Writing as Jennie Drake

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Successful Seedlings 

Seeking an Aurora originally published in New Zealand and Australia by One Tree House is being published in the USA and Canada.

Lovely to have my poem 'Jam for Breakfast' published in the latest 'Poems in the Waiting Room.'

Super pleased to learn Lily gets her Wings is being reprinted again!

Really happy to know Rasmas is being reprinted...yay!

Wonderful to be part of the Wild Imaginings Hui in Dunedin last weekend
talking about picture books
with Sophie Siers

Poem in the "Mix' in the Otago Daily Times - Saturday Afternoon

Very nice to have one of my poems as a pocket poem.

An article in the fabulous New Zealand Memories publication.

And here she is...all spruced up and looking gorgeous.

                                                              

The Lily Series is having a make-over ready for next year.
 Yay!

                                                            

My reader 'Going Camping' is having a Tokelau version published.

     

A Palette of Poetry 2
      Where chosen artists respond to chosen poems.
      My poem 'The Visit' had two artists take up the   
      challenge.
      Wonderful.

The Otago Daily Times Newspaper
published my poem 'Long Ago' in The Mix.
Great!

    
    

    Another poem in Blast Off Magazine, Australia
                          September issue.

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My poem in Blast Off Magazine, Australia
 August issue. Looks just great.
Also chosen for their new YouTube channel
tiny.cc/schoolmagyoutube

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My poem The Visit
is being used in a brochure on Poetry Day in August
for patients in the Dunedin hospital.
Sweet!

** Great review of Murder most Malicious - A Mancini Mystery on AustCrime**
- used the pen name Kitty Jackson to keep it separate from my children's work-
www.austcrimefiction.org/review/murder-most-malicious-kitty-jackson

Another reader, A Trickle of Water published
by Wendy Pye
as one of their Sunshine Books.

Five quick questions about The Aurora Seeker.

New reader, Mr Mustard's Mailbox was published
by Wendy Pye
as one of their Sunshine Books.

My adult's short story A Long Path was published in Takahe 91.

My short story Second Time Around was placed fourth
in the nationwide Romantic Short Story Competition.
I was particularly chuffed
because I've only ever written one other short story involving romance.

My poem Gleaming the Ground gained third placing
in the recent The Grace of Snowdrops Poetry Competition,
organised by the Dunedin Public Library along with Larnach's Castle.