Nov 3, 2017 | Books, For sale, non-fiction, Printed
‘I was born in 1929 and the world went into a deep depression. Then Napier fell down. Two years later my father shot himself. He was from Gore. Drama didn’t just follow me it came out to meet me with a big tah-dah.’
So Ōtaki writer Renée begins her memoir, These Two Hands, published in October 2017 by Mākaro Press.
Renée has written eight novels, over twenty plays, and non-fiction. Her memoir is written in patches like a quilt, with 88 patches, one for every year of her life.
These Two Hands is available from all good bookshops for $38.
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Mar 11, 2014 | Books, For sale, non-fiction, Printed
You want to write your life story? Been put off by not knowing how to start?
Renée, award-winning writer and teacher of many workshops on this topic, tells you how.
Your Life Your Story is full of ideas and triggers to jog your memory banks.
Your Life Your Story is inspiring, practical, easy to read — the perfect guide.
$20 +pp.
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Feb 3, 2013 | Books, non-fiction
The plays in this volume are by established New Zealand writers and were written for lunchtime theatre. They a e informal one-act plays, requiring little in the way of stage equipment and props, and are suitable for a wide range of audiences. (more…)
Feb 2, 2013 | Books, non-fiction
This book is great resource for teachers and students by one of New Zealand’s best playwrights.
Includes chapters on:
- Communication
- Script Conferences
- Plot and Theme
- Characters
- Conflict
- Change
- Different types of plays
- Structure
- Beginnings and endings
- Climax
- Sound, light and darkness
- Action and pace
- Workshoppng
- Production
Feb 2, 2013 | Books, non-fiction
New Zealand writers talk about their sisters.
Mariyn Duckworth, Ed
- Rueben Avenue, Elizabeth Knox;
- phonecalls, Fiona Farrell and Moira Farrell;
- synthesis, Cilla McQueen;
- Elizabeth and Susan, Sue McCauley;
- I aim carefully, Keri Hulme;
- stories, songs and sisters, Margaret Mahy,
- cherries on a plate, Marilyn Duckworth;
- bluebell seasons, Fleur Adcock;
- Poodle, Valerie Rose and Jimmy-the-Pumkin, Renée.
Purchase Cherries on a Plate from Fishpond
