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New Zealand children's author

Benjamin Brown (born 3 July 1962) is a New Zealand children's author and poet, and was the New Zealand Reading Ambassador (Te Awhi Rito) for 2021–2023.

Biography

Brown was born in Motueka, New Zealand, on 3 July 1962.

He started writing books for children in 1992. His book A Booming in the Night won the Best Picture Book Award at the 2006 New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. Brown held a Michael King Writers’ Centre Māori Writer’s Residency in 2011 during which he wrote the poetry collection Between the Kindling and the Blaze: Reflections on the Concept of Mana.

He lives in Lyttelton, New Zealand. In 2021 he was announced as the first New Zealand Reading Ambassador. Brown's term ended in May 2023. Brown was succeeded by Alan Dingley.

References

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  2. "Author Ben Brown is New Zealand's first Te Awhi Rito Reading Ambassador | Beehive.govt.nz". www.beehive.govt.nz. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
  3. "Telling stories and the potency in being heard". Radio New Zealand. 25 May 2021.
  4. "Ben Brown - Storylines Children's Literature Charitable Trust". 2021-06-14. Retrieved 2022-11-22.
  5. "Interview with Ben Brown". my.christchurchcitylibraries.com.
  6. "Ben Brown". The Poetry Foundation. 2018-05-18. Retrieved 2024-09-13.
  7. ^ "Ben Brown - Writer's Files • Read NZ Te Pou Muramura". www.read-nz.org. Retrieved 2024-09-13.
  8. "A Booming in the Night – New Zealand Picture Book Collection". www.picturebooks.co.nz. Retrieved 2024-09-16.
  9. Miles, John (2 May 2018). "Book reviews: Between the Kindling and the Blaze: Reflections on the Concept of Mana by Ben Brown". Transnational Literature. 10 (2) – via Proquest.
  10. "Lyttelton: What makes an artist's town?". www.stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 2024-09-16.
  11. "Ben Brown is New Zealand's first reading ambassador". www.stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 2024-09-13.
  12. "Te Awhi Rito New Zealand Reading Ambassador". natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 2022-11-22.
  13. "Community Scoop » Next National Reading Ambassador Named!". Retrieved 2024-09-13.


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