Fast Five with Craig Smith
Why did you want to be a writer? Watching kids laugh and have fun is my idea of a good time. What’s the best thing about being a writer? Watching kids enjoy the stories and songs. What’s your...
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Why did you want to be a writer? I wanted to write since I was a little boy. There has never been a time when I didn’t want to be a writer. I think I was born to write. What’s the best thing about...
View ArticleFast Five with Roger Hall
Why did you want to be a writer? So girls would like me. (It didn’t work.) What’s the best thing about being a writer? You can get to work in less than a minute. What’s your favourite New Zealand...
View ArticleFast Five with Nic Brockelbank
Why did you want to be a writer? To fundraise for charities. My first hand-written cookbook I sold to raise money for the Christchurch Earthquake Relief Fund, and then I hand-wrote two books to raise...
View ArticleFast Five with Tania Hutley
Why did you want to be a writer? I think most writers start by being enthusiastic readers, and I’m no different. Through reading I discovered how much I loved the feeling of falling into another...
View ArticleFast Five with Donovan Bixley
Why did you want to be a writer? I wanted to illustrate things that I was really interested in, which doesn’t always happen when you illustrate other author’s stories. So I decided to write my own...
View ArticleFast Five with Lindy Fisher
Why did you want to be a writer? I can’t seem to help making images. I’ve done it forever! I enjoy texture and colour and playing with it. Sometimes my images are used to illustrate children’s...
View ArticleFast Five with Kath Beattie
Why did you want to be a writer? I’ve been writing since I was a small girl. Telling stories is just something I do and want to do and as a small child had to do. We didn’t have many books…we were...
View ArticleFast Five with Sarah Johnson
Why did you want to be a writer? Stories are one of my favourite things in the whole world (as are books), so it made sense to me that I would enjoy writing them, and I do. I have carried the stories...
View ArticleFast Five with Melanie Drewery
Why did you want to be a writer? Because I have always had a vivid imagination, and when I was small I was a real chatterbox with lots of ideas to share. Writing is sort of like talking a lot on...
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