The Crate: Notable Books 2022
We were delighted to learn that The Crate has been included in the Storylines Notable Books Awards 2022 in the Junior Fiction category....
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jsnorcliffe
- 10 hours ago
- 1 min
Launch of The Crate
A couple of weeks ago The Crate was launched at Scorpio's relatively new children's bookshop Telling Tales conveniently positioned across...
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jsnorcliffe
- 11 hours ago
- 1 min
Mallory in Russian!
The translation of Mallory Mallory: Revenge of the Tooth Fairy into Russian has apparently now been released in Russia. Curiously, the...
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jsnorcliffe
- 11 hours ago
- 1 min
Bonus Episode of The Author's Tale
This is a bonus episode of Stephanie's Author's Tale featuring readings from the poems (including The True Story of Soap) and the books...
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jsnorcliffe
- Sep 26
- 1 min
Can Christchurch plant its way out of climate change?
Can Christchurch plant its way out of climate change? A speaker event exploring the opportunities and limitations of using plants in...
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jsnorcliffe
- Sep 26
- 1 min
Eight Poets versus Climate Change
Local journalist and film maker, Phil Vine, was so impressed with the recent climate change anthology No Other Place to Stand (AUP)...
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jsnorcliffe
- Sep 26
- 1 min
Letter to 'Oumuamua
I have just been sent the draft cover design for Letter to 'Oumuamua my new collection due from Otago University Press in the New Year....
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jsnorcliffe
- Sep 26
- 1 min
Shadow Play to be an audio book
I heard recently from Gillian Bickley, publisher at Proverse Hong Kong, who brought out my book Shadow Play in 2011 that they intend to...
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jsnorcliffe
- Sep 26
- 1 min
The fifth and final episode of The Author's Tale
And here is the final episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/james-norcliffe-part-5-final/id1628428585?i=1000578608877...
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jsnorcliffe
- Sep 26
- 1 min
Part Four of Author's Tale
And here is part four: https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/james-norcliffe-part-4/id1628428585?i=1000577967706 Stephanie Comments: I...
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jsnorcliffe
- Aug 18
- 1 min
Episode Three of The Author's Tale
Here's Stephanie's 3rd Podcast Interview with me: https://www.accessmedia.nz/ProgrammePage.aspx?PID=348e5cb9-95e8-4c59-b5e6-0eb8bfef29a3...
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jsnorcliffe
- Aug 18
- 1 min
The Author's Tale Part 2
Here's the second part of Stephanie Frewen's podcast interview with me: https://www.accessmedia.nz/ProgrammePage.aspx?PID=348e5cb9-95e8-4...
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jsnorcliffe
- Aug 16
- 1 min
Back to my old school
I had a very pleasant surprise some days ago to discover I had been awarded the Christchurch Boys' High School Old Boys' Association Te...
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jsnorcliffe
- Aug 16
- 1 min
The Author's Tale
Some weeks ago, local writer and NZSA member, Stephanie Frewen, accompanied by a delicious fruit cake, visited us and recorded an...
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jsnorcliffe
- Jul 30
- 1 min
No Other Place To Stand
No Other Place to Stand is a new major anthology of Aotearoa New Zealand poetry addressing the urgent problem of climate change. It is a...
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jsnorcliffe
- Jul 27
- 1 min
Breach of All Size
It shouldn't work. It was a daft proposition: a book to commemorate both the founding of Venice in 421 and the 100th anniversary of the...
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jsnorcliffe
- Jul 17
- 1 min
The Crate cover
It's been quite busy lately with Quentin Wilson of Quentin Wilson Publishing who is bringing out my new young people's book later in the...
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jsnorcliffe
- Jul 17
- 1 min
Storylines Tour of Wairarapa
I recently completed a Storylines tour of the Wairarapa visiting schools in the region including Palmerston North. The tour was led by...
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jsnorcliffe
- Oct 22, 2021
- 1 min
The Frog Prince
As noted in the previous post, we have a date for the release of The Frog Prince: 1 February 2022. Here is the cover and back cover...
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jsnorcliffe
- Oct 13, 2021
- 1 min
A date for the release of The Frog Prince
I wrote the first draft of my adult novel The Frog Prince during my sixth month residency in the Randell Cottage, Wellington, in 2018. It...
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