\r\n- Speaker in schools with ReadNZ, Speakers Ink, Writers in Schools, and Getting Kids into Books<\/li>\r\n
- Freelance writer from 2003 to present<\/li>\r\n
- Committee for annual Pt Wells Village Literary Festival<\/li>\r\n
- Auckland Branch Chair for New Zealand Society of Authors from September 2022 to present<\/li>\r\n
- Primary Teacher at Intermediate and Primary levels<\/li>\r\n
- Editor of Kiwi Write4Kidz newsletter 2002 – 2013<\/li>\r\n
- Speaker at the following conferences and festivals: REALM Conference, Wild Imaginings Conference, IBBY Conference, Auckland Writers Festival, Golden Yarns Conference, Storylines Children\u2019s Writers Hui, SCBWI conference, Sydney, Word Caf\u00e9, Waikato Literacy Association Young Author Workshop<\/li>\r\n
- Writing workshops for adults: Ashton Wylie, Storylines, Kiwi Write4Kidz, Arts Centre<\/li>\r\n
- Writing workshops for children in schools 2006 onwards<\/li>\r\n
- Duffy Books Role Model touring schools from 2015 onwards<\/li>\r\n
- Write Like an Author workshop facilitator from 2017 onwards in Hamilton, Tauranga, Wellington, Palmerston North, Queenstown, Christchurch, and Dunedin yearly Young Authors Challenge judge for Barfoot & Thomson (2016, 2017, 2018)<\/li>\r\n
- Lecturer and tutor, \u2018Writing for Children\u2019 paper, Massey University, Summer Break 2013-2014<\/li>\r\n
- Writer for Commonwealth Education Trust Writing for Children online Moot<\/li>\r\n
- Write Like an Author convenor: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 in Auckland, Wellington, Hamilton, Tauranga, Christchurch, Queenstown<\/li>\r\n
- Duffy Books Book Mentor: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016<\/li>\r\n
- Editor of Kiwi Write4Kidz newsletter<\/li>\r\n
- Co-ordinator of Kiwi Wrte4Kidz workshops<\/li>\r\n
- Speaker at REALM Conference, Palmerston North: 2013, 2017, 2020<\/li>\r\n
- Teaching writing workshops remotely to Chinese students<\/li>\r\n
- Workshop speaker at Children\u2019s Writers Hui: Dunedin 2019, Auckland 2018, Christchurch 2017<\/li>\r\n
- Lecturer and tutor, Massey University Summer programme ‘Writing for Children’<\/li>\r\n
- Course writer and video presenter for \u2018Writing for Young Readers\u2019 Moot for Commonwealth Education Trust<\/li>\r\n
- Writing workshops for adults: Ashton Wylie, Storylines, Kiwi Write4Kidz<\/li>\r\n
- Writing workshops for children in schools since 2006<\/li>\r\n
- Writer in school with Read NZ, Getting Kids into Books speaker agency, Speakers Ink<\/li>\r\n
- Panel Speaker at SCBWI conference, Sydney: 2016 and 2012<\/li>\r\n
- Primary Teacher (full time and relief) at Intermediate and Primary levels<\/li>\r\n
- Primary Teacher at Intermediate and Primary levels<\/li>\r\n
- Editor of Kiwi Write4Kidz newsletter<\/li>\r\n
- Coordinator of Kiwi Wrte4Kidz workshops<\/li>\r\n
- Panel Speaker at SCBWI conference, Sydney, 2012<\/li>\r\n
- Writing workshops for adults: Ashton Wylie, Storylines, Kiwi Write4Kidz<\/li>\r\n
- Writing workshops for children in schools<\/li>\r\n
- Writer in school with New Zealand Book Council<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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