Members of Whangarei's Pen-Ultimate Writers Group have co-written a new book, titled 'Emory.' It was a different venture from the critiquing they usually did when meeting, and a step into the unknown
Many of them are previously published; Derin Attwood with The Token Bearers Fantasy series, Anna Williams; SimplyParenting (a book for new parents) and Remember the Moon, Clare Matravers;The Sapphire series, Alison Davie; film writer and director to Danny Alexander and Crazy Happy, for which she won Best Writer at the Toronto Film Festival. They, along with Theresa Herleth, Kamala Jackson and Rob Burt, found Emory a step away from their comfort zones.
Emory is set in the 1980's and explores the lives of the residents of Oak Tree Lane. It required extensive research to ensure it encompassed the attitudes of the people living in NZ and the essence of the times they lived in.
The group continue to work on their individual projects and meet fortnightly, to critique each other's writing, while a new joint project simmers in the background, ready to be discussed in 2018.
Emory will be launched on Saturday, November 4, 10.30am, at Whangarei Library.