1 October 2012
There’s lots of great things happening here at Brain Bunny Headquarters!
Helen found out recently that she has been awarded a seven day residency by the Wellington Children’s Book Association. The residency will take place at New Pacific Studio, a 5 acre property located 20 kilometres north of Masterton. It is a fantastic location to leave the world behind for a while and concentrate solely on writing. Continue reading
Last Sunday, Mary and I volunteered at the Wellington Storylines Family Day. We were looking after the competition zone, collecting all the fabulous creative writing and illustration entries. In the spirit of the festival, we donned costumes and spent the day as Princess Mary and Fairy Helen. Continue reading
15 August 2012
The Margaret Mahy Nationwide Read was a great success. At the Karori Library, we had a lovely and attentive audience made up of children, parents, and grandparents. We started the day reading stories featuring lions and crocodiles – The Lion in the Meadow, Green Marmalade to You Too, and Why Anna Went Upside Down – then finished with a couple of crowd favourites – Bubble Trouble and The Witch in the Cherry Tree. Continue reading
2 August 2012
New Zealand has lost one of our most treasured authors. Margaret Mahy passed away in Christchurch on July 23th, aged 76. She leaves behind her a massive literary legacy, including more than 100 picture books, 40 novels and 20 collections of short stories. She won numerous awards throughout her prolific career, including the Hans Christian Anderson Award for contribution to children’s literature and most recently Continue reading
19 July 2012
Our holiday programme on the 10th July at Karori Library was a great success. We had a very talented and focused group of young writers attend, and Mary and I were really impressed by the pieces of writing created on the day. Altogether we were able to raise Continue reading