OUR TEAM

Director & Tutor

HEATHER MCQUILLAN

Adv Dip Tchg, B.Ed, Master of Creative Writing with distinction

Heather is an award-winning writer of novels for young people, short stories and flash fiction.

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Tutor

GAIL INGRAM

BA, Dip Tchg( secondary), RSA Dip TEFLA, Master of Creative Writing with distinction.

Gail Ingram is the author of Contents Under Pressure (Pūkeko Publications 2019), an award-winning writer, and an editor of poetry and short story

Tutor

SUE KINGHAM

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Tutor

desna wallace

BA English, Dip Children's Lit, Dip ILS, NZ Certificate in Library and Information Services for Children and Teens.

Desna is a school librarian, writer, poet, blogger, tutor, keen reader, who adores her cats and gardening, when she finds
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Tutor

JAMES NORCLIFFE

James is a multi award-winning poet, short story writer and writer of novels for young people

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MELANIE DIXON

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RACHEL DOUGLASS

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Claire WRIGHT

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The Executive Committee

MArgaret wilson-boyle

Chairperson

JULIE LASSEN

Committee Member

JANET AYREY

Committee Member

CHRIS MILNE

Treasurer

GREG TAYLOR

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LAUREN STEEL

Secretary

SRIMALA KUMARAPAAPiLLAI

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ELIZABETH O'CONNOR

MEMORIAL FUND

The Elizabeth O’Connor Memorial Fund has been set up in memory of tutor Elizabeth O’Connor to assist young writers with free or subsidised tuition. Additional donations to this fund are welcome to allow us to assist as many children as possible.

Elizabeth made a massive contribution to the School for Young Writers, not only through her empathy for children and their writing but also because of her vast knowledge of language and literature. She taught all of us a lot about the nature of fiction, and, in particular, the work she did in teaching students to write and perform radio plays will be fondly remembered. Elizabeth’s beloved William Shakespeare wrote that the good that people do is “oft interr’d with their bones.” In Elizabeth’s case, the good that she has done for so many people will live long in memory, and in the skills that her students take forward into their developing lives.

the executive committee

Margaret

Wilson-Boyle

Chairperson

srimala Kumarapaapillai

chris white

treasurer

Juliet Ayrey

lauren Steel

Secretary

Nonie Jory-Smart

julie Lassen

Nick Gormack

greg taylor

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