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JAMES RUSSELL NEW ZEALAND
Former editor and journalist, James Russell is a fulltime writer and publisher producing the best-selling Dragon Brothers picture and junior  ction books. The  rst two books
in the Dragon Defenders series are among the world’s  rst junior novels to include augmented reality features. dragonbrothersbooks.com
DAMON SALESA NEW ZEALAND
Associate Professor of Paci c Studies at The University of Auckland, Damon Salesa was the  rst Rhodes Scholar of of Paci c Island descent. His work includes the prizewinning book Racial Crossings and recently published Island Time: New Zealand’s Paci c Futures. damonsalesa.wordpress. com / @DamonSalesa
DAN SALMON NEW ZEALAND
Dan Salmon is a screen director, writer and producer of award winning documentaries and television. He was a contributor to Volume One of The Journal of Urgent Writing, and co-writer of Helen Clark: Inside Stories.
ANNE SALMOND NEW ZEALAND
2013 Kiwibank New Zealander
of the Year Dame Anne Salmond
is an anthropologist, writer, and environmentalist. She is the author of the Ockham NZ Book Awards shortlisted Tears of Rangi: Experiments Across Worlds, exploring early encounters between Ma-ori and Europeans.
FIONA SAMUEL NEW ZEALAND
Fiona Samuel is an award winning writer, director and actor whose work for screen and stage includes Consent: The Louise Nicholas Story and Bliss. She created and performed in The World’s Wife at the New Zealand Festival in 2002, reprising it for the 2015 and 2017 Auckland Writers Festivals.
TE KARERE SCARBOROUGH NEW ZEALAND
Two time Poetry Idol winner and judge Te Karere Scarborough
(Nga- puhi) is formerly a member of the South Auckland Poets Collective. He has taught and performed poetry internationally and works for the charity The Parenting Place.
MARIANNE SCHULTZ UNITED STATES / NEW ZEALAND
Marianne Schultz PhD is a dancer (Limbs, Douglas Wright Company, Foster Group), choreographer, teacher, historian and the author of Limbs Dance Company 1977 – 1989: Dance For All People and Performing Indigenous Culture on Stage and Screen: A Harmony of Frenzy.
OWEN SCOTT NEW ZEALAND
Owen Scott is a writer, actor and broadcaster whose book, Deep Beyond The Reef, about his family’s history in Fiji, featured on RNZ and inspired the Annie Goldson  lm An Island Calling. He currently works as a freelance journalist and adapts and records work for radio.
PETER SCOTT ENGLAND / NEW ZEALAND
Bass player Peter Scott is a RnB, Jazz and Caribbean funk musician who has played rhythm section player
for Jon Clearey and the Savage Mooses, The Doormen, Dr ‘Desitively Bonnaroo’ John and The Madness, Homebrew, @PeaceStop and The Muppets.
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