Avian cheer I was in a bit of a grump on Saturday so I lit out for the  territory  Karori sanctuary to take photos of birds. I managed ...

This is where it all happens, IV So we bought a house, which means a new writing space for me. [For a peek at previous writing possies s...

I have been translated. Just one short story (which happens to be the most recent story I published), but it's still one of those W...

Radio What’s New? It looks like my story ‘Another Language’ will be broadcast on Radio NZ National at 3.05am on Tuesday 10 April . You can...

weekly diary for a happy day how does a pigeon find its way home five special things about the rata tree people eating during ww...

 NZ authors Allan Duff, Jenny Pattrick, Damien Wilkins and Kyle Mewburn get their foosball on at the Leipzig Book Fair (via NZ at Frank...

Short poems Back in January I declared 2012 the year of the short poem (on this blog at least). Since them I’ve only posted three short po...

Via Dailyserving.com  Write a novel in which all of the characters’ names sound vaguely like soups (Tom Young, Angus Pacio, Clem Cro...