Gary Venn

RIP Christopher Priest.

Art Prints now available of a brand new ink drawing in my @society6 store: society6.com/product/flight…

A new illustration that I did for @TheSpinoffTV Sunday Essay... a powerful story about a family relocating to NZ from a war torn country. thespinoff.co.nz/the-sunday-ess…

Congratulations to this years #NZCYA winners!

Franz Sedlacek.

“Aotearoa’s literature for rangatahi has for decades set a very high bar for excellence. To be a finalist in these awards, then, is a significant achievement.” Wise words from our MC for the night, the legendary Jase Te Patu. #NZCYA #BooksAlive

Was excited to find this battered old copy of New Worlds Quarterly at my local free Library, mainly to be able to read the early story by @mjohnharrison. Amused to see that someone had written a one word review of each story... Harrison they liked, D. M. Thomas not so much!

'Treacle Walker' book review from my blog: garyvennwriter.com/post/current-r…

Witold Gombrowicz brilliantly describes his writing technique and finding ‘the appropriate code’

The singing stone by Gary Venn. A novel of discovery, intrigue and danger, for middle grade readers. booktrailers4kidsandya.wordpress.com/2023/05/15/the… via @Edna331

Just came across this great new review - The singing stone by Gary Venn. A novel of discovery, intrigue and danger, for middle grade readers. booktrailers4kidsandya.wordpress.com/2023/05/15/the… via @Edna331

Great to see our publisher Louise and our talented author Monty together at the Ockhams on Wednesday night!

Sketchbook: can't see the forest...

@bentufnell love this cover! Can't wait to read it...

The North Shore is published today! Readers have called it ‘weird, astonishing’, ‘compelling, grotesque, utterly beautiful’ and 'a storm-lashed, dreamlike trip through a half-remembered, half-imagined landscape'…..

And here is the actual link to the interview : ketebooks.co.nz/all-interviews… @KeteBooks

Here is an interview that I did recently with @KeteBooks NZ, about the writing process for my new YA novel, The Singing Stone, as well as other related stuff... a great interview, big thank you to Kete Books.

@GiselleKLeeb @Kerry2001 @saltpublishing Sounds amazing...

Listen to Awards’ spokesperson Jenna Todd (Kāi Tahu) talking about the 7 shortlisted titles by Māori writers on @waateanews #theockhams waateanews.com/2023/03/08/str…

@mjohnharrison @MyBiggestLuke @serpentstail Can't wait, tho I have even less idea what to expect than normal with a Harrsion book...