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jsnorcliffe
Aug 18, 20221 min read
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, 20221 min read
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, 20221 min read
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, 20221 min read
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, 20221 min read
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, 20221 min read
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, 20221 min read
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, 20221 min read
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, 20211 min read
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, 20211 min read
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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jsnorcliffe
Oct 12, 20211 min read
Notable Books 2021
Delighted to learn that Mallory, Mallory, Revenge of the Tooth Fairy has been included in Storylines Notable Book Awards (Junior Fiction...
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jsnorcliffe
Jul 12, 20211 min read
Mallory, Mallory, the Revenge of the Tooth Fairy nominated for the Sakura Medal 2022
I've recently learned that Mallory, Mallory the Revenge of the Tooth Fairy has been nominated for the 2022 Sakura Award for English...
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jsnorcliffe
Jul 12, 20211 min read
Coming soon
Last week the successor to Mallory, Mallory, the Revenge of the Tooth Fairy was. sent off to the printers. In the fantasy section I've...
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jsnorcliffe
Jul 13, 20201 min read
We're going ahead!
At a meeting this week, the CPC committee decided to proceed with this year's spring programme of readings at the Imagitech Theatre at...
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info826792
Jun 7, 20203 min read
Welcome to my new Website!
On it you will find information about my background and my work, and - when I get around to it - what I’ve been up to and what I hope to...
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