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Tēnā koutouCreative New Zealand, with our

project partners the Ministry for

Culture and Heritage, the Ministry for

Foreign Affairs and Trade, New

Zealand Commerce and Industry

Office, Education New Zealand, and the Publishers

Association of New Zealand, is proud to be

supporting New Zealand as Guest of Honour at the

Taipei International Book Exhibition 2015.

This opportunity at Asia’s most influential book

fair allows us to share New Zealand’s high quality

literature with a national and international audience

of publishers, writers and readers. It also provides

an opportunity for our writers, particularly our Māori

authors, to engage with Taiwanese writers to develop

new audiences, friendships and partnerships.

The New Zealand pavilion showcases nineteen

authors, three graphic novelists, fifteen publishers,

and Māori cultural performers and artists.

A Rights Catalogue will be available with a full list of

publications. Thirteen publications by nine authors and

illustrators have been translated and published for the

Taiwan market to coincide with TIBE 2015. The pavilion

is also home to education seminars and wine tastings.

Complementary arts events will run in and around

Taipei to promote New Zealand arts, culture and trade.

We look forward to welcoming you into our pavilion

to experience our literature and culture.

Tuhia te hā a te kupu ki te ngākau ka puta he korero.

Inscribe the breath of the word to your heart and a

story will unfold.

Stephen Wainwright

Chief Executive, Creative New Zealand

Muriwai Ihakara, KaumatuaAt TIBE 2015, Muriwai Ihakara will work alongside Māori performing arts group Ngā Kete Tuku Iho at

official gatherings, including the gala dinner hosted by the New Zealand Commerce and Industry

Office, and the opening of the New Zealand pavilion.

Muriwai Ihakara is Creative New Zealand’s Senior Manager in Māori Engagement. He provides

strategic and cultural leadership for the organisation in delivering effectively to Māori. This includes

building relationships with iwi (tribes) and stakeholders in the arts community, and advising on key projects for

Creative New Zealand. Muriwai has had a lifelong passion for keeping traditional arts and culture alive, and has

worked with some of New Zealand’s leading Māori performing arts groups, festivals and organisations spanning the

past 40 years.

Muriwai Ihakara

Senior Manager in Māori Engagement, Creative New Zealand

Tēnā koutou katoa We extend our greetings across the

Pacific from New Zealand to the

peoples of Taiwan. Over the next few

days, we hope that our writers and

artists, publishers and performers,

wine makers and educators, will give you a first glimpse

of the land and people of Aotearoa.

Like Taiwan, we are a country made up of indigenous

peoples and later arrivals. During the week, Māori

from Ngā Kete Tuku Iho will bring their traditions to

the Pavilion – carving, song, performance – while

our writers and publishers will discuss indigenous

publishing, Pacific voyaging and the impact of

colonisation on our writing.

We also share a faith in the power of words and

books to change young people’s lives. New Zealand

educational publishing – from Wendy Pye to Joy Cowley

– is renowned for its ability to get children learning

and our children’s authors and illustrators are world

renowned. New Zealand illustrators will feature in the

Children’s Book Pavilion exhibition and in performances

on the New Zealand stand.

Our literature is as diverse as our peoples – crime

fiction and literary novels, war histories and new poetry.

You will get to hear many fresh, original voices from New

Zealand during this week and we hope that we bring

with us open hearts, open minds and open books. We

welcome you into our pavilion and into our culture.

Ka kite anō. See you again soon.

Sam Elworthy

President, Publishers Association of New Zealand

Māori WelcomeThe pōhiri is a formal welcome performed when two

groups meet for the first time. This starts with the

wero (challenge) with a toa (warrior) challenging the

visiting male chief to determine whether he and his

people come in peace. The warrior ends his challenge

with a sweeping motion to clear the path for manuhiri

(visitors), before slapping his thigh to indicate an offer

of peace. Finally, he will lead the manuhiri (visitors)

onto the marae at which time a female host will perform

a karanga (call of welcome).

Kapa haka(cultural performance)

The cultural performances feature traditional

storytelling and entertainment. The components are:

Waiata-a-ringa (action songs): tell the stories of

ancestors and Māori legend.

Poi Dance: this captivating dance requires skill and grace as the poi (flax balls) are swung rhythmically.

Haka (challenge): is used traditionally to mentally and physically prepare warriors for battle.

Tititorea (stick game): in a series of traditional songs the performers pass batons back and forth in rhythm with the

music, showing great agility and eye/hand coordination. These games have been a favourite of Māori for centuries, and

were used to improve the speed and movement of warriors as they prepared for battle.

Welcome

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The New Zealand PavilionThe Pavilion is intended to provide a setting conducive

to the enjoyment of literature around the theme ‘open

hearts, open minds, open books’.  It seeks to provide

a real life demonstration of ‘open heart, open mind’

for the Taipei International Book Exhibition illustrating

by example the actual experience of openness in New

Zealand, Aotearoa.   

There are three principle criteria:

1. The Pavilion is intended to provide homage to

literature around the theme ‘open hearts, open

minds, open books’;

2. The design is also intended to incorporate

strong Māori cultural elements and, through

doing so, serve to connect the indigenous

culture of the Taiwanese people with New

Zealand;

3. The concept of a ‘Paper Forum’ pays homage

to literature.

The Pavilion’s shape takes the form of three Māori

Orators’ Sticks or Tokotokos (pronounced to as in

“tore” and ko as the “co” in “cork”).  In Māori tradition

of oral literature the Tokotoko is a symbol of the

authority to speak.

These three Taipei Tokotokos are

laser-cut into contemporary New

Zealand patterns and stained with red

ink to provide space for listeners around

a central orator’s space, so in this case

the authority to speak lies as much

with the listener as the orator, and a

conversation ensues.

The carved Tokotokos are 1.8 metres

high and are intended as a flexible

performance and recreational space.

The space can accommodate up to 100

people as an enclosed reading area

or a seated author event theatre, and

up to 230 people as a standing event

space.  There are 20 publisher stands

surrounding the walls of each.

Hidden in the butt or handle of the

Tokotoko is planned a viewing chamber

showing a coordinated audio visual

projection which can be experienced in

a walk around the outside of the

Pavilion floor. 

New Zealand Māori Arts & Crafts Institute (NZMACI)Ngā Kete Tuku IhoThe cultural development arm Ngā

Kete Tuku Iho is based at Te Puia in

the historic Te Whakarewarewa Valley,

on the edge of Rotorua. Home to the

famed Pohutu Geyser, mud pools, hot

springs and silica formations, and New

Zealand’s national bird, the kiwi, it also

houses the national schools of carving

and weaving.

As the centre for the preservation,

presentation, education and growth of

Māori arts, crafts and culture, Ngā Kete

Tuku Iho shares traditional Māori culture

with the world.

Carving

As Māori did not have a written language until the 19th century,

carvings were used to record and preserve the history and culture

of their people. Ornate Māori carvings are to be found on meeting

houses, canoes, weapons and jewellery – with superior carvings seen

as a sign of prestige.

Māori carvings are a record of tribal affairs and pay respect to

ancestors, history and the people for whom they are prepared.

Ngā Kete Tuku Iho head of carving – Arekatera Maihi – alongside

second year student James Teepa, are working on a ūpoko or head.

The ūpoko figuratively represents the face of our culture and

is symbolic of the prestige of a person. The moko or facial tattoo

symbolises additional levels of history, genealogy and other meaning

particular to the concept of the piece.

A frequently used terminology within Māoridom is ‘kanohi kit e

kanohi’ simply meaning ‘face to face’. In particular terms, Māori find

honour and integrity in communicating at a personal level.

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Wednesday 11th Thursday 12th Friday 13th

TIBE Hours 10am - 6pm 10am - 6pm 10am - 10pm

PROFESSIONAL/EDUCATIONAL PUBLIC PUBLIC

9.30 Kaumatua Blessing

11.00 Opening Ceremony Theme Square

Ngā Kete Tuku Iho Performance 11am - 11.30am

Ngā Kete Tuku Iho Performance 11am - 11.30am

11.30

12.00 The State of New Zealand Publishing Harriet Allan, Fergus Barrowman, Kevin Chapman, Sam Elworthy Midday - 1pm

A Lesson Around the World: How to find your passion and talent Heather McAllister, Hsiao-wei Yang Midday - 1pm

Marae: Stories from the Meeting House Linda Tuhiwai Smith, Peti Nohotima, Arekatera Maihi Midday - 1pm

12.30

13.00

13.30 Our Stories, Our Language Charisma Rangipunga, Peti Nohotima, Brian Morris, Sakinu Yalonglong 1.30pm - 2.30pm

A Graphic Exchange New Zealand & Taiwan Graphic Novelists 1.30pm - 2.30pm

A Young Adult World Whiti Hereaka, Joy Cowley, I-Jung Tsai 1.30pm - 2.30pm

14.00

14.30

15.00 New Zealand Writers: Who Are We? Joan Druett, Tina Makereti, Selina Tusitala Marsh, Ant Sang 3pm - 4pm

Open Hearts, Open Minds, Think New: Study in New Zealand Alexandra Grace, 3pm - 3.30pm

Open Hearts, Open Minds, Think New: Study in New Zealand Alexandra Grace 3pm - 3.30pm

15.30

16.00 Words and Pictures Gavin Bishop, Mark Sommerset, Sarah Wilkins, Jenny Bornholdt 4pm - 5pm

An Introduction to New Zealand Wine David Hsiao 4 - 4.30pm

16.30 Books In Education Joy Allcock, David Ellis, David Glover, Dame Wendy Pye, Mark Sayes 4.30pm - 5.15 pm

17.00 Teaching The World To Read David Glover, Dame Wendy Pye, Kathy Ferrier 5pm - 6pm17.30 Educational Publishers

Networking by invitation 5.30pm - 6.15pm

Ngā Kete Tuku Iho Performance 5.30pm - 6pm

18.00

18.30 TBFF Opening Reception Grand Hyatt

Poetry Performance Robert Sullivan, Jenny Bornholdt, Selina Tusitala Marsh, Walis Nokan 6.30pm - 7.30pm

19.00

19.30

20.00 Ngā Kete Tuku Iho Performance 8pm - 8.30pm

Saturday 14th Sunday 15th Monday 16th

10am - 10pm 10am - 8pm 10am - 6pm

PUBLIC PUBLIC PUBLIC

11.00 Ngā Kete Tuku Iho Performance 11am - 11.30am

Ngā Kete Tuku Iho Performance 11am - 11.30am

Ngā Kete Tuku Iho Performance 11am - 11.30am

11.30

12.00 Crime Scene Paul Cleave, Wintersun Hsu MIdday - 1pm

A World of Imagination (Margaret Mahy) Gavin Bishop, Joy Cowley Midday - 1pm

Creating a Criminal Paul Cleave, Kuo-Wei Chen Midday - 1pm 12.30

13.00

13.30 The New Zealand Novel Eleanor Catton, Witi Ihimaera, Judith White 1.30pm - 2.30pm

Colonisation and Culture Linda Tuhiwai Smith, Whiti Hereaka, Liglave Awu 1.30pm - 2.30pm

The Ala Tree: Poetry DNA Selina Tusitala Marsh 1.30pm - 2.30pm

14.00

14.30

15.00 Open Hearts, Open Minds, Think New: Study in New Zealand Alexandra Grace 3pm - 3.30pm

An Introduction to New Zealand Wine David Hsiao 3pm - 3.30pm

Mountain of The Sleeping Moon Phil Tchernegovski 3pm - 4pm

15.30

16.00 An Introduction to New Zealand Wine David Hsiao 4pm - 4.30pm

Writing Out of Disaster Gavin Bishop, Paul Cleave, Charisma Rangipunga 4pm - 5pm

16.30 Ngā Kete Tuku Iho Performance 4.30 pm - 5pm

17.00 Star Voyages Joan Druett, Robert Sullivan, Syaman Rapongan 5pm - 6.00pm

17.30 New Zealand at War: WW1 Witi Ihimaera, David Ling, KK Peng 5.30pm - 6.30pm18.00

18.30 Universal Stories Witi Ihimaera, Sakinu Yalonglong 6.30 pm - 7.30pm19.00 Ngā Kete Tuku Iho Performance

7pm - 7.30pm

19.30

20.00 Ngā Kete Tuku Iho Performance 8pm - 8.30pm

DENOTES OFF-SITE

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Event Descriptions The state of New Zealand publishingExperienced New Zealand publishers Harriet Allan (Penguin Random House NZ); Fergus

Barrowman (Victoria University Press); Kevin Chapman (Upstart Press) and moderator Sam

Elworthy (Auckland University Press and PANZ President) discuss trade publishing in New Zealand.

Our stories, our languageIndigenous Māori writers Charisma Rangipunga (Ngāi Tahu) and Peti Nohotima (Ngāi Tūhoe) talk

about the importance of writing in Te Reo Māori, in conversation with Brian Morris (Ngāti Kahungunu

and Rongowhakaata) of Huia Publishers. To be joined by Sakinu Yalonglong (Paiwan).

New Zealand writers: who are we?Joan Druett, maritime fiction and non-fiction writer; novelist Tina Makereti; poet and academic

Selina Tusitala Marsh and graphic novelist Ant Sang explore how being a New Zealander influences

their work. The session is moderated by Gray Tan.

Books in education Educational publishing is a very strong part of the New Zealand publishing market. Four key

publishers – Joy Allcock (MJA Publishing); David Ellis (NZCER Press), Dame Wendy Pye (Wendy Pye

Publishing) and Mark Sayes (ESA Publications) – join David Glover to explain the strengths of New

Zealand educational publishing across the sector and its uniquely creative approach to education.

A lesson around the world – how to find your passion and talentHeather McAllister, author of Who You Are is What You Do, and Hsiao-wei Yang, New York Times

Teacher of the Year 2007 and author of English to Go, discuss how students and youngsters can find

their passion and talent in a conversation moderated by publisher Emily Chuang.

A graphic exchangeIn an exciting artistic exchange, six graphic novelists from Taiwan and New Zealand have participated

in a ground-breaking residential exchange, collaborating on the creation of a graphic novel. Join

Rachel Fenton, Tim Gibson and Ant Sang from New Zealand; and 61Chi, Chuang Yung-shin and Ahn

Zhe from Taiwan as they discuss this special project with Aho Huang of Dala Publishing Company.

Open hearts, open minds, think new: study in New Zealand New Zealand is a great study destination providing a welcoming and safe choice for anyone wishing

to earn an internationally recognised qualification. Find out more from this presentation delivered by

Alexandra Grace, Education New Zealand’s Regional Director – Greater China.

Words and picturesSome of the best children’s stories are told through the artful blending of words and pictures. Four

New Zealand writers whose work has used the power of both to delight and entertain discuss their art:

writer/artist Gavin Bishop, writer Jenny Bornholdt, writer Mark Sommerset and artist Sarah Wilkins.

(Gavin’s and Sarah’s works are featured in the Illustrations Exhibition in Hall 3.) Moderated by children’s

writer Candy Yen.

Marae: stories from the meeting house Linda Tuhiwai Smith (Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Porou), Peti Nohotima (Ngāi Tūhoe) and Master Carver

Arekatera Maihi (Ngāti Whatua, Ngā Puhi, Tainui) introduce Māori meeting house carving and talk

about how it records and preserves their history, culture and tribal affairs as well as paying respect to

their ancestors. This session will include images from the recently published book Marae – Te Tatau

Pounamu: A Journey around New Zealand's Meeting Houses.

A young adult worldJoy Cowley is one of New Zealand’s most distinguished writers for younger readers; Whiti Hereaka

is a fiction writer and playwright. Together with Taiwanese YA novelist I-Jung Tsai they discuss

the challenges and rewards of Young Adult writing. Moderated by Fiona Feng-Hsin Liu, Associate

Professor, The Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, National Chung-Hsing University.

An introduction to New Zealand wineGrand Reserve wine importer and consultant David Hsiao introduces some of New Zealand’s award-

winning wines which dominated international wine shows from the famous ‘Cloudy Bay’ Sauvignon

blanc brand to up-and-coming others such as Hawkes Bay’s Craggy Range vineyard, just named the

best new world winery by prestigious US wine magazine the Wine Enthusiast. Come and learn more

about New Zealand wine at this informative 30 minute overview.

Teaching the world to readFor over 40 years, New Zealand’s educational resources have been successfully used around the

world to teach reading in schools. In this seminar, Kathy Ferrier (Lanky Hippo) and Dame Wendy

Pye (Wendy Pye Publishing) talk with David Glover about the early days, the breakthroughs, the

innovations and the future of the industry.

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Poetry performanceNew Zealand poets Jenny Bornholdt, Selina Tusitala Marsh and Robert Sullivan perform their works,

alongside Taiwanese poet Walis Nokan.

Crime sceneBest-selling international crime author Paul Cleave has had his work translated into fifteen languages,

including Taiwanese. Paul is going to pull you into Christchurch, the city where all of his crime novels

are set. In conversation with crime novel critic Wintersun Hsu he will discuss the evolution of plot and

how the city almost becomes a character in his books.

The New Zealand novelBooker Prize winner Eleanor Catton joins esteemed New Zealand novelists Witi Ihimaera and

Judith White for a conversation about their translated works including The Luminaries, The Whale

Rider, Bulibasha and The Elusive Language of Ducks. Chairing the session is Linden Lin of Linking

Publishing Company.

Star voyagesNew Zealand’s position as an island nation in the Pacific has inspired two very different writers: maritime

fiction writer Joan Druett tells the story of Tupaia, the great star navigator of Tahiti who accompanied

explorer Captain James Cook to New Zealand; and poet Robert Sullivan’s collection Star Waka

references journeys by the stars. Syaman Rapongan (Tao) is from Orchid Island off the southeast coast

of Taiwan, and has written about his people's relationship to the ocean. They discuss their work and

inspirations with Darryl Sterk.

Universal storiesAt the heart of Witi Ihimaera’s internationally renowned book The Whale Rider, turned into a

film, is a universal story of tradition meeting the modern world. Witi discusses the transition of

mythological stories to the page and screen alongside Sakinu Yalonglong whose work The Sage

Hunter has been adapted for screen. Whale Rider film clips will be included in the session which is

moderated by Darryl Sterk.

A world of imaginationMargaret Mahy (1936–2012) is one of New Zealand’s most acclaimed children’s writers, renowned

internationally for her imaginative and lively storytelling in more than 120 titles, translated into 15

languages. Writer Joy Cowley knew Margaret well and artist Gavin Bishop illustrated many of her

books. They come together with Chia-Ching Yeh, National Taiwan Normal University, to celebrate

Margaret’s stories in this special session which will include a reading from two of her books.

Colonisation and cultureHow does colonisation affect culture and cultural expression? In this lively discussion Linda Tuhiwai

Smith (Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Porou) and Whiti Hereaka (Ngāti Tuwharetoa, Te Arawa), joined by Liglave

Awu (Paiwan), will explore the effect of New Zealand and Taiwan’s colonial history on indigenous

peoples, socially, economically, politically and artistically. Darryl Sterk will moderate this session.

Writing out of disasterThe Christchurch earthquake of February 22, 2011 was one of the worst natural disasters in New

Zealand’s history. Christchurch writers Gavin Bishop, Paul Cleave and Charisma Rangipunga discuss

with Gray Tan the impact of the earthquake on their writing lives. As a backdrop to the session we will

have images from the book Christchurch 22.2: Beyond the Cordon.

New Zealand at war: WWIIn the centenary year of the Battle of Gallipoli, we pay tribute to the New Zealanders who went to

war and how their experience shaped a nation. David Ling, publisher of Maurice Shadbolt’s Voices

of Gallipoli, and Witi Ihimaera who is currently working on a WWI play, will share their thoughts

introduced by K K Peng of Transoxania Press. A small play excerpt will be included.

Creating a CriminalBest-selling international crime author Paul Cleave has won the Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Crime

Novel in New Zealand, the Saint-Maur book festival's crime novel of the year in France, has been

shortlisted for the Edgar Award and the Barry Award in the US, and shortlisted for the Ned Kelly award

in Australia. In discussion with Associate Professor Kuo-Wei Chen he will discuss his inspiration for

writing crime novels and the characters he creates.

The Ala tree: poetry dnaIn Proto-Austronesian, zalan refers to a path, way, or how to do something. Its cognate forms, lalan/

dalan (Taiwan) and ara/ala (Polynesia) connect people and places and follow the mitochondrial DNA

link between Polynesians and Indigenous Taiwanese. In December 2014, poet Dr Selina Tusitala Marsh

planted a poem beneath what she called the 'Ala' tree in the 228 Memorial Peace Park in Taipei. It marked

the beginning of a poetic pathway suggested by the land both on the island of Waiheke and this big island

of Taiwan. After 8 weeks she has returned to the 'Ala' tree to excavate this poem and hear what the land

has to say. Come and hear what she found.

Mountain of the Sleeping MoonIn 1998 New Zealand medical student Reuben Tchernegovski disappeared without trace in the rugged

and majestic Ali Mountain forest. Phil Tchernegovski, sculptor and father, has recently completed

Mountain of the Sleeping Moon with his articulate friend and translator Jonas Ho. He tells of the search

for his son and the story of the people of Taiwan through his own eyes.

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Visiting Authors Gavin Bishop

Gavin Bishop has published some 60 children’s books that have been translated into nine languages. He has also written the libretti for children’s ballets for the Royal New Zealand Ballet and written and designed for TV and the stage.

Gavin Bishop has been a guest author and speaker, through UNESCO, in Japan, China, Indonesia and the USA.

His awards are many – NZ Children’s Picture Book of the Year 1982, 1994 and 2000, NZ Children’s Book of the Year 2000, 2003 and 2008, Russell Clark Medal for Illustration

1982, 2006, 2008 and 2010. In 2000 he was awarded the Margaret Mahy Medal for Services to Children’s Literature (New Zealand’s Highest Honour for Children’s Literature), in 2003 he held the Ursula Bethell Writers’ Residency at the University of Canterbury, NZ., in 2004 he was awarded the Silvia Ashton Warner Fellowship for Literacy, Faculty of Education, Auckland University. In 2009 the Storylines Gavin Bishop Award for new illustrators was established by Random House NZ Ltd in recognition of his work. From June 2013 to June 2014 he was the President of Honour for the NZ Society Of Authors. He is currently a board member of the NZ Book Council and the Te Tai Tamariki Preservation Trust for NZ Children’s Literature. In 2013 Gavin was awarded the ONZM by the NZ Government for his services to literature. www.gavinbishop.com Gavin illustrated Snake and Lizard and Friends: Snake and Lizard (Written by Joy Cowley) which are published in Taiwan by Children’s Publications Ltd (CPL). Three other titles he has illustrated will be published in Taiwan for TIBE 2015: Mister Whistler (Margaret Mahy) and Just One More (Joy Cowley) will be published by Bookman; Footsteps through the Fog (Margaret Mahy) will be published by Linking Publishing Company.

Jenny BornholdtA Book is a Book is Jenny Bornholdt’s first book for children.

She has published work in New Zealand’s ‘School Journal’ and in anthologies of poetry for young people, and has visited schools and universities to talk about her work.

Best known as a poet, Jenny has written 10 books of poetry, the most recent of which is The Hill of Wool.

Jenny's poems have been used on ceramics, in paintings, on the exterior walls of a house, and on public memorials in Australia and Japan.

She has received numerous writing fellowships and awards and in 2005 was New Zealand Poet Laureate.Jenny lives in Wellington, New Zealand.

A Book is a Book (illustrated by Sarah Wilkins) will be published in Taiwan by Bookman for TIBE 2015.

Eleanor Catton Eleanor Catton was born in Canada and raised in New Zealand. Her debut novel The Rehearsal won the Adam Prize and was Best First Book of Fiction at the 2009 Montana New Zealand Book Awards. Internationally, it was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and the Dylan Thomas Prize, and longlisted for the Orange Prize, and won the 2009 Betty Trask Award. It has been published in 17 territories and 12 languages.

Eleanor Catton holds an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, where she also held an adjunct professorship, and an MA in creative writing from the International

Institute of Modern Letters at Victoria University of Wellington. She won the 2013 Man Booker Prize and the 2013 Canadian Governor General’s Award for fiction for her novel The Luminaries. She lives in Auckland, New Zealand.Booker Prize-winning The Luminaries will be published in Taiwan by Linking Publishing in two volumes in January 2015. The Rehearsal will be published in Taiwan by Linking Publishing in February 2015.

Paul CleavePaul Cleave is an internationally bestselling author who is currently dividing his time between his home city of Christchurch, New Zealand, where all of his novels are set, and Europe, where none of his novels are set.

His work has been translated into fifteen languages. He has won the Ngaio Marsh award for best New Zealand crime novel, he won the Saint-Maur book festival’s crime novel of the year in France, has been shortlisted for the Edgar Award and the Barry Award in the US, has been shortlisted for

the Ned Kelly award in Australia, and has hit the #1 spot on Amazon in three different countries. When he’s not writing, he’s trying to add to his list of 26 countries where he’s thrown

his Frisbee. Five Minutes Alone is his latest novel, and brings back Theodore Tate, the main character from Cemetery Lake, Collecting Cooper, and The Laugher House. Paul’s currently editing his ninth novel, due for release in 2015.Spring International have published The Cleaner and Blood Men. They will further publish The Laughter House and Collecting Cooper for TIBE 2015.

Joy CowleyJoy Cowley was born in Levin, New Zealand. She has 4 children, 13 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren, and is married to Terry Coles.

In 2004, Joy became a patron of the Storylines Children’s Literature Foundation. A prolific writer and teacher of writing, Joy has spent 21 years on the faculty of the Highlights summer writing schools, USA.

Her books for adults include 7 novels, 2 volumes of short stories and 5 volumes of spiritual reflections. Books for children include 1,100 early

reading books, 57 picture books, 4 collections of short stories and 17 novels.Joy’s hobbies include spinning/knitting, woodturning and painting.In 1992 Joy received an OBE and in 2005 she was awarded the New Zealand Order of Merit

(DCNZM), both for services to children’s literature. For more information on Joy’s awards and honours, see www.joycowley.comSnake and Lizard and Friends: Snake and Lizard are published in Taiwan by Children’s Publications Limited. Stories of the Wild West Gang will be published in January 2015 by Linking Publishing Company. Speed of Light will be published before TIBE 2015 by Linking Publishing Company, along with The Greedy Cat series.

Joan DruettJoan Druett is an independent maritime historian and writer, married to Ron Druett, a highly regarded maritime artist who regularly shows in galleries in both New Zealand and New England.

In 1984, while exploring the tropical island of Rarotonga, she slipped into the hole left by the roots of a large uprooted tree, and at the bottom discovered the grave of a young American whaling wife, who had died at the age of twenty-four in January 1850. It was a life-changing experience,

crowned by the award of a Fulbright fellowship. Since then her life has been devoted to finding out more about the more unusual voyagers under sail, including women, children, and the Polynesians the captains picked up in New Zealand and the Pacific islands.

As well as producing many award-winning books of maritime history, including the bestselling Island of the Lost, she is the author of the popular Wiki Coffin murder mysteries. Her biography of an extraordinary Tahitian, Tupaia, the Remarkable Story of Captain Cook’s Polynesian Navigator, won the general nonfiction prize in the 2012 New Zealand Post Book Awards.Tupaia, the Remarkable Story of Captain Cook’s Polynesian Navigator will be published in Taiwan by Locus Publishing in January 2015.

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Whiti Hereaka [Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Te Arawa]

Whiti Hereaka is a playwright and novelist. She holds a Masters in Creative Writing (Scriptwriting) from the International Institute of Modern Letters.

She has had several plays produced in Wellington: Fallow (Tawata Productions 2005), Collective Agreement (Young and Hungry 2005), I Ain’t Nothing But/A Glimmer in the Dark She Said (Open Book Productions for STAB 2006), Te Kaupoi (Bush Collective 2010, also performed at the Hawkins Theatre in Papakura) and For Johnny (Young and Hungry, 2011).

Whiti Hereaka won the Bruce Mason Award in 2012. The Bruce Mason Award recognises the early success of a playwright’s work nationally. She has won Best New Play by a Māori Playwright, Adam Play Awards in 2010 for Te Kaupoi and again in 2011 for Rona and Rabbit on the Moon. Her play inspired by the poetry of Rowley Habib – Raw Men – was shortlisted for the Adam New Play award 2012. A reading tour of Raw Men took place in Auckland and Wellington at the end of June 2012.

In 2007, Whiti was the writer in residence at Randell Cottage in Wellington where she worked on her debut novel; The Graphologist’s Apprentice. The Graphologist’s Apprentice was shortlisted for First Book in the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize (Asia/Pacific region) 2011. Hereaka also held the Summer residency at the Michael King Writers’ Centre in 2012 where she worked on her play: Rewena.

Hereaka was one of the writers selected for Te Papa Tupu 2012, a writers’ incubator programme supported by the Māori Literature Trust, Huia Publishers, CNZ and Te Puni Kōkiri. She worked on her second novel Bugs.

In 2013, Whiti was a writer in residence at the International Writers Program in Iowa City.

Witi IhimaeraWiti Ihimaera is of Māori descent and became the first Māori novelist with the publication of Tangi, 1973. His subsequent work includes The Matriarch, 1986, The Whale Rider, 1987, Ask The Posts of the House, 2007, The Parihaka Woman, 2011 and The Thrill of Falling, 2012. The first volume of his memoir, Māori Boy: A New Zealand Childhood was published in New Zealand in November 2014. He is Emeritus Professor and teaches creative writing at Manukau Institute of Technology, South Auckland.

 Three of Witi Ihimaera’s books have been made into feature films; Whale Rider, 2002, Kawa (Nights in the Gardens of Spain), 2010, and White Lies, 2013. A feature film is currently in production in New Zealand of his novel Bulibasha, King of the Gypsies and is expected to be premiered internationally at the end of 2015.

Ihimaera’s most recent awards have included an inaugural Star of Oceania Award, University of Hawaii, 2009, a laureate award from the New Zealand Arts Foundation, 2009, the Premio Ostana International Award, 2010 and the Toi Māori Maui Tiketike Award 2011. His book White Lies won the fiction category of the Ngā Kupu Ora Māori Book Awards, 2013. A busy writer, Ihimaera’s most recent international appearances have been at the inaugural ANZ Festival of Literature, London, Paris Book Fair and Edinburgh Literature Festival. He lives in Auckland, New Zealand. Whale Rider and Bulibasha are published in Taiwan by Asian Culture.

Tina MakeretiTina Makereti is a novelist, essayist and author of short stories. Her first novel, Where the Rēkohu Bone Sings (Vintage, 2014) has been described as a New Zealand classic and ‘a remarkable first [book that] spans generations of Moriori, Māori and Pākehā descendants as they grapple with a legacy of pacifism, violent domination and cross-cultural dilemmas.’ It recently won the 2014 Ngā Kupu Ora Aotearoa Māori Book Award for Fiction. Her short story collection, Once Upon a Time in Aotearoa (Huia Publishers 2010), which combines mythological and contemporary stories, also won the Ngā Kupu

Ora Māori Book Award for Fiction in 2011. In 2009 she was the recipient of the Royal Society of New Zealand Manhire Prize for Creative Science Writing (non-fiction), and in the same year received the Pikihuia Award for Best Short Story Written in English. Makereti is Curator Māori for Museums Wellington and convenes a Māori & Pasifika Creative Writing Workshop at Victoria University. She is of Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Te Ati Awa, Ngāti Maniapoto, Pākehā and Moriori descent. www.tinamakereti.com

Selina Tusitala MarshSelina Tusitala Marsh is of Samoan, Tuvaluan, English and French descent and is a Poet and Senior Lecturer in the English Department at the University of Auckland where she teaches New Zealand and Pacific Literature and Creative Writing. ‘Tusitala’, her Tuvaluan grandfather’s name, means ‘writer of tales’. It is a legacy she has grown into as her critical and creative work focuses on giving voice to Pacific communities.

She was a Poet Olympiad for the 2012 London Olympics, and her award-winning poetry collection, Fast Talking PI (Pacific Islander) published by Auckland University

Press (2009) featured at the 2012 Frankfurt Book Fair. Its title poem became a cultural phenomenon, sparking off versions up and down the country, throughout schools and communities. A second collection, Dark Sparring: Poems (Auckland University Press, 2013) received international praise and connects the dance of Muay Thai kick boxing with the faatele, a Tuvalu dance, in order to explore how we face life’s adversaries of death, addiction, and disempowerment. 

She has just completed a book manuscript based on her doctoral thesis which explores the key metaphors of 11 first wave Pacific women poets and places them in inter-generational, cross-cultural conversations. She is currently working on a sequence of poems, ‘Finding Alice’, based on her interviewing of poet and global activist extraordinaire, African-American Alice Walker when she visited New Zealand in 2014.

Heather McAllisterHeather McAllister developed an interest in career direction for teenagers when she managed the Student Recruitment team for the University of Auckland, New Zealand. In her role she spent several years counselling and advising students regarding the transition from secondary to tertiary education.

For her Master’s thesis, she had researched authenticity or ‘what it is to be true to yourself’. After studying career theory, she discovered that ‘knowing oneself’ is the best basis for career direction, so it was a good fit. With her experience and research, she

wrote the book, Who You Are is What You Do – making choices about life after school as an aid for students.Heather was raised in Auckland and at the age of 12, went with her family to India where she completed

her secondary education at an international school. On her return to New Zealand she qualified as a teacher and later went to the University of Auckland to complete a BA and then an MA in philosophy and psychology. She has three adult children and continues to work at the University of Auckland in a different role. Who You Are is What You Do is published by Emily Publishing in Taiwan.

Peti NohotimaPeti Nohotima (a grandma, mum, educationalist, resource developer, teacher, author, playwriter).

Peti, a native speaker of Māori, grew up in Ruātoki, New Zealand. A tiny mist-shrouded valley where her imagination ran riot and where she was encouraged by her aunties, countless kuia (older female members of her tribe) and especially her mum to be creative with words. She was privy to the heartrending accounts, the sometimes open, dark, macabre humour, and the gossip that only women can weave. And so, a

rich idiomatic foundation was laid which is an important feature of her writings. Peti’s books target Māori speakers, and recently second language learners of Māori in educational settings.

Peti’s writing has been recognised nationally as being outstanding. In 2009 her book Mihiroa, won the Te Kura Pounamu Award for Māori fiction ‘considered to be the most distinguished contribution to literature for children and young adults written in Te Reo Māori’ 1. Peti also wrote the first Māori language trilogy for young adults, Taku Ohooho which is a fiction fantasy set in an alternate dimension pitting good against evil.

1. Library and Information Association of New Zealand (2010). www.lianza.org.nz

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Charisma RangipungaCharisma Rangipunga is the mother of three sons and is raising them with the Māori language as their first language.  As a mum trying to raise her children in Māori, reading time was always a little bit difficult when none of the cool books were in Māori, so she started putting pen to paper. Charisma has written a range of books for both adults and children and is also a composer of songs. By day she is a General Manager for her tribe Ngāi Tahu and works to ensure that their tribal identity, knowledge and heritage is protected for future generations. This includes the revitalization of Māori language within homes.

Linda Tuhiwai SmithLinda Tuhiwai Smith is Professor of Education and Māori Development, Pro-Vice Chancellor Māori and Dean of the School of Māori and Pacific Development as well as the founding Director for Te Kotahi Research Institute at the University of Waikato in New Zealand.

She is the President of the New Zealand Association for Research in Education, is a member of the Marsden Fund Council and Convener of the Social Sciences Assessment Panel, and is also a member of The Royal Society of New Zealand. Linda was also recently a member of the New Zealand’s Health Research Council and Chair of the Māori Health

Research Committee. In 2014 Linda was made an American Educational Research Association (AERA) Fellow and in 2013 was

honoured in the New Zealand New Year’s Honours List – (CNZM) Companion of the Said Order for services to Māori and education. She has worked in the field of Māori Education and Health for many years as an educator and researcher and is well known for her work in Kaupapa Māori Research.

Professor Smith has published widely in journals and books. Her book Decolonising Methodologies Research and Indigenous Peoples has been an international bestseller in the indigenous world since its publication in 1998. Professor Smith was a founding Joint Director of New Zealand’s Māori Centre of Research Excellence from 2002-2007 and a Professor of Education at the University of Auckland. She is well known internationally as a public speaker. Professor Smith is from two tribes or iwi in New Zealand, Ngāti Awa and Ngāti Porou.

Mark SommersetMark Sommerset lives on Waiheke Island, New Zealand where he creates award-winning picture books with his wife, Rowan. His titles include the cheeky best-seller Baa Baa Smart Sheep (New Zealand Children’s Book Awards ‘Children’s Choice’), The Boy and the Cherry Tree (Best Children’s Book, PANZ Book Design Awards) and Two Little Bugs (White Raven award – Germany, Book of the Year, PANZ Book Design Awards).

Mark loves to spend time in his imagination, dreaming up storylines and creating books that entertain adults as much as children. His writing, along with Rowan’s distinctive

illustrative style, has a universal appeal that has resulted in their books being translated and published in many languages and countries around the world.

When he is not writing (or making cups of tea for Rowan!), Mark can often be found playing-up with his young son Linden or getting-down with his guitar.

For more information visit: www.dreamboatbooks.comBaa Baa Smart Sheep will be published by Hsin-Yi Publications in January 2015.

Robert SullivanRobert Sullivan’s nine books include the epic poem Star Waka (Auckland University Press) which has been reprinted five times and translated into German, the graphic novel Maui: Legends of the Outcast, illustrated by Chris Slane, and the New Zealand Post Children’s Book of the Year, Weaving Earth and Sky, illustrated by Gavin Bishop. He wrote a poem for the front steps of the Auckland City Library with a bronze installation called ‘Kawe Reo / Voices Carry’.

He lives in Auckland and is head of Manukau Institute of Technology’s Creative Writing School. He has also co-edited with Albert Wendt and Reina Whaitiri two anthologies of Polynesian poetry in English, the Montana New Zealand Book Award-winning Whetu Moana, and Mauri Ola. The latest anthology he has co-edited also with Reina Whaitiri is Puna Wai Korero: An Anthology of Māori Poetry in English which is the first poetry anthology of its kind.

Robert belongs to the Māori tribes Ngā Puhi and Kai Tahu, and is also of Irish descent.

Phil TchernegovskiPhil Tchernegovski was born in West Auckland in 1952, the second eldest of 11 children. He recently completed Mountain of The Sleeping Moon, which is published in Taiwan. He tells the story of his search for his son Reuben who disappeared without trace in 1998 while tramping in Taiwan’s rugged and majestic Ali Mountain forest.

Phil is the proud father of four wonderful children including Reuben. Reuben was a promising medical student who planned to continue his interest in cancer research as a surgeon.

Phil is a sculptor and has twice received the International Fletcher Pottery Award. During the time he spent in Taiwan in 1998 searching for Reuben, he was involved in teaching about

New Zealand and art-ceramic sculpture in local schools. He was the subject of TV documentaries and was involved in cultural exchanges with the Taiwanese people. Phil returned to Taiwan in 1999 to help with the earthquake rebuild in Sunmoon Lake. He has returned to Taiwan more than 10 times to be where his son lies and to see his many lifelong friends.The Mountain of the Sleeping Moon will be published by Yuan-Liou Publishing Co. in January 2015.

Judith WhiteJudith White is the author of two novels – The Elusive Language of Ducks (Random House NZ 2013, Oneworld Publications UK 2014, and, soon, the China Times Publishing Company 2015); and Across the Dreaming Night (Random House NZ 2000) – and a collection of short stories, Visiting Ghosts (Hodder and Stoughton 1991, and Tangerine Publications 2013). Across the Dreaming Night and Visiting Ghosts were both shortlisted for the NZ Book Awards. She received Creative New Zealand grants for the writing of all of these books.

The Elusive Language of Ducks as well as many of her short stories have been broadcast on radio by Radio New Zealand. She is widely published in anthologies.

She was the winner of the 1988 BNZ Katherine Mansfield Centenary Award; twice winner of the Auckland Star short story competition in 1987 & 1990; placed 3rd in the Sunday Star Times short story competition in 2009; and was awarded the Frank Sargeson Fellowship in 1995.

She has been teaching creative writing courses for over two decades, and has worked as a one-on-one mentor for the AUT Creative Writing Masters (MCW) programme, and for the NZSA mentorship scheme. The Elusive Language of Ducks will be published by China Times in January 2015.

Sarah WilkinsSarah Wilkins is a New Zealand illustrator who lives in Wellington.

Her illustrations show a unique combination of sharp-eyed visual wit, sophisticated colour and graceful hand-lettering.

Working with acrylic, gouache, pen and ink and computer, Sarah’s whimsical and elegant style has a refreshingly painterly feel. Her illustrations have been featured around the world in books, magazines and advertising campaigns, airports, museums, on buses, murals, in the metro, as well as on bags, cups, toys.........the list goes on.

Sarah’s clients include Barnes & Noble, United Airlines, American Express, Pfizer, UNESCO, NYU, Smithsonian, Time Magazine, Yoga Journal, Madame Figaro, The Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, Town & Country and The New York Times.

International awards of recognition for excellence in illustration: Communication Arts, American Illustration, Society of Illustrators, 3x3 Magazine, Print Magazine, Society of Publication Designers. New Zealand awards: LIANZA Russell Clark Award Winner 2003, NZ Post Children’s Book Awards Finalist 2003, Storylines Notable Book Award 2014.A Book is a Book (written by Jenny Bornholdt) will be published by Bookman in January 2015.

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The three graphic novelists from New Zealand are:

Rachel FentonRachel Fenton is a novelist, poet and graphic novelist. Her work has been published both online and in print and includes cross-genre collaborations with other creative professionals. In 2012 she was awarded the AUT Creative Writing Award and has held an artist in residence position at Counterexample Poetics.

Tim GibsonTim Gibson has a background in illustrating worlds, characters and monsters for films including Tintin, District 9 and Avatar. His website www.mothcity.com offers a fresh take on the traditional murder mystery and is distributed through digital comics distributor ComiXology. Tim’s work has been widely anthologised and

Moth City is considered a ground-breaking approach to storytelling.

Ant SangAnt Sang is an award-winning graphic novelist who has also produced numerous short comics for local anthologies and educational purposes. Shaolin Burning was awarded an Honour Award at the 2012 New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards and was selected for the Storylines Notable Books list that same year. His 2004 comic

series The Dharma Punks was reprinted in graphic novel form for the first time in 2014.

And their Taiwanese counterparts are:

61Chi61Chi graduated from the Art Department of Taiwan Normal University. Her first book of comics, Room, was published in January 2014. 61Chi belongs to the new generation of Taiwanese comics’ artists with versatile drawing talents and a broad range of skills across genres, including children’s illustration, American style realistic

drawing and Japanese aesthetic style.

Chuang Yung-shinChuang Yung-shin is one of the most well-known commercial film directors in Taiwan. In 1997 he published Film Maker’s Notes, a comic which recorded his life and works and has been reprinted 18 times. Since then he has gone on to publish further award-winning works, including The Window and 80s Diary in Taiwan.

Ahn ZheAhn Zhe was born in Taipei in 1985. While his work encompasses graphic design, illustration and storyboard design, his true passion lies in art as well as image and word creation. His works include The Dream under the Bed, published by TITAN Publishing Co. Ltd. in 2011, and he has also contributed to collections such

as 80s Taipei x 90s Hong Kong.

Graphic Novelist Exchange Six graphic novelists have participated in the first

residential exchange between Taiwan and New

Zealand courtesy of a joint initiative between the

Publishers Association of New Zealand, the Taipei

Book Fair Foundation and the New Zealand Book

Council.

The exchange enabled three New Zealand

artists to collaborate on the creation of a graphic

novel with three graphic novelists from Taiwan.

The first stage of this exciting project was held

in Auckland in October 2014, and the second

phase took place in Taiwan in February 2015,

immediately before TIBE 2015.

Visitors to TIBE 2015 have the opportunity to

experience the work in progress and explore other

examples of the artists’ work at a dedicated booth

in Hall 1. The space will include a café which is

sponsored by One Café in Taiwan.

The completed work will be jointly published by

the Publishers Association of New Zealand and the

Taipei Book Fair Foundation.

Top: Work by Rachel Fenton Bottom: Work by Ant Sang

Left: Work by Tim Gibson

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New Zealand Publisher and Other Speakers

Trade Publishers:

Harriet AllanBorn and educated in the UK, Harriet Allan graduated with an MA Hons in English literature and language from the University of Edinburgh in 1985 and moved to New Zealand the following year. After working for a medical publisher and with Oxford University Press, she moved to Century Hutchinson and has remained with the

company through its various mergers and transformations. For the last two decades, she has been the fiction publisher for Random House New Zealand. With the latest merger, she has become the fiction publisher for the newly merged company of Penguin Random House New Zealand.

Fergus BarrowmanFergus Barrowman has been the Publisher of Victoria University Press since 1985. He was awarded an MNZM in the 2014 Queen’s Birthday Honours. Throughout his publishing career, Fergus has contributed to the teaching and assessment of New Zealand's leading creative writing programme, Victoria University of Wellington’s International

Institute of Modern Letters. Victoria University Press was founded in the 1970s and now publishes approximately 30 new titles per year, in print and electronic formats and has won many New Zealand and international awards.

Kevin ChapmanKevin Chapman has been in book publishing for over thirty years, working in New Zealand, the UK, Canada, the US and Australia. He has worked in general trade publishing and book packaging, and prior to starting Upstart Press was Managing Director of Hachette NZ (previously Hodder Moa Beckett) for over fifteen years.

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Sam ElworthySam Elworthy grew up on a farm in New Zealand’s South Island. He spent fifteen years in the United States, completing a Ph.D. in history and then publishing and leading the editorial team as Editor-in-Chief at Princeton University Press. He arrived back in New Zealand in 2007 to become director of Auckland University Press.

He has chaired the Michael King Centre Trust and the Book Awards Governance Group, currently sits on the board of Copyright Licensing New Zealand and WeCreate.Org.NZ, and is President of the Publishers Association of New Zealand.

David LingDavid Ling was a director of educational and general multinational publishing companies for nearly twenty years before setting up David Ling Publishing in 1992. General titles are published under the David Ling imprint and children’s picture books under the Duck Creek Press imprint. David is an Honorary Life Member

of PANZ. David is the publisher of Voices of Gallipoli by Maurice Shadbolt and In Flanders Fields by Monty Ingram, both available in translation in Taiwan.

Educational Publishers:

Joy AllcockJoy Allcock is an author, publisher and literacy consultant. She has a Master of Education degree with first class honours and has been working in the literacy field from preschool to secondary, for nearly 20 years. She runs professional development workshops for teachers throughout New Zealand and internationally.

Joy runs her own publishing company – MJA Publishing – and she is the developer of the Word Detective range of resources. She has written a range of English literacy resources for teachers and students and was a contributing author to the New Zealand Ministry of Education publications Effective Literacy Practice Years 1 to 4 and Effective Literacy Practice Years 5 to 8 (Learning Media).

David EllisDavid Ellis is Publisher at NZCER Press, the publishing arm of the New Zealand Council for Educational Research based in Wellington. NZCER Press is a niche publisher, focused on research-informed content for the higher education sector and professional development resources for teachers.

David’s publishing career includes management positions at Thomson Reuters and LexisNexis in New Zealand and Sweet and Maxwell in Ireland.

Kathy FerrierKathy is a teacher with 20 years’ teaching experience, a mother of five children and has a particular interest and focus on children’s literacy. Kathy spent almost ten of these years teaching at international schools in Asia: the British International School, Jakarta, Indonesia and Seoul Foreign British School, Seoul, South Korea.

Kathy is currently teaching in Wellington and creating Lanky Hippo Publishing Ltd, an emerging publishing company producing books for learning to read that are science based.

David GloverDavid Glover is Principal of Creative Strategies, a leadership and business development consultancy, which has a focus on the export of educational products and services. Prior to starting his own company, David was CEO of Learning Media, a state-owned enterprise and the largest educational publisher in New Zealand.

Dame Wendy PyeDame Wendy Pye, DNZM, MBE, is the owner and Managing Director of the Wendy Pye Group, New Zealand. Through her vision, passion, drive and energy, Wendy has built it into a leading educational export company. Her company is also a leader in technology delivery with partners including Time Warner in the

USA, E-future in Korea, and others. She has published works in over 15 languages.

For the past 30 years, Wendy has worked extensively throughout the Asia/Pacific region with governments, education departments and leading companies to implement new policies on curriculum development for literacy, teaching children to read.

Mark SayesMark is Publisher and Managing Director of ESA Publications (NZ) Ltd.  Mark’s publishing career began as a young teacher at New Zealand’s leading state school, Auckland Grammar where he wrote a set of Chemistry notes which became ESA’s first title in 1985.  Since then his company ESA Publications (NZ) Ltd has grown to become

the leader in study guides and learning workbooks for elementary and secondary schools.  With more than 180 titles, ESA covers all major subjects – from accounting to science, technology, mathematics and social studies.

Mark is married with three young adult children and has been actively involved in publishing, sports and sports administration throughout his adult life. He has been on the board of Copyright Licensing New Zealand for 15 years, six of those as chairman.  He is on the Council of the Publishers Association of New Zealand looking after educational issues. 

Other Speakers:

Alexandra GraceAlexandra Grace took up her appointment as Counsellor (Education) with the New Zealand Embassy, Beijing in February 2011. Since January 2013 she has concurrently held the position of Regional Director – Greater China, for Education New Zealand.

Prior to taking up this position with Education New Zealand, Ms Grace worked for (and is currently on leave from) the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. She was most recently (July 2008 – November 2010) Deputy Consul-General at the New Zealand Consulate-General in Shanghai.

Alexandra Grace was educated at Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand (international law and international relations). Ms Grace also undertook Mandarin language training at National Taiwan University, in Taipei.

She is married to a New Zealand diplomat, and has three young children.

David Hsiao After living in New Zealand for 12 years, David returned to Taiwan to establish Grand Reserve, a wine importing and consultancy business. David is a certified Sommelier and is often called on to judge and advise on wine. He holds a Master of Biochemistry and Biotechnology from the University of Auckland.

Arekatera MaihiArekatera “Katz” Maihi is of Ngāti Whātua o Orakei, Te Waiohua, and Ngā Puhi descent. An accomplished Māori artist, musician, carver and tattooist – Katz’s passions lie deeply in his creative side.

Katz’s artistic talent and innate understanding of Māori customs saw him selected to attend

the NZ Māori Arts and Crafts Institute Wānanga Whakairo (Carving School) in Rotorua in 2004.

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Robyn BeltonRobyn Belton grew up on a farm near Wanganui, then went on to study painting at the Canterbury University School of Fine Arts. Married with three children, Robyn lives in Dunedin, New Zealand. Robyn’s first storybook was The Duck in the Gun, written by Joy Cowley. She has won the Russell Clark Medal for Illustration twice (for The Duck in the Gun, and Herbert the Brave Sea Dog). With many major awards to her name, in 2006 Robyn was awarded the prestigious Margaret Mahy Medal.

Gavin BishopGavin Bishop has published some 60 children’s books that have been translated into nine languages. He has also written the libretti for children’s ballets for the Royal New Zealand Ballet and written and designed for TV and the stage. His awards are many – NZ Children’s Picture Book of the Year 1982, 1994 and 2000, NZ Children’s Book of the Year 2000, 2003 and 2008, Russell Clark Medal for Illustration 1982, 2006, 2008 and 2010. In 2000 he was awarded the Margaret Mahy Medal for Services to Children’s Literature (New Zealand’s Highest Honour for Children’s Literature). In 2003 he held

the Ursula Bethell Writers’ Residency at the University of Canterbury, NZ. In 2004 he was awarded the Silvia Ashton Warner Fellowship for Literacy, Faculty of Education, Auckland University. In 2009 the Storylines Gavin Bishop Award for new Illustrators was established by Random House NZ Ltd in recognition of his work. In 2013 he was awarded the ONZM by the NZ Government for his services to literature. www.gavinbishop.com

Donovan BixleyDonovan Bixley is an award-winning illustrator and book designer based in Taupo, New Zealand. From a young age Donovan showed a talent for drawing and his unmatched skill at depicting trucks was a great way to get the school bully on side. Books such as The Lorax, Asterix, Murray Ball’s Footrot Flats and Graham Oakley’s Churchmice series were a huge influence on his creative development as well as his sense of humour.

After studying Graphic Design at AUT in Auckland, where he specialized in illustration and film making, Donovan worked as a storyboard and editorial illustrator. Since then he has

illustrated over 80 books and written half a dozen of his own, across a broad range of genres. From his bestselling preschool books The Wheels on the Bus (2010) and Old MacDonald’s Farm (2011), to his wordless book about extreme climate change, The Weather Machine (2013), his hybrid part comic/part novel Monkey Boy (2014), and his illustrated biography Faithfully Mozart, which was a finalist in the 2006 Montana New Zealand Book Awards.

Children's Illustration Exhibition Children's Illustration Exhibition

Children’s Book Pavilion – Brave New WorldChildren’s Illustration ExhibitionThe Children’s Book Pavilion in Taipei World Trade Center Hall 3 brings together recommended children’s book illustrations from the Ibero-American countries, New Zealand and Taiwan. The Ibero-American Illustration Exhibition will enrich the visitors’ imagination with works from 28 illustrators selected from different countries of Ibero-America. This exhibition is organized by Fundación SM, El Ilustradero and FIL Guadalajara.

The New Zealand Children’s Illustration Exhibition presents six illustrators’ works and books to introduce the variety of contemporary children’s book illustrations from the 2015 TIBE Guest of Honour country New Zealand. These illustrators are Robyn Belton, Gavin Bishop, Donovan Bixley, Andrew Burdan, Rowan Sommerset and Sarah Wilkins. Among them, Gavin Bishop, Sarah Wilkins, Robyn Belton and Rowan Sommerset have all had illustrated books published in Taiwan.

The Taiwanese Illustration Exhibition showcases the finest works and books by acclaimed Taiwanese illustrators including ENZO, Hwa-Jen Ho, Bei Lynn, Allen Tsai and Page Tsou.  Both children and grown-ups are invited to explore the boundless and innovative “Brave New World” of illustrations in the Children’s Book Pavilion.

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Andrew BurdanAndrew Burdan is a Wellington-based illustrator who has worked as a storyboard artist in film and television and as an illustrator of children’s books and educational resources. Some of his credits include the films District 9 and Out of the Blue, the LIANZA Te Kura Pounamu-winning Graphic novel Ngarimu Te Tohu Toa, and the books Te Po Roa

(shortlisted for the 2008 Russell Clark award) and Swim: the story of Hinemoa and Tūtānekai.

Andrew has worked in a wide range of traditional media, incorporating oil, acrylics and watercolour, though now he works primarily as a digital artist using computer programmes such as Photoshop and Manga Studio.

Rowan Sommerset Rowan Sommerset is an illustrator and book designer who creates award-winning picture books from her home studio on Waiheke Island, New Zealand alongside her creative partner and author Mark Sommerset.

Rowan loves that her home-space is her work-place and that she gets to be with her family and

wear her pyjamas all day long.Rowan’s picture book awards include: The New Zealand Children’s

Book Awards Children’s Choice Award 2011 (Baa Baa Smart Sheep). Book of the Year & Best Children’s Book – New Zealand Book Design Awards 2012 & ‘White Raven’ award – International Youth Library (Two Little Bugs). Her latest title (The Boy and the Cherry Tree) received Best Children’s Book at the New Zealand Book Design Awards 2014 and the Storylines Notable Book Award 2014.

Sarah Wilkins Sarah Wilkins is a New Zealand illustrator who lives in Wellington.

Her illustrations show a unique combination of sharp-eyed visual wit, sophisticated colour and graceful hand-lettering.

Working with acrylic, gouache, pen and ink and computer, Sarah’s whimsical and elegant style

has a refreshingly painterly feel. Her illustrations have been featured around the world in books, magazines and advertising campaigns, airports, museums, on buses, murals, in the metro, as well as on bags, cups, toys.........the list goes on.

New Zealand awards: LIANZA Russell Clark Award Winner 2003, NZ Post Children’s Book Awards Finalist 2003, Storylines Notable Book Award 2014.

Children's Illustration Exhibition Taiwanese Publisher Events

Taiwanese Publisher Events with New Zealand AuthorsTheme Square Hall 1Friday 13th February

14:15 - 15:15 Eleanor Catton (Linking Publishing)

16:45 - 17:45 Joy Cowley and Gavin Bishop (Bookman Books)

18:00 - 19:00 Witi Ihimaera (Asian Culture Publishing Co)

Saturday 14th February       

18:00 - 19:00 Paul Cleave (Spring International Publishers Co)

Sunday 15th February

11:45 - 12:45 Judith White (China Times Publishing Co)

 

Blue Salon Hall 1Friday 13th February

13:00 - 13:45 Sarah Wilkins and Jenny Bornholdt (Bookman Books)

Saturday 14th February

14:00 - 14:45 Joan Druett (Locus Publishing Company)

 

Children’s Event Area Hall 3Saturday 14th February

13:00 – 13:30 Joy Cowley and Gavin Bishop book signing on

Children’s Publications stand G461

Sunday 15th February

14:00 - 14:45 Joy Cowley and Gavin Bishop (Children’s Publications)

15:00 - 15:45 Mark Sommerset (Hsin Yi Publications)

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Off-Site EventsSubconscious Restaurant 4 Release Event – New Zealand X TaiwanSaturday 14th February

18:00 – 22:00

Huashan Creative Park

Arch Hall 2F

No. 1, Bade Road, Section 1, Taipei

To celebrate New Zealand being the Guest of Honour at the Taipei Book Fair, Taiwan-New Zealand art magazine White Fungus is producing a special New Zealand issue of bilingual sister publication the Subconscious Restaurant. This issue will feature information on New Zealand’s DIY music history as well as other innovative art practitioners who fall outside of the spectrum of the ordinary. The publication will be launched with a sound art event at Huashan Creative Park. Three New Zealand artists: Campbell Kneale, David Watson and Greg Malcolm will perform at the event.The event and publication is supported by the New Zealand Commerce and Industry Office, Taipei.

These stories began before we arrivedWednesday 11th – Monday 16th February

WXY, Woolloomooloo

5F, 385 Xin Yi Road, Section 4, Taipei

Opening hours: 11:00 – 19:00

Histories – known and unknown, written and unwritten – form the basis of ‘These stories began before we arrived’, an exhibition of artwork by New Zealand and Taiwanese artists. This poetic and contemplative exhibition acknowledges the past migration of people across the Pacific, from Taiwan to Aotearoa/New Zealand, by sharing stories of belonging and loss. The artworks explore themes of collective identity, land use, international trade, ancestral knowledge and societal order. Together, these works build connections between distinct histories and propose potential futures.  ‘These stories began before we arrived’ is supported by New Zealand Commerce and Industry Office, Taipei; St Paul St, AUT University, Auckland; Te Tuhi, Auckland; Whiti o Rehua School of Art, Massey University, Wellington. 

Off-Site Events

The solution came from the question. How to tell a complex story simply in three

languages? Distil down the story to its simplest form and use strong simple

typography with icons that talk to the idea of open hearts, minds and books. Use a

limited but strong colour palette to create consistency. Develop a range of lock ups

to tell the same story to different audiences and use the shorthand version to tie

them all together.

Gideon Keith,

Brand Specialist, Guest of Honour branding.

Words and Pictures: TaichungSaturday 14th February

14:00 – 16:00

Wu-Fong District Library

No. 8, Datong Rd., Wufeng District, Taichung City 413

Some of the best children’s stories are told through the artful blending of words and pictures. Two New Zealand writers whose work has used the power of both to delight and entertain discuss their art: writer Mark Sommerset and artist Sarah Wilkins. Mark’s Baa Baa Smart Sheep will be published by Hsin-Yi and Sarah illustrated A Book is a Book which will be published by Bookman.Taichung (literally “Central Taiwan”), officially known as Taichung City, is a city located in western Taiwan, with a population of over 2.7 million people, making it the third largest city on the island after New Taipei City and Kaohsiung. The city’s motto is “economic, cultural and international city.”  Taichung is a sister city to Auckland, which is why they have sponsored bringing part of the Visiting Author Programme to their city.Words and Pictures is sponsored by the Library Information Division, Cultural Affairs Bureau, Taichung City Government.

Zespri Kiwifruit Mascots Friday 13th – Sunday 15th February

14:45 – 15:00

Events Stage, Children’s Hall 3, TIBE 2015

The Zespri mascots will perform on stage and play games during the 15 minute sessions, and then mingle with the crowd for photo opportunities afterwards.

Council of Indigenous Peoples of Taiwan (CIP)CIP is hosting a number of events for indigenous and Māori writers on their stand and outside Taipei. Details can be obtained from the CIP stand next to the New Zealand pavilion at TIBE.

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