon.
LEONIE HOWIE NEW ZEALAND
Leonie Howie is a rural nurse specialist and midwife who has lived on Great Barrier Island for more than 30 years. With Adele Robertson, she co-founded Aotea Health, the island’s primary health care service, and the two have collaborated on the memoir Island Nurses.
KATHY HUNTER NEW ZEALAND
Kathy Hunter is a writer and book reviewer, was a founding member
of the rst NZ book blog and of NZ Book Month and has also worked as a bookseller. She currently writes for a variety of publications and is involved in the Creative Matakana project.
WITI IHIMAERA NEW ZEALAND
Witi Ihimaera is the author of ction, short stories, scripts, screenplays, essays, memoir and libretto including The Whale Rider, The Matriarch and Nights in the Gardens of Spain. His 2016 memoir Ma- ori Boy won the Ockham NZ Book Award for Non-Fiction and his latest, co-written with He-mi Kelly, is Sleeps Standing.
HOPE JAHREN UNITED STATES
Hope Jahren is an internationally renowned medal-winning scientist, currently based at the University
of Oslo. Her book Lab Girl was nominated for numerous prizes and won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Memoir/Autobiography. Supported by Te Pu- naha Matatini. hopejahrensurecanwrite.com @HopeJahren
KUNI KAA JENKINS NEW ZEALAND
Kuni Kaa Jenkins (Nga-ti Porou) is an educational researcher and professor in Education at Te Whare Wa-nanga o Awanuia- rangi. She and co-author Alison Jones are shortlisted for the 2018 Ockham NZ Book Awards for Tuai: A Traveller in Two Worlds.
ANNALEESE JOCHEMS NEW ZEALAND
Annaleese Jochems is a graduate of the Manukau Institute of Technology, and the International Institute of Modern Letters where she received the 2016 Adams Prize for Baby, her debut novel. It has gone on to be shortlisted for the 2018 Ockham NZ Book Awards.
STEPHANIE JOHNSON NEW ZEALAND
Award-winning novelist, poet, playwright, teacher and critic Stephanie Johnson, who is a co- founder of the Auckland Writer Festival, recently released Jarulan by the River under the pseudonym Lily Woodhouse. Other recent titles include Playing for Both Sides and The Writers’ Festival.
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