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GRAHAM BEATTIE nEW zEALAnD
Graham Beattie is a full-time book blogger and reviewer, following a highly successful career as a publisher. Beattie’s Book Blog is one of the country’s most read blogs, receiving in excess of 12,000 visitors a week.
He also writes a specialty food blog.
beattiesbookblog.blogspot.co.nz @bookmanBeattie
AIRInI BEAuTRAIS nEW zEALAnD
Airini Beautrais studied ecological science and creative writing and worked for several years as a science teacher. Dear Neil Roberts (2014) is her third book of poetry following the award-winning Secret Heart (2006) and Western Line (2011).
BERnARD BECkETT nEW zEALAnD
Teacher Bernard Beckett is one of New Zealand’s most successful writers for young adults. He has just published Lullaby, the third book in a trilogy which, like the earlier and much- celebrated books Genesis and August, explores a philosophical puzzle. bernardbeckett.wordpress.com
CAROLE BEu nEW zEALAnD
Carole Beu’s life is immersed in the world of books and reading, as owner of The Women’s Bookshop, Ponsonby, and board member of the Auckland Writers Festival. She also regularly reviews books on radio and television. womensbookshop.co.nz @womensbookshop
TOMBISHOp nEW zEALAnD
Professor Tom Bishop teaches in the Faculty of Arts at The University of Auckland. He has written widely on Shakespeare and is the editor of the Internet Shakespeare edition
of Pericles, Prince of Tyre. He is also a translator of Latin lyric poetry into English.
DOnOVAn BIXLEY nEW zEALAnD
Prolific illustrator Donovan Bixley has created best-selling versions of The Wheels on the Bus and Old MacDonald’s Farm, co-created the Dinosaur Rescue series and is the author of the comic book novel Monkey Boy. In 2014
The Three Bears Sort Of, which he illustrated, won the NZ Post Book Awards Children’s Choice Award. donovanbixley.com
nGARIMu BLAIR nEW zEALAnD
Ngarimu Blair (Ngati Whatua) is a Treaty Claims researcher, negotiator and spokesperson for Ngati Whatua o Orakei. He has significant experience
and knowledge of Auckland heritage issues, having worked for many years as a heritage and resource manager, and is a board member of Waterfront Auckland. ngarimublair.co.nz
AMY BLOOM unITED STATES
Author of three novels, three collections of short stories, and a nominee for both the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award, Amy Bloom’s stories have appeared in Best American Short Stories, Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards, and numerous other anthologies. Her latest novel, Lucky Us, was published in 2014. amybloom.com
@AmyBloomBooks
JOnATHAn BOSTOn nEW zEALAnD
A Professor of Public Policy in the School of Government at Victoria University of Wellington, Jonathan Boston is a leading contributor to policy debate in New Zealand on
a range of issues, including child poverty. He is the co-author of Child Poverty in New Zealand (2014).
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