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Books, books, books

If I know a book’s details I can order it, or I can search a topic to see what is available, but that’s all pretty mundane. What I enjoy about browsing in bookshops is the serendipity: you never know what

Trish March 13, 2014March 19, 2017 New Zealand, publishing, Stories, Writing Read more

Food, glorious food…

  A pragmatic traveller rather than a gourmet ‘to-go’, I rarely write about eating. But in the first of a series about my recent sojourn in Wellington, I decided to make an exception and start with food, so that you

Trish March 7, 2014August 20, 2015 New Zealand, Photo-essay, Travel Read more

The Languages of Storytelling – YoiFest 2014

Anu Paulose giggles with nerves, waiting to perform her story. She will explain the gist of the tale in English before telling the story in her native language – Hindi. Like all the storytellers at this festival, Anu is a

Trish March 1, 2014August 20, 2015 New Zealand, Stories, Writing Read more

Bee’s Knees, Tongues and Other Bits

NZ flax flower (Phormium tenax) Spring, so full of expectations. To be alive in spring is to be whirled up into spirals of hope; of unfolding leaves, pending buds, and new beginnings. While waiting for an emerging prospect of my

Trish October 11, 2013September 3, 2015 New Zealand, Photo-essay, Uncategorized Read more

Kiwi Magic

September first is officially spring in New Zealand, but what that means outside the window depends on where you live. Up here in the Far North, just within the subtropics, already evenings are lighter and the days warmer. Nothing can

Trish September 27, 2013October 10, 2017 New Zealand, Photo-essay, Travel Read more

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“An eye-opening addition to understanding the psychology of story-telling across time...a remarkable achievement.” Dr Denis Wright, Amazon review.

 

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