The Margaret Mahy Medal
When late last year I learned I was to be awarded the 2022 Prime Minister's Award for literary achievement in poetry I felt that all my...
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jsnorcliffe
- Jun 11
- 1 min
With the PM
J and I went to Wellington in March to receive the PM's award for Literary Achievement. it was a very nice, low key occasion followed by...
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jsnorcliffe
- Feb 18
- 6 min
Frog Prince makes NZ Booklovers 2023 Awards Shortlist
Delighted to have made this list! NZ Booklovers Awards 2023 Shortlist Announced The NZ Booklovers Awards 2023 shortlist, announced today,...
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jsnorcliffe
- Feb 13
- 1 min
Event to Celebrate the Prime Minister's Award
I took part in this event last Friday along with novelist Stephanie Johnson (Fiction) and historian Vincent O'Malley (non fiction). The...
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jsnorcliffe
- Feb 13
- 1 min
Launch of Letter to 'Oumuamua
I'm delighted to announce imminent launch of my new poetry collection next week. Wonderful that Erik Kennedy has agreed to launch the book!
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jsnorcliffe
- Feb 13
- 2 min
Room to Write
Last year, as an alumnus of the Randell Cottage writing residency I was asked by Linda Burgess and Maggie Rainey-Smith to contribute to...
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jsnorcliffe
- Feb 13
- 1 min
Wonderful Surprise!
Back in late September I received an astonishing phone call from Malcolm Burgess (of Creative New Zealand) who rang to say I had been...
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jsnorcliffe
- Dec 2, 2022
- 1 min
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
- Dec 2, 2022
- 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
- Dec 2, 2022
- 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
- Dec 2, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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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