James' Blog

Here's Stephanie's 3rd Podcast Interview with me: https://www.accessmedia.nz/ProgrammePage.aspx?PID=348e5cb9-95e8-4c59-b5e6-0eb8bfef29a3...

Here's the second part of Stephanie Frewen's podcast interview with me: https://www.accessmedia.nz/ProgrammePage.aspx?PID=348e5cb9-95e8-4...

I had a very pleasant surprise some days ago to discover I had been awarded the Christchurch Boys' High School Old Boys' Association Te...

Some weeks ago, local writer and NZSA member, Stephanie Frewen, accompanied by a delicious fruit cake, visited us and recorded an...

No Other Place to Stand is a new major anthology of Aotearoa New Zealand poetry addressing the urgent problem of climate change. It is a...

It shouldn't work. It was a daft proposition: a book to commemorate both the founding of Venice in 421 and the 100th anniversary of the...

It's been quite busy lately with Quentin Wilson of Quentin Wilson Publishing who is bringing out my new young people's book later in the...

I recently completed a Storylines tour of the Wairarapa visiting schools in the region including Palmerston North. The tour was led by...

As noted in the previous post, we have a date for the release of The Frog Prince: 1 February 2022. Here is the cover and back cover...

I wrote the first draft of my adult novel The Frog Prince during my sixth month residency in the Randell Cottage, Wellington, in 2018. It...

Delighted to learn that Mallory, Mallory, Revenge of the Tooth Fairy has been included in Storylines Notable Book Awards (Junior Fiction...

I've recently learned that Mallory, Mallory the Revenge of the Tooth Fairy has been nominated for the 2022 Sakura Award for English...

Last week the successor to Mallory, Mallory, the Revenge of the Tooth Fairy was. sent off to the printers. In the fantasy section I've...

At a meeting this week, the CPC committee decided to proceed with this year's spring programme of readings at the Imagitech Theatre at...

On it you will find information about my background and my work, and - when I get around to it - what I’ve been up to and what I hope to...