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Author Archives: Tina
A House Built on Sand
My latest novel, published by Text, has just received a wonderful review in Landfall: ‘It is a work of wisdom and maturity, likely to be read and treasured by many.’
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Review
And great to see a review of Ephemera on Vivienne Lingard’s blog: https://viviennelingard.net/2020/04/30/ephemera/#more-3748
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Sketch of Ephemera
I love this sketch of my latest novel! It’s by talented NZ artist Vivienne Lingard.
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Ephemera
New novel in the works! My novel is being published in March by Cloud Ink Press – watch this space 🙂
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Margo Lanagan
One of my favourite authors is the Australian writer Margo Lanagan. Here’s a quote from her: ‘I write a lot of stories with babies, children and young people in them, because I’m interested in the way people piece together their … Continue reading
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Ursa
I’m very proud that my latest YA title Ursa has now been launched at the Storylines Margaret Mahy Day. Head of Publishing Linsay Knight at Walker Books had this to say: “Working with last year’s winner, Tina Shaw, has  been … Continue reading
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Advanced Reading Copy
Am very excited to see the ARC of my YA novel Ursa that’s due to be released early next year by Walker Books. This is what the full cover looks like.
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Storylines award
I was at the Storylines Margaret Mahy Awards Day yesterday and won the Tessa Duder Award for an unpublished manuscript. While there, I happened to shamelessly cadge a photo from our PM (my heroine). One thing that really struck me … Continue reading
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My new YA title
I find the decision by Whitcoulls to not stock my new YA title ‘Make a Hard Fist’ – as it’s possibly too confronting and therefore a hard sell – to be a disturbing trend for New Zealand publishing. So does … Continue reading
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The wonderful Hilary Mantel
I’m such a fan of Hilary Mantel’s writing, so was thrilled to pick up a discounted copy of her story collection at a bookshop recently. There is a marvellous story  about two girls who are spying on a strange figure in … Continue reading
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