2025 Programmes

2025 Schools Programme will be launched in early February and the public programmes will be launched in mid-March

Caroline Barron

Caroline Barron

Caroline is award-winning author, story coach, presenter, and manuscript assessor. Her memoir, Ripiro Beach, won the 2020 New Zealand Heritage Literary Award and her debut novel, Golden Days, launched in 2023. With a Masters in Creative Writing and a past life owning a model agency, she is in demand for her dynamic workshops on storytelling, creativity and writing. In the arts realm, she's a funding assessor for Creative New Zealand, has worked for Auckland Writers Festival, and is a past board member of Michael King Writer’s Centre. Her work has been published in Condé Nast Traveller, North & South, Landfall, New Zealand Herald and more. As a developmental editor, she's worked with over 100 authors on their fiction and non-fiction works, while also moonlighting as a book reviewer and competition judge.

www.carolinebarronauthor.com