Philippa Werry

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Philippa Werry

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ABOUT

In Brief

Philippa Werry lives in Wellington and writes fiction, non-fiction, poetry and plays for children and young adults, as well as articles, reviews and non-fiction for adults.
Further information is on her website at http://www.philippawerry.co.nz/

In Detail

Philippa has written over 70 stories, articles, plays and poems for the School Journal. She is also widely published in various Learning Media series, both here and overseas, as well as writing for other educational publishers such as Gilt Edge, South Pacific Press, Rainbow Reading and Pearson Education (Australia). Her work has been broadcast on Radio New Zealand and included in anthologies of poems and short stories.

The great chocolate cake bake-off was included in the Storylines list of notable books for 2007. Nicholas has never thought he’s much good at anything – until he discovers he can bake the most amazing cakes. But are they amazing enough to get him into the finals of The Great Chocolate Cake Bake-Off?

Enemy at the gate is set in 1936, when a deadly disease holds New Zealand in terror. Known as infantile paralysis, or polio, the disease appears to strike at random. Caught up in the confusion and fear, 12-year-old Tom finds refuge in his dream: to run like Jack Lovelock. This book was shortlisted for the NZ Post Children’s Book Awards 2009 in the Junior Fiction section.

A girl called Harry is a book about growing up and learning how to make friends. Harry (short for Harriet) is supposed to be having her best year ever at school, but it's not turning out that way. Her brilliantly creative projects aren't always appreciated, and neither is her wild imagination. Then Mallory, the new girl with the unpronounceable surname, turns up, and Harry's imagination really takes off.

In 2010, Philippa was shortlisted for three different prizes:
the Text Prize for Young Adult and Children's Writing (http://textpublishing.com.au/news/post/text-prize-shortlist-announced/
the Playmarket Plays for the Young Competition, for which she was runner-up http://www.playmarket.org.nz/opportunities/plays_for_the_young_competition
and the Royal Society of New Zealand Manhire Prize for Creative Science Writing (non-fiction section) http://www.royalsociety.org.nz/programmes/competitions/manhire-prize/2010/.

Philippa is the 2010 recipient of the NZSA Mid-career Writers Award http://www.authors.org.nz/wawcs0138553/idDetails=189/NZSA%20Mid-Career%2...

She is on the committee for both the NZSA (New Zealand Society of Authors) Wellington branch and the WCBA (Wellington Children’s Book Association). She was also on the organising committee for Spinning Gold, the Children’s Writers and Illustrators conference held in Wellington in 2009, and has helped to organise a number of other literary events, such as Banned Books Week in 2008.

Philippa participates in the Writers in Schools programme. She has also spoken about her writing to groups such as Bookrapt, SLANZA (School Library Association of New Zealand Aotearoa), The Friends of the Dorothy Neal White Collection at the National Library, the Post Polio Society and the Wellington Southern Bays Historical Society.

List of book titles:

The lost watch (Scholastic, 2003) (shortlisted for Bilby Awards in Queensland 2004)
Wonderful Wheels Day (Scholastic, 2004)
Top secret (Gilt edge, 2005)
The Great Chocolate Cake Bake Off (Scholastic, 2007)
Enemy at the gate (Scholastic, 2008)
A girl called Harry (Scholastic, 2010)

Island Bay Medical Centre: a short history (2010)

Sunbears are special (Ready to Read, 2002)
Duckling Palace (Ready to Read, 2005)
Red rattlers (Ready to Read, 2010)
Scarecrows from space (Ready to Read, 2010)
First flight (Rainbow Reading, 2010)

“The day Michael made the news” in The Puffin New Zealand storybook (Penguin Books, 1996) and Funny stories for 6 year olds (Macmillan, 1999)
“Book Day” in Showtime! 30 New Zealand stories for children (Random House, 2008)
“Real people” in Out of the zone (Gilt Edge, 2008)
“Stopping for Charlie” in Whispers in the wind, a collection of stories written and read by Wellington authors (Wellington City Libraries CD, 2009)
“Net jumper” in Pick ‘n’ Mix vol 1 (Scholastic, 2010)
“Happy lemonade” in Pick ‘n’ Mix vol 2 (Scholastic, 2011)