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It was the final day of the But Then Library Tour today and we completed our tour of the Dunedin Libraries with Waikouaiti Library. Waikouaiti School and Karitāne School joined us for the But Then readathon and they had heaps of questions too. I was asked about how books are made, whether I write in notebooks or on the computer and which of …

It was so exciting to swing by the site for the brand new South Dunedin Library coming next year. With all the struts in place, it was brilliant to see what a incredible space it will be. But until next year, the awesome librarians at the South Dunedin Pop Up Library are holding down the fort and making sure South …

I spent day 3 of the But Then Library Tour with Elmgrove School. We had a read of the book, heard about all the penguins, whales and seals they had seen and then made some excellent librarian/Grandad glasses inspired by the characters in the book.

It’s Day 2 of the But Then Library Tour with Dunedin Libraries and I started the day chatting to Jeff at OARfm about the tour. We spoke about the book and what inspired the story and my love of libraries. I even revealed TOP SECRET news that Daron and I were working on a follow up to But Then… so watch this …

It’s Day 1 of the But Then Library Tour with Dunedin Libraries to celebrate the launch of But Then…. The plan is to have a MEGA readathon of the book at ALL the public libraries across Dunedin. We started at Blueskin Bay Library and Waitati School came to visit. And after a reading of the book, the children got to …

It’s the end of the Storylines Northland Tour and despite a sore throat, I made it to the end of the week without losing my voice.  Day 4 started at Pukepoto School with Years 4, 5 and 6. We talked about my books and I told them the real story behind But Then. Next up was Awanui School and I …

Kia ora Day 3  and finally a full day of the famous gorgeous Northland sunshine! My day started at Ohaeawai School with Years 0, 1, 2 and 3. They did a brilliant job of sussing out all my fibs in a game of Two Truths and A Lie and then we created 76 brand new library cards full of excuses …

It’s Day 2 of the Northland tour and my first stop was St Joseph’s Catholic School. I had the best time creating library cards full of excuses for overdue library books with Years 0, 1, 2 and 3. We then headed to Kaihu Valley School where only two pupils were in from the roll call of six! It was wonderful …

It’s a girls trip up north to beautiful Northland with Vasanti Unka, Phillipa Werry, Angie Belcher and Anne Dickson. We had an absolute blast today visiting heaps of schools and I’ve been taking But Then… on tour. First up, I got to visit Ōrewa Primary School and spoke to 180 Year 0 to Year 2 who helped me design a …

It was the final day of the Storylines Tour yesterday and now I’m at home, tucked up in my duvet in a proper Dunedin winter, reflecting on what was an EPIC week. Heather, Raymond, Ben, Andrew and I saw over 7000 Auckland children in total over the week of which I got to share stories and books with around 2000 …