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ABOUT

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I thrive on story telling and making art. Creating and editing three leading magazines in my journalism career earned me a lifetime achievement award from the NZ Magazine Publishers Association. As well as writing ten fiction and non-fiction books, I enjoy teaching others about writing pieces that explore and celebrate their own lives. I also love messing with paints on canvas and board, exploring how shapes, colour, ink and emotions forge who we are and where we’ve come from.

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BACKSTORY

I used to head teams that created monthly magazines for women of my generation. We delighted in pushing out issues packed full of stories that mattered in the times we were living in.

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The first title (launched in 1983) was More – for women who wanted more out their lives.

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In 1991, I dreamt up another start-up up called Next.

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Then Grace had a short but vivid life around the turn of the century.

But times have changed. None of those titles have survived as they depended on shiny ads providing revenue to pay for all those beguiling pages. That kind of money now mostly goes to online platforms. I’ve written about the world of women’s magazines in New Zealand’s online Te Ara Encyclopedia.

Lindsey Dawson Collection Of Works

And for more about my other work, check out my author info at read-nz.org.

Books - Non-fiction

THE NEXT BOOK OF HOME DECORATING
 

PEARLS: LET OUT THE WISE SOUL WITHIN YOU

WISE UP: HOW BE FEARLESS AND FULFILLED IN MIDLIFE

THE ELEMENTAL YOU: DISCOVER AND DELIGHT IN YOUR PRIMAL PEERSONALITY

CRACK YOUR LIFE: HOW TO WRITE MEMOIR THAT ROCKS

THE ANSWER: HOW NATURE CAN HELP YOU WHEN LIFE SEEMS TOO HARD

POISONING ON PARKER ROAD

Books - Fiction

ANGEL BABY
 

LIPSTICK IN THE DUST
 

SCARLET & MAGENTA

Magazines

MORE
 

NEXT
 

GRACE

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