When Emily Writes was a new mum having yet another disturbed night with her first son, little did she know that sharing her angst in an online blog would resonate with thousands of other parents around the world!
Now Emily is a well-loved commentator and writer of two magazine columns (New Zealand Woman’s Weekly and New Zealand Herald); as well as the author of two books. Rants in the Dark was staged as a national show this year; and this first book was followed by a sequel in 2018, Is it bedtime yet?
Emily has a wonderful talent for expressing what all parents find out the hard way – parenting is tough. Emily’s light-hearted and supportive style helps lighten the load and keep perspective on the challenges. She is reassuring and entertaining and doesn’t presume to give advice. Emily helps dispel the myth of the perfect parent and takes the pressure off by describing parenting as it actually is for her – raw, heart-warming, hair-raising, frustrating and exhausting!
Her approach respects that parenting is a unique experience and supports the line that we’re all in this together in this critically and fundamentally important role - to the extent that her second title is written in collaboration with other parents. Is it Bedtime Yet? is a collection of writings on being a parent in Aotearoa New Zealand, written by Emily Writes and Friends.
Emily Writes will be in Hawkes Bay for the HB Readers and Writers Festival 2019. She will appear with well-known clinical psychologists/writers, Gwendoline Smith and Karen Nimmo in Busy Brains Calm Lives at the Victoria Spiegeltent 2pm on Saturday 19th October.
Posted by Sheryl Reed
HB Readers and Writers Charitable Trust
Catalogue link: Rants in the Dark
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